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Safety Shower Drills
Your workplace is most likely equipped with safety showers and eyewash stations and you may have used them. Not only are they used in emergency situations to wash away harmful chemicals or put out clothing
Parking Lot Perils
Traffic accidents, falls and assaults are just a few of the perils of workplace parking lots and garages.
Falling Objects GalleryFalling Objects
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Falling Objects
Let's look first at the problem of stored materials. Materials are piled in the yard, in the truck or at various places on the jobsite.
Look Out For The Little Guy GalleryLook Out For The Little Guy
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Look Out For The Little Guy
All drivers need to watch out for small vehicles on the road – the compact car hiding in the truck driver's blind spot, the bicycle courier passing on the right side at an intersection and the oncoming motorcycle.
Avoid the Hazards of Hot Work
Numerous oil rig fires and explosions have killed many workers during the past 20 years. The moral: Don't let "hot work" turn you into a statistic.
Protect Your Back GalleryProtect Your Back
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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.
Health and Safety Committee
Your workplace probably has a committee that discusses safety issues.
Use Ladders Safely
Using a ladder is a safer alternative to using a makeshift climbing device or an improvised work platform.
Cuandiacute;dese la espalda
Watch Your Back
Aparte del resfriado común, la razón más frecuente para ausentarse del trabajo es el dolor de espalda.
Watch Your BackVicky Pickford2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00
Heads Up! In Work Zones
We all encounter building projects in our workplace, on the road and in our neighborhoods. You have to be aware of the hazards or risk serious injury.
10 Electrical Safety Tips for Every Worker Gallery10 Electrical Safety Tips for Every Worker
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10 Electrical Safety Tips for Every Worker
WHAT'S AT STAKE Workers in almost every work environment are [...]
A Slice of Safety Can Help Prevent Knife Injuries GalleryA Slice of Safety Can Help Prevent Knife Injuries
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A Slice of Safety Can Help Prevent Knife Injuries
Many workers use utility knives to open packaging. But one wrong move and these tools can do serious harm. In fact, nearly 40 percent of all injuries attributed to manual workshop tools in the US involve utility knives. And it’s not only utility knives that pose a risk. The straight hand knife is also a commonly used tool in many industries and the cause of many severe accidents.
Confined Spaces Can Become Domino Death Traps GalleryConfined Spaces Can Become Domino Death Traps
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Confined Spaces Can Become Domino Death Traps
A confined space is any enclosed or partially enclosed space with restricted entry and exit that is not designed or intended for continuous human occupancy. The word “confined” suggests “small” but many confined spaces aren’t small.
Safeguard Your Youth In a New Job
Starting a new job is a challenging. In addition to learning the mechanics of new work, you are also trying to make an impression and navigate the culture of a new workplace. You must learn the layout of the new workplace as well as master new tools.
Maintenance and Safety Go Hand in Hand
Maintenance workers need to know about a broader range of safety issues than probably anyone else in the workplace.
Winter Work Wear: Avoid A Chilly Surprise With The Right Work Wear GalleryWinter Work Wear: Avoid A Chilly Surprise With The Right Work Wear
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Winter Work Wear: Avoid A Chilly Surprise With The Right Work Wear
Do you know which clothes and protective equipment to wear in cold temperatures? This is important if you perform your job outdoors, or in any kind of low temperature environment such as food-storage freezers or meat-packing plants.
Keeping Young Workers Safe and Healthy GalleryKeeping Young Workers Safe and Healthy
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Keeping Young Workers Safe and Healthy
On average, approximately 500 workers younger than 24 years of age die from work related injuries every year, and more than 800,000 are treated for nonfatal injuries in hospital emergency departments each year. While their injuries and illnesses might be similar, young workers face a different set of risk factors than older, more experienced workers.
Combustible Dust is No Ordinary Dust
A combustible dust is any fine material that can catch fire and explode when mixed with air. The force from combustible dust explosions can cause multiple deaths, horrific injuries, and massive destruction of property.
Climb Your Way to Safe Ladder Use
Of all occupational injuries, falls are the second leading cause of death next to highway crashes.
Don’t Treat Forklifts Lightly
Many forklift injuries are received by people working or walking around forklifts in operation.
Avoid Chemical Exposure
If you work with any amount of chemicals,? or work in an environment where chemicals are used, handled, stored,? transported or disposed of, you must understand the hazards and how to protect? yourself.
Some Medications Are the Wrong Prescription for Safety
We all know that illegal drugs such as marijuana or cocaine are hazardous to use. We also know that alcohol is prohibited at work because it is, obviously, intoxicating. But did you know that many other drugs that we take for granted can also affect your ability to do your job safely?
Fatigue at Work – A Safety Nightmare in the Making
Fatigue is the state of feeling very tired, weary or sleepy. It results from not getting enough sleep, shiftwork, prolonged mental or physical work, or extended periods of stress or anxiety. Fatigue impacts work performance and safety and can cause health problems. In the most extreme cases, fatigue has been linked to environmental disasters, plane and train crashes, nuclear disasters and the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle.
Awake, Alert and Alive
Here are some tips for staying awake and aware when you drive for your job, to and from work or on your own time: Get enough sleep before you drive. For most people, eight hours
Soaking Up The Rays Isn’t Such a Good Idea GallerySoaking Up The Rays Isn’t Such a Good Idea
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Soaking Up The Rays Isn’t Such a Good Idea
Trouble is, this worker might not realize that even young healthy skin can get cancer by too much exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays. Most of the damaging UV radiation we get comes from sunlight. There's
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