Safety Tips: Health Effects of Dust Particles
Breathing in dust can result in a range of occupational illnesses and diseases depending on: Most dust clouds contain particles of widely varying sizes. Hazardous dust is not always visible. …
Safety Tips: Food Handling and Hygiene Training
hy is Food Safety and Hygiene training important? According to the Food Standards Agency, there are 2.4 million cases of foodborne illness per year in the UK. Also, around 180 people die in the …
Safety Tips: Vehicle Safety
Safe use of motor vehicles, construction machinery, and equipment requires familiarity with the equipment as well as adherence to the following basic rules: Before You Operate a Motor Vehicle or …
Machine Safety Tips to Prevent Workplace Injuries and Accidents
All workplaces, irrespective of the industry or nature of the business, use machinery. Heavy machinery is a boon at the workplace. It helps to complete complicated tasks promptly and reduces …
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Safety Tips: Noise/Hearing Protection at the Workplace
Every year, 22 million workers risk losing their hearing from workplace noise hazards. Hearing loss disability costs businesses an estimated $242 million annually in workers’ compensation. NIOSH reports that some …
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Safety Tips: Control of Fatigue at Work
Fatigue is more than feeling tired and drowsy. In a work context, fatigue is a state of mental and/or physical exhaustion that reduces a person’s ability to perform work safely …
Safety Tips: Gas Cutting
Oxy-fuel welding, often referred to as “gas cutting,” is a process that uses fuel gases and oxygen to weld and cut metals. It’s commonly used for repair work and for …
Safety Tips: Housekeeping Safety program
A good housekeeping program plans and manages the orderly storage and movement of materials from point of entry to exit. It includes a material flow plan to ensure minimal handling. …
Safety Tips: Improving Workers Safety Attitude
5 Keys to Improving Worker Safety Attitude 1. Take Safety Seriously : Every employee must take safety seriously in order to: 2. A Positive Safety Attitude Makes the Most of …
Safety Tips: Burn Hazards and Prevention
Burns are a very common injury in today’s workplaces. Your facility or jobsite, as well as the equipment in it, needs to have the necessary warnings in place so that …