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By the Numbers: Eye Injuries

Do you know how many workplace eye injuries could be prevented if eye protection had been worn? Read on to find out.

By the Numbers: Eye Injuries2019-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

Focus On: Confined Spaces

 Let’s get serious about confined space safety. Confined spaces can be seriously dangerous and are the leading cause of multiple fatalities in the workplace. Here’s why… A confined space has limited openings for entry or exit, is large enough for entering and working, but is not designed for continuous worker occupancy.

Focus On: Confined Spaces2019-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

Protect Your Eyes and Face

Safety eyewear and face shields can save you from injuries which can lead to blindness and facial disfigurement.  Prompt treatment of eye and facial injuries reduces the risk of permanent damage.

Protect Your Eyes and Face2019-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

Confined Spaces: Racing to The Rescue Is Deadly

Two employees from a local construction company were assigned to repair a sewer line leak. One employee was responsible for entering the sewer—a confined space—to repair the leak. The other stayed topside as a standby person.

Confined Spaces: Racing to The Rescue Is Deadly2019-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

Workplan: How to Implement an Eye and Face PPE Program

The use of proper eye and face protection, such as safety glasses, goggles, face shields and helmets can prevent countless eye injuries. This Workplan focuses on implementing an Eye and Face PPE program but can easily be modified to include all PPE.

Workplan: How to Implement an Eye and Face PPE Program2019-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

Picture This: Confined Space Whack-a-Mole

Permit-required confined space entry procedures must be part of your employers confined space entry program. Following these procedures will save your life and the lives of bystanders who may attempt rescue (unprepared and unprotected).

Picture This: Confined Space Whack-a-Mole2023-09-04T12:14:21+00:00

Picture This: Someone is About to Get Schooled with Sparks to the Eyes and Face

Using an angle grinder can be extremely dangerous for several reasons. If the wheel isn’t the right size or type, or is defective, it could break apart and become a dangerous projectile. One that can take off a finger, put out an eye, or do serious and sometimes fatal damage.

Picture This: Someone is About to Get Schooled with Sparks to the Eyes and Face2023-09-04T12:13:00+00:00

Focus On: Six Ways You Can Die in a Confined Space

Confined spaces are notorious for hazards, often hidden that you can’t see or smell. Too many times when a hazard in a confined space is recognized it is too late for the entrants in the space to save themselves. Here are six hazardous and deadly confined space situations.

Focus On: Six Ways You Can Die in a Confined Space2023-09-04T14:24:41+00:00

Tool: Confined Space Hazard Assessment Worksheet

Use/modify this form to identify hazards associated with a confined space and to determine procedures and safety precautions required for entry into the space. This form is to be completed by a trained and competent Confined Space Entry Supervisor.

Tool: Confined Space Hazard Assessment Worksheet2019-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

Infographic: Seven Confined Space Entry Do’s and Don’ts

Seven Confined Space Entry Do's and Don'ts

Infographic: Seven Confined Space Entry Do’s and Don’ts2023-09-04T12:15:16+00:00

News You Can Use: OSHA Crane Operator Qualification

On November 9, 2018 OSHA published a Final Rule amending the requirements for crane and derrick operator training, certification, and employer evaluation (29 CFR 1926 Subpart CC).  The evaluation and documentation requirements become effective on February 7, 2019. Here’s what you need to know.

News You Can Use: OSHA Crane Operator Qualification2019-02-06T00:00:00+00:00

By the Numbers: Rid These Seven Surfaces of Ice

Don’t take chances when it comes to icy surfaces. Ice on walking and working surfaces can cause serious slip, trip, and fall hazards which can lead to disabling injuries, major concussions, and loss of life. Avoid these icy hazards by ensuring procedures are in place and enforced for the safe removal of ice on these seven surfaces.

By the Numbers: Rid These Seven Surfaces of Ice2019-01-31T00:00:00+00:00

Workplan: First Aid Program Elements

A first aid program is required for most employers in the U.S. and Canada.  The program should be based on the hazards, risks, and proximity to medical services of an individual site, however there are several elements that every program should include.

Workplan: First Aid Program Elements2019-01-31T00:00:00+00:00

Focus On: First Aid Training

Training your first aid attendants and first responders is a required part of every first aid program. But do you know what exactly should be covered or what training methods to use? Hazards are present at all worksites, from offices to mines. So too are the chances of injuries and illnesses. Sudden cardiac arrest, severe bleeding, shock, a near-drowning, or lack of oxygen during confined space work are all life-threatening emergencies. Without prompt and properly performed first aid a victim of any of these situations will very likely die or be permanently disabled while waiting for emergency services to arrive and begin care.

Focus On: First Aid Training2019-01-31T00:00:00+00:00

Checklist: Focus Five – First Aid Program Checklist

 The time to unearth potential problems in your current workplace first aid arrangements is right now—before a medical emergency does it for you. Although first aid requirements can vary - there are FIVE sets of documents to focus on when conducting an audit of your first aid program.

Checklist: Focus Five – First Aid Program Checklist2019-01-31T00:00:00+00:00

First Aid and Four Fatalities

Timely first aid saves lives. As these four fatal incidents show, accidents at work vary greatly in type, cause, and location. The common thread between them is the chance that first aid might have made a difference in how these workers’ stories ended.

First Aid and Four Fatalities2023-09-04T14:32:42+00:00

Picture This: First Aid Kit Fiasco

Check out what this worker found when he went to use the first aid kit in his lab after he burned himself.

Picture This: First Aid Kit Fiasco2023-09-04T14:29:13+00:00

Carcinogens are Cancer Causing Chemicals

A carcinogen is any substance that can cause cancer. They are chronic toxins that cause damage after repeated or long-term exposure. For some people, the workplace can be a source of exposure to some carcinogens, such as asbestos, benzene, or formaldehyde.

Carcinogens are Cancer Causing Chemicals2019-01-31T00:00:00+00:00

By the Numbers: First Aid Matter – When Minutes Matter

A human heart can cease beating within 4 minutes after breathing stops. Permanent brain damage can occur within 4 to 6 minutes after breathing stops. Average ambulance response time is 8 to 12 minutes.

By the Numbers: First Aid Matter – When Minutes Matter2019-01-31T00:00:00+00:00

Picture This: How Would You Treat Hands Like These?

Frostbite is the freezing of the extremities (fingers, toes, nose, earlobes, etc.) caused by loss of blood flow, which can cause tissue damage and the need for amputation.  Make sure you know the signs and symptoms of frostbite so you can recognize and properly treat the condition.

Picture This: How Would You Treat Hands Like These?2023-09-04T14:27:42+00:00

Supervisor Secret: Training Adults Using Participatory Learning

Want to see a higher rate of retention and return on investment in your training program? Keep these characteristics in mind when it comes to adult learning.

Supervisor Secret: Training Adults Using Participatory Learning2019-01-25T00:00:00+00:00

Quick Course – Fatigue at Work Can Kill You

Course Description You’re an accident waiting to happen if you [...]

Quick Course – Fatigue at Work Can Kill You2019-01-24T00:00:00+00:00

Supervisor Secret: Leading Through Change

The only thing you can count on in today’s workplace is change. Just when you get accustomed to one way of doing things, a new plan comes along.

Supervisor Secret: Leading Through Change2019-01-20T00:00:00+00:00

Tools: Signs, Symptoms, and First Aid Treatment for Cold-Related Conditions

Keep workers safe (and warm) by training them on the signs, symptoms, and first aid treatment for cold-related illnesses. You can download and edit this chart to share with your workers.

Tools: Signs, Symptoms, and First Aid Treatment for Cold-Related Conditions2019-01-18T00:00:00+00:00
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