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Fundamentals of First Aid: Poisoning

Poisoning, accidental or intentional, causes significant harm or death to many US and Canadian people. Poisoning takes many forms as harmful chemicals can be breathed in, swallowed, touched or injected.

Fundamentals of First Aid: Poisoning2018-09-16T00:00:00+00:00

17-Year-Old Laborer Works His Last Day

Two workers entered an unprotected trench (11 feet deep x 8 feet wide) to set new sections of pipe. Only one would survive.

17-Year-Old Laborer Works His Last Day2018-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

Walking and Working Surfaces Checklist

Use this checklist as a starting point and edit the list as necessary for location specific regulations and work performed.

Walking and Working Surfaces Checklist2018-09-12T00:00:00+00:00

6 Tips for Avoiding Slips, Trips, and Falls in the Workplace

Slips, trips, and falls are consistently rank as one of the top 2 causes of injuries and deaths on the job. Our contributor, Zachary O’Dell from SafetyLine asks, “Have you taken these 6 precautions to avoid injuries in your own workplace?”

6 Tips for Avoiding Slips, Trips, and Falls in the Workplace2025-10-09T20:13:39+00:00

Workplan: Walking and Working Surfaces

Hazardous walking and working surfaces account for hundreds of thousands of injuries and hundreds of deaths every year.  This translates into billions of dollars spent on work comp, lost-time injuries, and days away from work.  Set yourself, your employees, and your organization up for success by doing your part to keep these surfaces safe.

Workplan: Walking and Working Surfaces2025-10-09T20:27:09+00:00

Aerial Lift Safety for Utility Workers

Aerial lifts are commonly used by utility workers. Aerial lifts include boom-supported aerial platforms, such as cherry pickers or bucket trucks, and elevating platforms, such as scissor lifts.

Aerial Lift Safety for Utility Workers2018-08-24T00:00:00+00:00

By the Numbers: Flammable and Combustible Liquids

Flammable and combustible liquids are responsible for workplace fires and fires at home. You may not realize it, but you probably have at least a few containers hanging out in your garage, basement, or under the kitchen sink.

By the Numbers: Flammable and Combustible Liquids2018-08-19T00:00:00+00:00

Tool: A 4-Step Guide to Incident Investigations

One of the biggest challenges when you are investigating an incident is sorting out the irrelevant information from the relevant information. One way to do this is by using a systematic approach to investigate all incidents that focuses on finding the root causes.

Tool: A 4-Step Guide to Incident Investigations2018-08-16T00:00:00+00:00

Flammable and Combustible Materials – Fire Prevention Checklist

The use, storage, and handling of flammable and combustible materials is critical to the safety of workers, property, the community, and the environment. This is a general checklist designed to give you a starting point.

Flammable and Combustible Materials – Fire Prevention Checklist2018-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

Picture This: Fancy a Cuppa Kerosene?

What do these dual personality containers and a woman in Utah drinking sweet tea and a BBQ joint have in common?

Picture This: Fancy a Cuppa Kerosene?2018-08-13T00:00:00+00:00

Focus On: How to Conduct Meaningful Incident Investigations

Investigating an incident allows you to look beyond what happened and discover why it happened. It also allows you to identify and correct deficiencies in your safety and health programs, management shortcomings, and unsafe processes, conditions, and actions.

Focus On: How to Conduct Meaningful Incident Investigations2018-08-13T00:00:00+00:00

By the Numbers: Worldwide Workplace Injury and Illness Stats

Unsafe working conditions and unsafe work practices lead to a staggering number of workplace and work-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths.

By the Numbers: Worldwide Workplace Injury and Illness Stats2018-08-09T00:00:00+00:00

Workplan: Near Miss Reporting Management

Seventy-five percent of all accidents are preceded by one or more near misses, according to the National Safety Council. So, if you’re trying to reduce the number of injuries and incidents with property damage and other incident-related loss, it makes sense to measure and manage your near misses.

Workplan: Near Miss Reporting Management2018-08-04T00:00:00+00:00

Workplan: Flammable and Combustible Liquids

Flammable and combustible liquids can create a fire and explosion risk. Fortunately, most of the risk can be eliminated through careful use, storage, and disposal. This Workplan sets out a strategy you can implement over a 30-day period (and beyond) to prevent flammable and combustible liquid fires, fatalities, injuries and costly citations.

Workplan: Flammable and Combustible Liquids2018-08-04T00:00:00+00:00

Putting Out Fires

Workplace fire safety is about preventing fires from starting —but also vital is dealing with a fire when it does start. If fire breaks out in your workplace, do your workers know what to do?

Putting Out Fires2018-08-01T00:00:00+00:00

Safety for Host Employers and Contractors: Communication and Coordination

As a host employer you may find yourself responsible for the safety and health of your workers, temporary workers provided by staffing agencies, and workers employed by other contractors or subcontractors. This can create several challenges and hazards for you and your workers, and contractors and their employees.

Safety for Host Employers and Contractors: Communication and Coordination2018-07-27T00:00:00+00:00

Ask the Expert: Can You Let Workers Remove Respirator to Prevent Heat Stress?

Your workers are about to enter a storage bin to perform cleaning operations. The bin is a permit confined space; and since it has an IDLH (immediately dangerous to life and health) atmosphere, workers must use a respirator to do the work.

Ask the Expert: Can You Let Workers Remove Respirator to Prevent Heat Stress?2018-07-27T00:00:00+00:00

Ask the Expert: Heat Stress Fact or Fiction

There are many misconceptions about heat stress, heat illnesses, and what a person should do when they are required to work hard in a hot environment. Be in the know so you can separate fact from fiction.

Ask the Expert: Heat Stress Fact or Fiction2018-07-27T00:00:00+00:00

Pros and Cons of Safeguards Tool

Use this chart as a quick reference on the pros and cons (limitations) for common machine safeguards.

Pros and Cons of Safeguards Tool2018-07-23T00:00:00+00:00

Picture This: Trust Issues – Struck-by/Caught-between

You probably already know that you should never put yourself under a suspended load. Never. It’s not safe. There are simply too many things that could go wrong.

Picture This: Trust Issues – Struck-by/Caught-between2018-07-22T00:00:00+00:00

Crushed-between Scissor Lift and Support Beam

A 27-year-old male employee was fatally injured when he was crushed between the railing of a scissor lift and a mezzanine outer support beam while installing insulation on duct work.

Crushed-between Scissor Lift and Support Beam2018-07-21T00:00:00+00:00

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