Photo of the day: Generator Safety
Power outages are common during disasters, and they can last for several days. You can reduce your losses and speed…
Category: 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
Safe Handling of Acetylene Gas
Acetylene gas is a highly useful substance, widely found in industrial applications and a mainstay in many hobbyists’ private workshops…
Video: Aerial Work Platform Safety: Safety Moment#35
Aerial work platforms are powerful machines that help us in many maintenance and construction projects. If used correctly, these pieces…
Ionizing Radiation’s Quantities and Units
Ionizing radiation is radiation that has enough energy to remove electrons from atoms or molecules (groups of atoms) when it…
What Is a Sling Angle?
According to OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) Publication 2056, there are nearly 6,000 workplace fatalities in the United States and…
Electrical Contact Release
People who receive an electric shock are unable to release themselves from contact with an energized conductor or circuit part.…
E-Books: Safety at Work
Safety at Work, Seventh Edition 7th Edition by John Ridley. A major objective of this book has been to provide an authoritative, up-to-date guide…
Powerline Safety Best Practice For Dump Truck Operators
Dump trucks were the number one cause of overhead powerline contacts in the past five years. Many contacts occurred while…
22-Safety Inspection Checklists
SELF-INSPECTION. The most widely accepted way to identify hazards in the workplace is to conduct safety and health self-inspections. You can…
Material handling Hazards and controls
Materials handling is the lifting, moving, and placing of items in various forms. It may be done manually or with…
Safety Task Assessment Form
The Safety task assessment ( STA) and Pre-Task Hazard Assessment ( PTHA) Is an efficient tool, which if utilized Correctly,…
Safety Flash: Fatality: explosive failure of corroded fire extinguisher
What happened A person was killed when there was a catastrophic explosive failure of a corroded fire extinguisher. The incident…
High-impact crane safety
Many types and sizes of cranes assist us in lifting and moving heavy loads in our workplaces: overhead bridge cranes,…
Suspended Scaffold Pre-Operation Inspection Checklist
Working at height is always dangerous which makes it extremely important to provide a safe way for workers to access…
Work safely with Portable Generators
On construction sites, portable generators are often used to power work lights and tools such as table saws, compressors, and…
How to use Plate Clamps Safely: Safety Moment#34
Plate clamps, or sheet clamps, make difficult lifts safer and easier. While these strong lifting tools allow for faster production…
Photo of the day: 5 ways to reduce the risk of Slipping and Tripping
The statistics related to slips, trips, and falls in the workplace are staggering nearly 16 million fall injuries occur each…
Photo of the day: Incident Investigations
When workplace incidents happen, they must be investigated properly and by the right individuals. As incidents have the potential to…
Photo of the day: 10 Scaffold Safety Essentials
Fall hazards are the leading cause of construction worker deaths, accounting for almost half of all fatalities in construction each year.…
Photo of the day: Effective Health and Safety Committees
A health and safety committee, comprised of worker and management representatives who meet regularly, brings the internal responsibility system into…
E-Books: Health and Safety: Risk Management 5th edition
Health and Safety: Risk Management is the clearest and most comprehensive book on risk management available today. This newly revised…
Photo of the day: New worker Orientation & Safety Orientation checklist
New workers are more vulnerable to getting sick or injured, especially during the first month on the job. To help…
Key Risk Indicators ( KRIs) and it’s the relationship to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs )
Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) are critical predictors of unfavorable events that can adversely impact organizations. They monitor changes in the…
Photo of the day: Workplace Inspection
Workplace inspections are an important prevention tool that can prevent injuries and illnesses and ensure that your health and safety…