Operating a Forklift Requires Training
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.
Just Plumb Dangerous
Plumbers are treated most often for eye injuries, but the job has many other dangers, including: explosive solvent vapors from glues, joint compounds and primers biohazards from human waste corrosive chemicals asbestos used for insulation
Stay Safe Around Gas Cylinders
These cylinders have numerous applications, from breathing and welding to sample testing. The gases commonly found in them include oxygen, nitrogen, acetylene, chlorine and liquid propane (LPG). Many cylinders contain high pressure and will hurtle
Keep Aluminum Ladders Away From Electricity
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.
Good Footwear Beats Sore Feet GalleryGood Footwear Beats Sore Feet
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Good Footwear Beats Sore Feet
When your feet hurt, everything hurts. Ask anyone finishing a long shift in bad shoes.
Don’t Contract Out Personal Safety
Working with some contractors' employees can create challenges, not to mention anxiety and hazards. But with cooperation and understanding, job safety doesn't have to be "hit or miss."
Avoid Harmful Horseplay
Horseplay is rough play, practical jokes and other physical humor which can endanger workers.
Fire Extinguisher PASS Word
Using a portable fire extinguisher is an important safety skill.
What Is Ergonomics? – Spanish
La ergonomía es un campo de investigación que estudia la comodidad y la seguridad del cuerpo humano cuando las herramientas, los lugares de trabajo y los procedimientos del mismo se ajustan al trabajador.
Cement Burns
Wet cement is a leading cause of skin problems for workers. These problems can be mild and short lived or severe and chronic.
Don’t Fall for Winter
In cold weather conditions, people are usually careful to put winter tires on the car and drive according to road conditions, but they don’t always exercise the same caution when walking across snowy, icy or wet surfaces.
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.
5 Ways to Handle Holiday Stress
Stress sets in when there is an increase in demand for our time and resources that we can’t meet. In small doses, stress can be powerful. It motivates us to do the things we need to do to survive. However, too much stress can have negative effects on our mental and physical health. And it can certainly ruin the holidays.
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Buddy Up for Confined Space Safety
Some jobs require workers to enter and work in tight areas known as confined spaces, which can be both uncomfortable and dangerous. Usually, a confined space will have limited access, poor ventilation and poor lighting.
Picking Up Bad Vibrations GalleryPicking Up Bad Vibrations
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Snow Cold Outside
In this Safety Talk, we'll review some of the common, and unusual, hazards associated with working in the cold and learn what precautions to take to stay safe.
Get Moving – Why Health and Wellness Matters
To many of us live sedentary lives. We spend most of our waking hours at work sitting behind a desk, behind the wheel, or behind a counter. Then we plop down on the couch and relax in front of the TV when we get home. Even those of us who have more active jobs likely don’t get enough exercise. A lack of physical activity is hazardous to your overall health and wellness.
Be Handy and Safe with Hand and Power Tools GalleryBe Handy and Safe with Hand and Power Tools
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Be Handy and Safe with Hand and Power Tools
Tuck your thumbs into the palms of your hands and try to tie your shoes, open a bottle, or hold a utensil.
Avoid Taking Pesticides
A grounds maintenance worker took pride in the corporate landscaping in his care. To keep the green lawns pest-free, he used chemicals freely.
A Good Safety Attitude
You have been receiving advice about safety for years. You have listened to it at work, read it and watched television spots on it, but probably never thought about it much.
Leave Chemical Hazards at Work
If you work with hazardous chemicals, then you?ve been trained on safe work practices to reduce your exposure. But have you ever considered the effects these chemicals might have on your family?
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.
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Protect Your Hearing and Avoid Hearing Loss
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Utility Workers – Pre-Job Briefings
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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.
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