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Have you ever made a decision to break a safety rule? How long did it take for you to reach that decision? What did you gain by taking a chance? It only takes a moment to decide to break a safety rule, yet that one moment could change your life forever. Today’s publication offers you an opportunity to think about your personal safety behavior, both on and off the job. We’ll...
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Warnings and thinking ahead are important means for accident prevention. They often reveal hidden hazards or issues so that the user can avoid injury.Good pre-job planning, effective job briefings, and looking out for yourself and each other are effective ways to prevent accidents and help ensure you go home safe and sound at the end of each work period.
There is no “Silver Bullet” to ensuring your...
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We all take things for granted. Basic things, simple things. It’s normal, isn’t it? We live in a routine, for the most part, and the more routine, the more dependable the thing is, the more you stop noticing it. For instance, you don’t really notice each time you take a breath, do you? You don’t notice the pavement you walk on, unless you trip because something...
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Every driver should have the goal to be as safe as possible on the road. The 2 most important habits that will prevent collisions are diligent observation and keeping space around your vehicle. A driver’s eyes should not be fixed on one point for more than 2 seconds, and even less at higher speeds.A little head movement while looking around will allow a person to see around the blind spot...
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Cell phones can be a great convenience and a great tool . . . however their use at inappropriate times and inappropriate places can certainly be risky.The following two accounts are case studies that have been used to examine the effect of distraction caused by cell phone use. Of course in both cases the effect is death!
In British Columbia Canada a new road was being preloaded with sand and...
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Recently David L. Walline, CSP, of Owens Corning Corporation, Toledo, Ohio, wrote an article titled, “What Injury-Free Workers Can Teach Us”.Within that article he highlighted 10 Key Attributes of Injury-Free Workers.
He noted that as his injury-free network grew, some uncommon attributes came to the surface associated with many of the personalities of injury-free workers. He pointed out that...
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The “unexpected” can, and does confront nearly every driver at one time or another. Our only recourse is to think through possible unexpected situations that might arise and to plan a positive reaction ahead of time. Usually, the unexpected situation that confronts you is going to be the result of a bad move on the part of some other motorist. For instance, the other person...
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During scaffolding activities the head of a hammer came off and fell 15 meters to the ground, landing between two workers. Basic causes included:
Head came off hammer. The hammer was worn and the shaft had previously been refitted to the head.
No overhead protection for people working below.
No policy for managing hand tools.
BROKEN ARM FROM FALLING OBJECTA worker suffered a broken arm when...
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There are several ways you can assess your risk and make simple changes to reduce the hazards that may be present in an electrical system. By ensuring that your home undergoes a thorough electrical inspection completed by a qualified electrician before buying, selling, or remodeling a home, you can help make certain your home’s electrical system operates at the highest level of safety possible....
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This is the story about 4 people named EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, AND NOBODY.
There was an unsafe condition in the workplace and Everybody was sure that Somebody would report it.
Anybody could have reported it, but Nobody did.
Somebody got angry because it was Everybody’s responsibility (job).
EVERYBODY thought ANYBODY could report it & surely thought that SOMEBODY would...
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PLEASE take note of the “Chemical Hygiene Plan” (per 1910.1450) posted on the door in the green folder! Turn to page 4 and you will find the “housekeeping” section and on page 21 you will see the section pertaining to the importance of not blocking the emergency eyewash/safety shower. The other one I got a chuckle out of was the section on flammable liquids (which...
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Does your facility have “egress stairwells” located either within the building or external to the building? If your facility has multi-level structures, you should have an egress arrangement similar to the one shown to the left (whether inside or outside). These emergency egress stairs have some often over looked fire code and OSHA requirements that I would like to mention....
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