CAL-OSHA’s Heat Poster
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“LOPC” of an ammonia pipe in unoccupied refrigerated spaces
Loss of Primary Containment (LOPC) is a term used to describe an event where a pipe or vessel leaks or fails, releasing its contents. No Process Hazards Analysis should be considered complete until each circuit of pipe/hose and vessel(s) has been reviewed for LOPC…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View...
Respirator Facial Hair Diagrams
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EVERYONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFETY
EVERYONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFETY Safety is everyone’s responsibility! As an employee, you should: a. Learn to work safely and take all rules seriously. b. Recognize hazards and avoid them. c. Report all accidents, injuries and illness to your supervisor immediately. d. Inspect tools before use to avoid injury. e. Wear all assigned personal protective…...
Compressed Gas Cylinder Color Coding
Cylinder Colors While the cylinder label is the primary means of identifying the properties of the gas in a cylinder, the colour coding of the cylinder itself, can often time provide a further guide. Cylinder Shoulder – European Standard Color CodingThe color applied to the shoulder, or curved part, at the top of the cylinder,…...
The Use of Contact Lenses in an Industrial Environment (ACOEM Guidelines)
ACOEM Guideline – The Use of Contact Lenses in an Industrial Environment May 4, 2003 More than 34 million Americans wear some type of contact lenses. Of this number, many are employed as part of the industrial workforce. As the health professional most familiar with the hazards encountered in the industrial setting, the occupational and environmental medicine (OEM)…...
CAUGHT IN THE GRAIN!
This information was put together by George G. Maher, Ag Safety Specialist @ North Dakota State University in 1995!!!!… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
And That’s How It Happens… Some Safety Policies are born!
And That’s How It Happens… Start with a cage containing five apes. In the cage, hang a banana on a string and put stairs under it. Before long, an ape will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the apes with…...
What ANSI Z87.1-2003 changes in Safety Glasses Requirements
Lenses and Frames The many changes incorporated in the new ANSI Z87.1-2003 will affect the manufacture and testing of both safety frames and safety lenses. Because your industrial business is a valuable asset to your overall operation, you should be familiar with and adopt the practices of the new procedure to ensure compliance and to…...
Machine Guarding Applications and Attributes
Applications and Attributes (Informative: the safeguarding and complementary equipment contained in the chart below, as well as their applications and attributes, are NOT intended as an all-inclusive list, but merely as additional information or guidance on some potential uses and capabilities of the listed safeguarding and complementary equipment) Safeguarding Application(s) (for safeguarding hazard areas…...
AFTERTHOUGHTS AND REGRETS….
AFTERTHOUGHTS AND REGRETS…. How often have you said or done something and then later, reflecting on your action, thought to yourself, “How could I have done that?” Here are some afterthoughts which, unfortunately, too many of us have experienced: “That’s how we’ve always done it before.” (…before the accident occurred anyway.) “I never thought that…...
A SINGLE SECOND
A SINGLE SECOND By Charlie Kittleson It takes a minute to write a safety rule. It takes an hour to hold a safety meeting. It takes a week to plan a good safety program. It takes a month to put that program into operation. It takes a year to win a safety award. It takes…...