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.
Forklift safety is an essential part of warehouse and housekeeping safety. A forklift incident can easily injure its driver, as well as workers who share floor space with forklifts.
How does our workplace stack up against the following housekeeping standards? -? Are floors clean and free of water, mud, ice, grease, oil, waste and clutter? - ?Are leaks and spills cleaned up promptly? -?
“We can’t afford to spend time on making things look pretty. We’ve got production to get out,” he said. That’s true as far as it goes, but plant housekeeping involves a lot more than making
Cuts and contact with substances in trash could expose you to dangerous chemicals and infections.
Whether you are a machinist, a driver or a computer jockey, workplace housekeeping is part of your job.
Housekeeping at work is about much more than cleaning windows and sweeping up dust bunnies. Poor housekeeping can cause injuries, slow down production, dampen morale, start fires and cause catastrophic explosions of combustible dusts.
Housekeeping may not be your favorite job, but a messy workplace is where injuries occur.
Poor housekeeping is one of the leading causes of nonfatal occupational injuries.
A hot work environment or summer weather can bring heat illness - in three stages.
Un trabajador de producción se resbala en una mancha de aceite, se cae y se quiebra la cadera.
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Do you know how to recognize and deal with heat illness? If so, you???ll recognize the clues in this crossword puzzle.
Heat illness ranges from the uncomfortable heat rash to the potentially fatal heat stroke. Keep cool, drink water often???. and try this word search.
This ordinary task can have an extraordinary impact on safety. While it???s a daily duty, it needs to be part of your long-term strategy.
Careless clutter puts a bad mark on your safety record. Good advice: Put trash, recyclables and scrap into the proper containers.
Joe had been working in the North Carolina tobacco field for just over a week. The first few days on the farm were hot and humid, with welcome breaks of rain. But on this day, there was no rain. The thermometer had already climbed to 95F when Joe stopped for his soda and cracker break at 10 a.m. By the time the temperature reached between 100F and 108F at 3 p.m., Joe complained to the crew leader that he wasn?t feeling well. The crew leader gave Joe a drink of water and drove him back to the workers? housing, where he left Joe to rest for a while. Forty-five minutes later, Joe was found on the steps of the house. He was unconscious. Emergency medical services were called and Joe was transported to the hospital, where his core body temperature was recorded at 108F. But Joe didn?t respond to the medical personnel?s attempts to cool him. His death was attributed to heat stroke.
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A worker died of injuries received in an explosion when hot material from a cutting torch ignited a can of solvent. The incident occurred in a metal products plant which was temporarily out of operation.
A small woodland fire was the scene of a workplace fatality when one firefighter died of heat stroke. The young man was one of two affected by heat stroke that day. Two others were affected
A 19-year-old immigrant from Mexico died from heat stress on the job in Fort Worth, TX, where he reportedly never saw a paycheck.
The victim, a 22-year-old male firefighter recruit collapsed while running at the end of a training day.
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