E-Books: Electrical Safety Code Manual
Electrical Safety Code Manual by Kimberley Keller. A Plain Language Guide to National Electrical Code, OSHA, and NFPA 70E. This book…
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Engineering Controls or PPE?
As an idea, engineering controls are moderately basic. They are the favored techniques for danger control that works by isolating…
E-Books: Career Guide to the Safety Profession
A career guide to the safety profession by American Society of Safety Engineers Foundation. The Career Guide to the Safety…
Online Quiz: Work and home fire safety
Fire safety is the set of practices intended to reduce the destruction caused by fire. Fire safety measures include those that are…
Photo of the day: Top10 Injuries in office work
At first glance, you may not think there’s much risk associated with office jobs. There’s no heavy machinery in offices…
Enhance Worksite Safety by using wearable technology
A 2014 survey from The Workforce Institute at Kronos Inc. found that a significant number of adults in many countries think that…
Photo of the day: You can prevent workplace Falls
Few people can claim they’ve never slipped, tripped, or fallen at least once in their lives. It happens to everyone…
Safety Flash: Overturning of the Lifeboat Kristin Faye
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) of the United States has published Marine Accident Brief MAB 20-36 relating to the overturning of…
Protruding Rebars Hazards and Control Measures
Rebar reinforcement bars are a common part of civil concrete work. Subsequently, rebar safety is an extremely important issue on…
In The Line of Fire
The line separating safety from danger is sometimes quite small. To avoid crossing that line, we must 1) always be…
Common Causes of the workplace incident: Safety Moment#32
Accidents can happen any time obviously, they’re not intentional, and there are infinite possibilities for something to go wrong. You…
Caught Between Hazards: One of Construction’s Fatal Four
To reduce the high number of injuries and deaths that occur on construction sites, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration,…
Dropped Object Consequence Calculator
A dropped object is defined as ‘any object that falls from its previous static position under its own weight’. If…
Hazard Identification Plan (HIP) Template
One of the “root causes” of workplace injuries, illnesses, and incidents is the failure to identify or recognize hazards that…
Pressure Testing and Safe Distance calculation
To familiarize the workforce with ongoing Hydro Testing, Pneumatic Strength Testing, Line Blowing & Filling activities (Pressure Testing) safely All pressure…
E-Books: Introduction to International Health and Safety at Work
Introduction to International Health and Safety at Work by Phil Hughes and Ed Ferrett. The Handbook for the NEBOSH International…
What are pyrophoric materials and what are their hazards?
Three recent explosions involved pyrophoric materials in storage tanks. The following incidents occurred when pyrophoric materials on the insides of…
Ladder Inspection Form
The first step in ensuring that roofing professionals utilize ladders safely and effectively on the Jobsite is to provide training…
Road Work’s Hazards and the controls
Many Contractors work on road works, which has a high variety of hazards and therefore a high amount of risk.…
Construction Safety Management: Preparing for work
The key to achieving healthy and safe working conditions is to ensure that health and safety issues are planned, organised,…