Seaports and docks are challenging places to work, and docking is considered a high-risk industry. Port and dock workers must...
Construction
Construction is a high-hazard industry that comprises a wide range of activities involving construction, alteration, and/or repair. Construction workers engage in many activities that may expose them to serious hazards, such as falling from rooftops, unguarded machinery, being struck by heavy construction equipment, electrocutions, silica dust, and asbestos.
In This section, we will provide Construction Safety information, tools, and resources to assist those in the industry – whether workers or employers – to identify, reduce, and eliminate construction-related hazards. The Resources will include and not be limited to blogs, Apps, Training Materials, Forms, Templates, and more
According to OSHA, caught-on or -between hazards are, collectively, one of the four deadliest dangers found on a construction site (learn more...
According to a report on the United States Department of Labor, 5,250 employees died on the job because of work-related...
Lewis Dictionary of Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health by Jeffrey W. Vincoli. Occupational and environmental safety and health disciplines are, indeed, separate functions....
A Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP) is a systematic investigation of a present or planned process or operation. It was originally designed...
Health and Safety Pocket Book by Jeremy Stranks. This book has full scope of industry and commerce, who may have...
Technology has changed at a breakneck pace. It's happened so fast, in fact, that few workplaces have entirely caught up....
Managing Health and Safety Learning made simple by Jacqueline Jeynes. Managing health and safety effectively outlines the basic principles that underpin effective...
What happened? While the crew was moving lashing materials (chains, shackles, and turnbuckles) from the garage deck into a storage...
Maintaining safety standards across the enormity of a mine is no easy feat. While fatal incidents have been on a...
The National Irish Safety Organisation (NISO) has produced this book of over 1,400 questions and answers to help persons and...
Keeping things tidy makes your workplace look efficient and organized. But it also helps keep workers safe. Loading docks can...
Working at height remains one of the biggest causes of fatalities and major injuries. Common cases include falls from ladders...
What happened? The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published its interim report into a serious explosion and fire...
The A to Z Health and Safety Book by Jeremy W Stranks. The book is for public health inspectors (environmental...
Industrial Safety Management 21st Century Perspectives of Asia by J Maiti, Pradip Kumar Ray. The book refers to managing business...
Machine learning (ML) is a term for the processes by which a machine automatically learns to improve with experience. The...
What happened? An incorrectly secured console cover closed in an unplanned and unexpected way, trapping a crew member’s finger, which...
Occupational Safety and Health Law Handbook By Melissa A. Bailey, Matthew C. Cooper, Frank D. Davis. The handbook begins with a review...
The Construction Site Traffic Management Plan or CSTMP has been developed to help the Project Supervisor Construction Stage (PSCS) and...
This book Managing your shiftwork has been produced to help people understand the nature of shiftwork and is designed to...
Learning from Accidents Third edition Book by Trevor Kletz. This book deals mainly with accident investigation and the need to...
The Essential Manager’s Handbook THE ULTIMATE VISUAL GUIDE TO SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT. Be a more effective manager and hone your management...
This fifth edition of the industry acknowledged standard rigging reference, first published in 1950—Handbook of Rigging for Construction & Industrial...