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Employee participation in any near-miss program is vital, however, it can be challenging to get workers to conform to change...
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Wood is used to create products from fine furniture to the home that you live in. While many people may...
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Office chairs are an integral part of the workplace environment. Responsible for supporting us as we work and keeping us...
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The purpose of this Scaffold checklist is two-fold: 1) to answer questions to help employers and employees understand the requirements...
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About 30% of jobs require some driving. Workers who drive at night including nearly over-the-road truckers and delivery drivers face...
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Lifting equipment and accessories are marked for a variety of reasons, the most important of which is to give it...
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Many Workers especially Farmers and bus drivers report musculoskeletal pain, even more so than other industries. Ther report pain in...
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Wearing personal fall protection equipment while working at height, including lanyards and self-retracting lifelines (SRLs), is the key to returning home safely...
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Emergency workers must respond quickly to natural disasters, such as earthquakes or hurricanes, and to manmade disasters, such as technological...
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Reducing the risk of workplace injuries is a high priority among industries, and is especially so in the electric power...
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Welders take pride in their work after all, their welds are visible for all to see. To avoid injury, welders...
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Hot summer months pose special risks for working outdoors and workers exposed to heat, sun, and other hazards. Employers and...
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Safety Instrumented System ( SIS ) bypass by any other name is just as dangerous. Whether referred to as an...
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The goal for every employee working at height is to make it home safely at the end of every shift....
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THIS Confined Space Guide has been developed to explain the hazards of confined space work and to assist employers in...
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Job stress costs American companies more than $300 billion a year in health costs, missed work, and poor performance. It...
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Waterborne illnesses are caused by various bacteria, viruses, and pathogenic microorganisms and usually occur because of poorly treated drinking water...
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Everything we do affects our back. Unfortunately, the back is not very resilient. Once the back has been injured, it...
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5-Minute Workplace Safety Talks manual by J.J. Keller’s easy-to-use gives you fingertip access to more than 100 different safety talks....
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To ensure that the workplace is safe to conduct work activities, it is sometimes necessary to bypass a safety controls...
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An automated External Defibrillator ( AED ) is a small, lightweight device used to assess a person’s heart rhythm. If...
Harnesses are a critical piece of “personal fall protection,” and full-body harnesses are approved for use in: Fall arrestPositioningConfined space rescueLadder...
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Measuring noise levels and workers' noise exposures is the most important part of a workplace hearing conservation and noise control program....
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In December 2021, a concreter suffered serious injuries including a cervical spinal fracture and lacerations to his head and body...