Workers sometimes take chances with ladders, failing to remove worn or damaged ladders from service. This could cause serious, even fatal, injury.
How This Affects You: You can be seriously injured by using common workplace tools incorrectly.
It?s ironic that tools are vital to maintaining machinery, yet many people drop the ball when it comes to maintaining the hand and power tools that help them perform this maintenance. Hand and power tools are common items in most workplaces. But they?re still capable of causing serious injuries.
How This Affects You: Workplace violence can happen to anyone, even you.
It?s a great thing to be courageous and to have nerves of steel. There are many important tasks that would never get done if it weren?t for those who were brave enough and tough enough to tackle them. But there is a fine line between being brave and being dangerous.
We want to see you back here at work, safe and sound, after the holiday season.
Fatigue is difficult to prevent when your job takes you on the road a lot. It?s hard to say ?no? to a trip or to stop for sleep when there?s a delivery to make or a customer to see.
Aluminum ladders are lightweight and easy to use. But aluminum ladders have one major drawback-they conduct electricity more readily than ladders made of other materials such as wood or fiberglass.
Ventilation is one of the most important engineering controls available to help provide a safe working environment.
Things are constantly changing in many areas of people?s lives. Your job likely sees a lot of change, where new methods of doing things are introduced, potentially affecting your safety and health.
Falls through floor openings cause many deaths and serious injuries. These incidents also cause terrible feelings of guilt because typically, one worker fails to securely cover a floor opening and another worker falls through it to his death.
Using a ladder is a safer alternative to using a makeshift climbing device or an improvised work platform.
Nearly everyone has heard sayings such as ?Many hands make light work? or ?None of us is as smart as all of us.?
These sayings refer to teamwork. Many people associate teamwork with sales teams or sports teams, but teamwork is also a vital element in keeping you and your co-workers safe and healthy on the job.
Too much noise can cause permanent hearing loss. It develops gradually and without pain, but noise-induced hearing loss cannot be reversed.
When you work around machinery, vehicles and anything else that moves, you could be caught in a tight spot and crushed.
Bullying is defined as repeated aggressive behavior against another person in an effort to hurt that person, either emotionally or physically. And it happens more often than you’d think. In fact, an estimated 35 to 37 percent of North American workers report being bullied on the job by a co-worker or person in a position of authority.
Keep control of your emotions when you drive. Take a few deep breaths, check your speedometer and slow down mentally and physically if necessary. Allow enough time to get to your destination, taking into account
Hurricanes can be devastating, affecting the safety and well-being of individuals and families. Hurricanes destroy homes and businesses, cost lives, separate families and cause financial instability.
Tools using compressed air can be worth their weight in gold. Handled properly, they save a lot of sweating, grunting and possibly swearing.
Stress - everyone has it. It is a natural part of life, but too much stress can cause health problems and can affect your ability to work safely.
The forklift is an efficient tool. However, sometimes things go terribly wrong.
It’s easy to get overly confident once you’ve mastered something. But even an experienced worker can become entangled in the conveyor, struck by a vehicle in a work zone or slip on a wet floor. No matter how long you have been on the job and no matter how skilled you are, you must remember the basic safety precautions. Don’t get complacent.
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