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Take Care of Your Protective Wear

It?s important to select and wear the correct PPE. It?s equally important that you inspect and care for the equipment properly, so that it will protect you when you need it!

Take Care of Your Protective Wear2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Falling Objects

Let's look first at the problem of stored materials. Materials are piled in the yard, in the truck or at various places on the jobsite.

Falling Objects2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Maintenance Workers Must Maintain Safety

Maintenance employees are confronted with many hazards that can cause injury or death. One such hazard is exposure to asbestos.

Maintenance Workers Must Maintain Safety2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Learn to Recognize a Confined Space Hazard

Is there a manhole to a sewage system near your workplace, or an underground vault for an electrical system? Any boiler, tunnel, well, silo, shaft or poorly ventilated crawl space can be a potentially dangerous confined space.

Learn to Recognize a Confined Space Hazard2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Step It Up on Ladder Safety

If you think fatal falls happen only to construction workers swinging off skyscrapers, think again. Because ladder use is so common, many workers take ladder safety for granted, and do not take the appropriate precautions.

Step It Up on Ladder Safety2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Combustible Dust is No Ordinary Dust

A combustible dust is any fine material that can catch fire and explode when mixed with air. The force from combustible dust explosions can cause multiple deaths, horrific injuries, and massive destruction of property.

Combustible Dust is No Ordinary Dust2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Sharpen Your Tool Safety Sense

It?s ironic that tools are vital to maintaining machinery, yet many people drop the ball when it comes to maintaining the hand and power tools that help them perform this maintenance. Hand and power tools are common items in most workplaces. But they?re still capable of causing serious injuries.

Sharpen Your Tool Safety Sense2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Using Portable Electric-powered Tools Safely

Portable electric-powered tools can be indispensable. They can also be deadly. Each year, thousands of construction workers are injured using these otherwise handy tools.

Using Portable Electric-powered Tools Safely2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Hand Protection – It’s in Your Hands

If you aren't wearing the right protection your hands could be burned, frozen, cut, scraped or burned by chemicals. You could lose fingers, a thumb, or even your life. That's why you wear gloves.

Hand Protection – It’s in Your Hands2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Prevent Back Injuries

Back injuries are a leading cause of lost time from work. They can occur in any type of job or workplace.

Prevent Back Injuries2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

10 Electrical Safety Tips for Every Worker

WHAT'S AT STAKE Workers in almost every work environment are [...]

10 Electrical Safety Tips for Every Worker2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Safety Data Sheets in the Globally Harmonized System – US

The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) was created by the United Nations to help bring uniformity to hazardous materials labeling around the world.

Safety Data Sheets in the Globally Harmonized System – US2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Avoid Chemical Exposure

If you work with any amount of chemicals,? or work in an environment where chemicals are used, handled, stored,? transported or disposed of, you must understand the hazards and how to protect? yourself.

Avoid Chemical Exposure2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Avoid Electrical Hazards

Your workplace probably has countless electrical tools and devices capable of delivering a fatal electrical shock.

Avoid Electrical Hazards2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

How to Stack and Store Materials Safely

There’s hardly a workplace that doesn’t handle or store materials.

How to Stack and Store Materials Safely2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Buddy Up for Confined Space Safety

Some jobs require workers to enter and work in tight areas known as confined spaces, which can be both uncomfortable and dangerous. Usually, a confined space will have limited access, poor ventilation and poor lighting.

Buddy Up for Confined Space Safety2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Protecting Against Grain Engulfment

Twenty seconds — that’s all it takes for a grown man to become engulfed by grain in a storage bin or trailer used to haul grain.

Protecting Against Grain Engulfment2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Tornado Safety Basics – Seasonal Safety

The tornado season in North America begins in April, peaks in June and July, and ends in September. But really the storms can occur at any time, with approximately 1,000 tornadoes being reported in the United States and 80 in Canada each year.

Tornado Safety Basics – Seasonal Safety2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Hot Safety Tips for Welding, Cutting and Grinding

When you weld, cut or grind, the potential for accidents is significant. Eyes and skin can be burned, hearing can be damaged and an electric shock can kill you.

Hot Safety Tips for Welding, Cutting and Grinding2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Don’t Let the Heat Get to You

You might be the toughest roughneck around, but a good dose of heat stress can quickly tame anyone's bravado.

Don’t Let the Heat Get to You2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Gloves Must Match Chemical Hazard

Gloves - of materials such as nitrile, poly vinyl chloride, natural rubber (latex) and butyl rubber

Gloves Must Match Chemical Hazard2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Know When to Cool It in the Heat

Any workplace can be too hot for safety, both outdoors and in hot, humid conditions indoors. Whenever you’re exposed to heat, you’re at risk of developing heat illness.

Know When to Cool It in the Heat2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00
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