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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 —
The forklift is an efficient tool. However, sometimes things go terribly wrong.
How This Affects You: You can be seriously injured by using common workplace tools incorrectly.
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Poor housekeeping causes a wide range of injuries and fatalities, ranging from painful slips, trips and falls, to workers being unable to evacuate burning buildings because of blocked fire exits, to dust explosions that can claim multiple lives in an instant.
If you have to rescue someone who is receiving an electric shock, be careful or you might end up becoming a shock victim yourself.
Break time is your chance to break away from the routine and relax before heading back to work. But you can?t take a break from safety.
The hazards associated with compressed gas include oxygen displacement, fires, explosions, toxic effects from certain gases, reactivity and projectile concerns.
These cylinders have numerous applications, from breathing and welding to sample testing. The gases commonly found in them include oxygen, nitrogen, acetylene, chlorine and liquid propane (LPG). Many cylinders contain high pressure and will hurtle
When your feet hurt, everything hurts. Ask anyone finishing a long shift in bad shoes.
How This Affects You: Workplace violence can happen to anyone, even you.
There are a number of hazards your hands encounter every day on the job. Here are a few examples.
Your body has a marvelous ability to regulate its internal temperature through sweating and the cooling effect caused by the evaporation of sweat. But there are a number of factors that can interfere with this process and cause your body temperature to spike, resulting in heat illness.
The practice of using a lock and tag to isolate power from a piece of manufacturing equipment is not uncommon at work, but you may not realize that more injuries from failure of locking out happen at home and they can be prevented.
Many forklift injuries are received by people working or walking around forklifts in operation.
The laboratory environment can be a hazardous place to work.
A sawmill worker suffered multiple fractures to his right arm when it became caught in an edger outfeed chain and sprocket. For unknown reasons, he had lifted the guard to check the drive mechanism.
People who never touched a chainsaw before have been using these tools for disaster cleanup. So it's time for a safety talk on the hazards of these tools.
How This Affects You: The air around you keeps you alive.
Since it's your first time, you may want to checkout some of the video tutorials.
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