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Close Calls – Your `Free Shot’ to Fix a Safety Problem

Safety Management Tools - Close Calls - Your `Free Shot’ [...]

Close Calls – Your `Free Shot’ to Fix a Safety ProblemVicky Pickford2018-01-25T00:00:00+00:00

Train the Trainer: Lockout Tagout
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Train the Trainer: Lockout Tagout

Article, Electrical, English, General Industry, Hospitality, Industry, Language, Lockout/Tagout, Teach, Teach a Course, Topic, Train the Trainer, Type

Train the Trainer: Lockout Tagout

The Control of Hazardous Energy (lockout/tagout) Standard is a frequent source of [...]

Train the Trainer: Lockout TagoutVicky Pickford2018-01-19T00:00:00+00:00

Fire Safety is Everyone’s Responsibility
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Fire Safety is Everyone’s Responsibility

English, Fire Prevention, General Safety, Industry, Language, Safety Talk, Teach, Teach a Course, Topic, Type, Utilities

Fire Safety is Everyone’s Responsibility

Fire safety is an extremely important part of any workplace safety program. It's everyone's responsibility to help prevent fires.

Fire Safety is Everyone’s ResponsibilityVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Protect Your Hearing and Avoid Hearing Loss

What’s at Stake? As the saying goes, “better the devil [...]

Protect Your Hearing and Avoid Hearing LossVicky Pickford2018-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Utility Workers – Pre-Job Briefings
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Utility Workers – Pre-Job Briefings

Construction, English, Health and Safety Management, Industry, Language, Mining, Oil and Gas, Retail, Safety Talk, Teach, Teach a Course, Topic, Transportation, Type, Utilities

Utility Workers – Pre-Job Briefings

What’s at Stake? Failure to identify job hazards is a [...]

Utility Workers – Pre-Job BriefingsVicky Pickford2018-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

What is an Assured Grounding Program?

An 18-year-old worker at a construction site was electrocuted when he touched a light fixture while descending from a scaffold for his afternoon break. The source of the electricity was apparently a short in a receptacle, but examination revealed that the electrical equipment used by the contractor was in such poor condition that it was impossible to make a certain determination of the source of the short.

What is an Assured Grounding Program?Vicky Pickford2018-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Why Accidents Happen and How to Avoid Them

What’s at Stake? Accidents may seem like a word used [...]

Why Accidents Happen and How to Avoid ThemVicky Pickford2018-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Analyzing Hazards – A Task for Many Hands and Many Eyes

What’s at Stake? A hazard is the potential for [...]

Analyzing Hazards – A Task for Many Hands and Many EyesVicky Pickford2018-01-07T00:00:00+00:00

Close Calls are Urgent Calls for Action

What’s at Stake? A close call, also called a near [...]

Close Calls are Urgent Calls for ActionVicky Pickford2024-10-11T20:45:02+00:00

Seven Ways to Avoid Slips, Trips, and Falls

WHAT’S AT STAKE? Slips happen when there’s not enough friction [...]

Seven Ways to Avoid Slips, Trips, and FallsVicky Pickford2017-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

How You Can Prevent Violence in Your Workplace
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How You Can Prevent Violence in Your Workplace

English, General Industry, General Safety, Industry, Language, Safety Talk, Teach, Teach a Course, Topic, Type, Workplace Violence

How You Can Prevent Violence in Your Workplace

Safety Talk What’s at Stake? Workplace violence can happen anywhere, [...]

How You Can Prevent Violence in Your WorkplaceVicky Pickford2017-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

Picking the Right Fire Extinguisher
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Picking the Right Fire Extinguisher

Automotive, English, Fire Extinguishers, General Industry, General Safety, Industry, Language, Manufacturing, Safety Talk, Teach, Teach a Course, Topic, Type

Picking the Right Fire Extinguisher

Safety Talk What’s at Stake? Fire extinguishers are not a [...]

Picking the Right Fire ExtinguisherVicky Pickford2017-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

The PASS-word to Fire Extinguisher Use
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The PASS-word to Fire Extinguisher Use

English, Fire Extinguishers, General Industry, Hospitality, Industry, Language, Safety Talk, Teach, Teach a Course, Topic, Type

The PASS-word to Fire Extinguisher Use

Safety Talk What’s at Stake? A fire is a frightening [...]

The PASS-word to Fire Extinguisher UseVicky Pickford2017-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

Ergonomics and the Mature Worker
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Ergonomics and the Mature Worker

Automotive, Business Services, English, Ergonomics, General Industry, General Safety, Industry, Language, Office Safety, Safety Talk, Teach, Teach a Course, Topic, Type

Ergonomics and the Mature Worker

Safety Talk What’s at Stake? Older workers are dying on [...]

Ergonomics and the Mature WorkerVicky Pickford2017-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

Know the Risks of Asbestos Exposure
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Know the Risks of Asbestos Exposure

Asbestos, Construction, English, General Industry, Industry, Language, Mining, Safety Talk, Teach, Teach a Course, Topic, Type

Know the Risks of Asbestos Exposure

Safety Talk What’s at Stake? Although asbestos has been banned [...]

Know the Risks of Asbestos ExposureVicky Pickford2017-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

Stop Work-related Hearing Loss

What’s at Stake? If you work in a noisy setting [...]

Stop Work-related Hearing LossVicky Pickford2017-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

Trenching and Excavation: How to Avoid an Early Grave
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Trenching and Excavation: How to Avoid an Early Grave

Construction, English, Excavation and Trenching, Industry, Language, Safety Talk, Teach, Teach a Course, Topic, Type, Utilities

Trenching and Excavation: How to Avoid an Early Grave

Safety Talk What’s at Stake? Trenching and excavation work are [...]

Trenching and Excavation: How to Avoid an Early GraveVicky Pickford2017-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

Don’t Leave Your Safety Up in the Air: Protect Against Falls from Heights

Safety Talk What’s at Stake? Working at heights without fall [...]

Don’t Leave Your Safety Up in the Air: Protect Against Falls from HeightsVicky Pickford2017-08-27T00:00:00+00:00

Stop, Look, and Listen: Pedestrian Safety at Work

Safety Talk What’s at Stake? Workplace traffic can be every [...]

Stop, Look, and Listen: Pedestrian Safety at WorkVicky Pickford2017-08-01T00:00:00+00:00

Don’t Let Your Safety Go Up in Flames
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Don’t Let Your Safety Go Up in Flames

Automotive, Construction, English, Fire Extinguishers, Fire Prevention, General Industry, General Safety, Industry, Language, Safety Talk, Teach, Teach a Course, Topic, Type

Don’t Let Your Safety Go Up in Flames

Safety Talk What’s at Stake? Flammable and combustible materials, such [...]

Don’t Let Your Safety Go Up in FlamesVicky Pickford2017-08-01T00:00:00+00:00

Machine Guarding: Show Your Work Crews
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Machine Guarding: Show Your Work Crews

English, Industry, Language, Machine Guarding, Machinery/Equipment, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Chemical, Manufacturing Food, Safety Talk, Teach, Teach a Course, Topic, Type

Machine Guarding: Show Your Work Crews

Safety Talk Instructions: Here’s a Handout explaining machine guarding that [...]

Machine Guarding: Show Your Work CrewsVicky Pickford2017-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

Are you Listening? Preventing Noise Induced Hearing Loss

Many of the machines you operate, tasks you perform, and areas where you work generate too much noise.

Are you Listening? Preventing Noise Induced Hearing LossVicky Pickford2016-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chemicals in the Workplace – Don’t Leave Yourself Exposed
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Chemicals in the Workplace – Don’t Leave Yourself Exposed

Chemical Safety, English, General Industry, Industry, Language, Manufacturing Chemical, PPE, PPE - Head/Face, PPE - Respiratory, Safety Talk, Teach, Teach a Course, Topic, Type

Chemicals in the Workplace – Don’t Leave Yourself Exposed

Most of us don’t give much thought to the chemicals we are at risk for exposure to at work. But did you know that workers in North America are exposed to 650,000 chemicals and chemical exposure causes 50,000 deaths and 200,000 injuries every year?

Chemicals in the Workplace – Don’t Leave Yourself ExposedVicky Pickford2016-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

Working from Heights – Don’t Fall for these Seven Deadly Mistakes

Safety Talk What’s At Stake ? Falls from heights injure [...]

Working from Heights – Don’t Fall for these Seven Deadly MistakesVicky Pickford2016-09-01T00:00:00+00:00