Manufacturing

Lockout/Tagout/Tryout: Your Key to Safety

Meanwhile, Bill the operator returned from his break. He did not see John and there was no indication the machine was under repair. Assuming his machine was ready to run, Bill started it. He had

Lockout/Tagout/Tryout: Your Key to SafetyVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Grinders Pose High-Speed Danger
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Grinders Pose High-Speed Danger

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Grinders Pose High-Speed Danger

Grinding wheels operate at very high speeds and can present health and safety hazards.

Grinders Pose High-Speed DangerVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Compressed Air is Dangerous

You're struggling to loosen over-tightened lug nuts while fixing a flat tire on a hot, dusty highway.

Compressed Air is DangerousVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Use Ladders Safely

Using a ladder is a safer alternative to using a makeshift climbing device or an improvised work platform.

Use Ladders SafelyVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Stop, Look and Move Out of the Line of Fire

We often hear about people being “in the wrong place at the wrong time.” While this saying often refers to people who have been victims of crime, it certainly applies to workers as well.

Stop, Look and Move Out of the Line of FireVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Picking Up Bad Vibrations

Picking Up Bad VibrationsVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Face Facts About Flammables
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Face Facts About Flammables

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Face Facts About Flammables

If your job includes the use or handling of flammable substances, you need special training to recognize and avoid the hazards that go along with them.

Face Facts About FlammablesVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Don’t Experiment With Safety in a Laboratory

Laboratories harbor fire and explosion hazards, and radiation hazards. There may be high-powered equipment which could cause cuts, entanglement or electrocution. There also could be biohazardous materials which can cause fatal diseases.

Don’t Experiment With Safety in a LaboratoryVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Keep Safety On Hand

The worst, of course, would be an amputation – cutting off a hand or fingers. An amputation can be fatal because of the loss of blood, shock, infection or other effects. An amputation can happen

Keep Safety On HandVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Drive Forwards – Not Backwards

Reverse can be more dangerous than forward. Backing up causes many damaging collisions as well as fatal accidents, particularly ones involving pedestrians. Think ahead and try to avoid many backing-up situations. Before you park, enter

Drive Forwards – Not BackwardsVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Protect Your Back

How This Affects You: Your back is used in all you do, on and off the job, and hurting it can have severe consequences: a lifetime of pain, inability to work or play and reduced income.

Protect Your BackVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

‘Caught Between’ Hazards

When you work around machinery, vehicles and anything else that moves, you could be caught in a tight spot and crushed.

‘Caught Between’ HazardsVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Maintain Your Guard Around Mobile Equipment

Every year, more than 100 workers across North America die and thousands more are injured in highway work zones—areas where road construction, maintenance or utility work is being undertaken.

Maintain Your Guard Around Mobile EquipmentVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Confined Space Standby Person: Racing To The Rescue Is Death For You

If you’re a standby person and think all the risks are inside the confined space, think again: over 60% of confined space deaths don’t involve people assigned to work in the confined space. These deaths involve the standby person or other would-be rescuers who enter the confined space in an emergency.

Confined Space Standby Person: Racing To The Rescue Is Death For YouVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Cleaning Up
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Cleaning Up

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Cleaning Up

“We can’t afford to spend time on making things look pretty. We’ve got production to get out,” he said. That’s true as far as it goes, but plant housekeeping involves a lot more than making

Cleaning UpVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Fatigue Can Be Fatal

Employees often work shifts that consist of many more consecutive hours or days than the average worker in this country. Additionally, people working the night shift are often faced with hazardous work that is deliberately

Fatigue Can Be FatalVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Use Extension Ladders Safely

How This Affects You: Every year thousands of employees are injured in falls from ladders.

Use Extension Ladders SafelyVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Hand Tool Hazards

We all know how important it is to use caution around power tools. But what about tools in general? Can a wrench really be dangerous?

Hand Tool HazardsVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

10 Basic Safety Rules

Workplace safety can be a complex issue, but learning and adhering to a few safety basics can go a long way toward keeping employees safe on the job. Many workplace injuries and fatalities are directly related to either not knowing how to do something and attempting it anyway or committing unsafe acts through inattention or for other reasons.

10 Basic Safety RulesVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Identifying Confined Space Hazards

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.

Identifying Confined Space HazardsVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Don’t Get Caught With Your Guard Down

Getting caught in machinery is every worker's nightmare, but you can prevent it from becoming yours with a little vigilance.

Don’t Get Caught With Your Guard DownVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Don’t Let the Welding Fume Plume Make You Sick

Welding poses a unique combination of both safety and health risks to more than 500,000 workers in a wide variety of industries.

Don’t Let the Welding Fume Plume Make You SickVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Lock Out Hazardous Energy
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Lock Out Hazardous Energy

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Lock Out Hazardous Energy

You must take steps to prevent equipment from becoming energized while it is being worked on. The energy can be pneumatic, electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, chemical or thermal. There can be other sources as well —

Lock Out Hazardous EnergyVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Working With Forklifts
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Working With Forklifts

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Working With Forklifts

The forklift is an efficient tool. However, sometimes things go terribly wrong.

Working With ForkliftsVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Use Tools Safely

How This Affects You: You can be seriously injured by using common workplace tools incorrectly.

Use Tools SafelyVicky Pickford2023-09-04T19:16:13+00:00