Ways that Mats Create Safe, Slip-Free Work Environments
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]One way to reduce injury-causing slips and falls is to pay attention to what’s on the floor of the workplace.Workplace injuries cost American businesses. Between lost work hours, injury claims and other expenses, U.S. employers lost nearly $62 billion in…
Winter Fire Safety Tips
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As summer turns to fall, it’s a good idea to refresh your memory on fall fire safety tips. Some safety tips are the same regardless of the time of year, but many safety concerns are seasonal, particularly those that involve…
Tips for Choosing the Right AutoDarkening Welding Helmet
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Helmets today are more functional than ever, can accommodate a welder’s specific needs and even offer some cool graphics. Still, they must meet strict safety standards.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row xt_row_type=”in-container” xt_border_top=”0″ xt_bg_position=”middle” xt_bg_attach=”scroll” xt_pattern_opacity=”100″ css=”.vc_custom_1493483431033{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 5px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_column][xt_networks…
Fatality Investigation: Orchard Worker Dies After Falling Off Tractor
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]These flashes summarize the key matters and incidents, allowing wider dissemination of lessons learnt form them. The information below has been provided in a good faith by members and should be reviewed individually by recipients, who will determine it’s relevance to…
Microlearning’s Big Impact on Safety Training
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Providing safety training in short bursts may help workers retain critical safety knowledge and procedures.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row xt_row_type=”in-container” xt_border_top=”0″ xt_pattern_opacity=”100″ css=”.vc_custom_1494663199000{margin-bottom: 4px !important;border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;border-left-color: #e5e5e5 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #e5e5e5 !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #e5e5e5…
Is Fatigue a Hidden but Deadly Workplace Epidemic?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Nearly half of Americans admit they may be too tired to function safely at work.If you’re tired at work, you’re not alone. Some 43 percent of Americans say they do not get enough sleep to mitigate critical risks that can…
Keys to Building a Successful Active Threat Plan
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As the national conversation regarding violence in the workplace suggests a heightened awareness stemming from increased media coverage, recent studies suggest there may be statistical evidence supporting increased episodes of workplace violence.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row xt_row_type=”in-container” xt_border_top=”0″ xt_pattern_opacity=”100″ css=”.vc_custom_1494663199000{margin-bottom: 4px !important;border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width:…
Four Minutes: Life and Death in Confined Spaces
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Of all the workplace hazards, confined spaces are some of the most deceptive. What looks like a “normal” space could be a deathtrap: filled with hazardous gases or, just as likely, lacking in oxygen.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row xt_row_type=”in-container” xt_border_top=”0″ xt_pattern_opacity=”100″ css=”.vc_custom_1494663199000{margin-bottom: 4px !important;border-top-width:…
Risk of Explosion during Removal of Split Rim/Multi Piece Wheels from Vehicles-Safety Moment #8
[vc_row xt_row_type=”in-container” xt_border_top=”0″ xt_pattern_opacity=”100″ css=”.vc_custom_1492506885226{margin: 2px !important;padding: 1px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1492503653707{padding: 4px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Following a recent incident, the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is issuing an urgent warning to owners, plant operators and tyre fitters with regard to the handling and repair…
Tool Box Talk: Back Sprains and strains
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]You may not be aware, but the most commonly experienced workplace injury is also the most avoidable. 50% of US employees are expected to experience physical damage to their lower back at some point. Even if you believe you aren’t…
A Proposed Rule for Beryllium
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]OSHA has published a new proposed rule on beryllium exposure that rolls back some requirements for the construction and maritime industries found in the final rule initially issued in January 2017.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row xt_row_type=”in-container” xt_border_top=”0″ xt_pattern_opacity=”100″ css=”.vc_custom_1494663199000{margin-bottom: 4px !important;border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px…
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act [EPCRA]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Emergency planning is critical for operations that handle or produce significant quantities of hazardous materials. Because of the danger to employees working at these facilities and to the general public presented by the harmful release of hazardous materials, likes noxious,…
Death of Oregon forestry worker prompts new toolbox talk
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Portland, OR – The Oregon Occupational Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Programrecently released a toolbox talk guide in response to a fatal incident in which a forestry worker was killed when a falling tree struck her vehicle.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row xt_row_type=”in-container” xt_border_top=”0″ xt_pattern_opacity=”100″…
OSHA releases fact sheet on spray painting in shipyards
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Washington – A new fact sheet from OSHA is intended to protect shipyard workers from hazards associated with spray painting.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row xt_row_type=”in-container” xt_border_top=”0″ xt_pattern_opacity=”100″ css=”.vc_custom_1494663199000{margin-bottom: 4px !important;border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;border-left-color: #e5e5e5 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color:…
Abrasive blasting: Know the hazards -Safety Moment #7
[vc_row xt_row_type=”in-container” xt_border_top=”0″ xt_pattern_opacity=”100″ css=”.vc_custom_1492506885226{margin: 2px !important;padding: 1px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1492503653707{padding: 4px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Abrasive blasting, which uses compressed air or water to clean surfaces, apply a texture, or prepare a surface for paint or other coatings, can be harmful to workers if…
20 Best practices from the oil & gas industry
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s an understatement to say in the past few years the oil and gas industry – both “upstream” in exploration and drilling operations, and “downstream” in refining processes – has gone through formidable safety challenges and traumatic safety-related incidents. Today,…
The Importance of Safe Behavior
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Regulations alone cannot improve safety. Buy-in at all levels is needed to change the culture.Although OSHA-compliant, many employers continue to have injured employees. DuPont demonstrated this point through a study of over 40,000 injuries, where it was revealed that unsafe…
Video:Accident Investigation-1
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Accident Investigation Video shows employees steps that are taken in an accident investigation, and highlights how important it is for employees to fully cooperate with any inquiry. It also points out that while an investigation’s focus is to determine the…
E-Books:Safety For The Leader and Manager
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Safety For The Leader and Manager is a 140-page book written by Lawrence H. “Chip” Dawson, a safety and health consultant based in Rochester, NY. This publication is an overview of the safety management process. The theme is “how enlightened…
AEDs: The Life-Saving Devices that Everyone Should Know How to Use
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sudden cardiac arrest can happen to anyone, anywhere, at any time.Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of death and a major health problem in the United States, with more than 356,000 people suffering from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each…
What’s The Best Measure Of Safety Culture?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In my 40 year safety career, I’ve found that companies with the lowest turnover rates in their type of industry usually also have low accident rates and excellent safety cultures. While there are certainly more precise and scientific measures of safety culture, I believe…
Hazardous Waste Management
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), “Hazardous waste is waste that is dangerous or potentially harmful to our health or the environment. Hazardous wastes can be liquids, solids, gases, or sludges. They can be discarded commercial products, like cleaning…
Hazard Communication and Health Hazards
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you work with industrial chemicals each day, then you make your living in a high-risk work environment. Chemicals are a broad category, but almost always we’re talking about substances that are unpredictable, unstable, and dangerous when handled unsafely. Chemicals…
Ergonomics Near Misses
[vc_row xt_row_type=”in-container” xt_border_top=”0″ xt_pattern_opacity=”100″ css=”.vc_custom_1492506885226{margin: 2px !important;padding: 1px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1492503653707{padding: 4px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Integrating ergonomics into a near-miss program involves identifying musculoskeletal disorder risk factors and empowering employees.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row xt_row_type=”in-container” xt_border_top=”0″ xt_pattern_opacity=”100″ css=”.vc_custom_1494023713193{margin-top: 2px !important;margin-bottom: 2px !important;padding-top: 4px !important;padding-right: 4px !important;padding-left: 2px !important;background-color:…
