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Yesterday, we described a case study involving a welding accident that occurred while an employee was working on a cracked fuel tank. Today, we focus on 7 safety recommendations involving welding, tanks, and flammable vapors. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has identified over 60 fatalities since 1990 due to explosion and fires from hot […]
OSHA says that exposure to lead occurs in at least 120 different occupations. Overexposure to lead can result in serious illness and death. And according to a recent CDC study, occupational exposures are on the rise. Use this case study of a real welding accident to train your welders to prevent similar accidents. The employee […]
Yesterday, we answered some important questions about confined space safety and regulatory compliance. Today, we continue with more Q&As and introduce a training tool that can help you answer employees’ questions about confined spaces. Are there certain items that we should have on standby when we enter a confined space? Yes, there are specific items […]
OSHA’s confined space standard is long and detailed and includes six appendices. OSHA compliance and the safety of confined space entrants depend on knowing exactly what the regulations require. Today and tomorrow, we offer a brief selection of questions about OSHA’s confined space requirements (29 CFR 1910. 146). These are questions that safety managers from […]
Summertime often means lots of vacations and lots of employee absences—but training still needs to get done. So how can you keep up with training when so many employees aren’t at work? It may seem like the obvious, but begin by setting up a training schedule. Without a reasonable, realistic schedule, training might not get […]
A pallet jack is meant to help workers handle heavy loads safely. Think how easily workers could be injured if they tried to move the same materials without the assistance of a pallet jack. However, if they don’t use the equipment safely, they can be injured just as easily. Pallet jacks clearly aren’t as dangerous […]
Order picking is an important task in most manufacturing facilities. Although this work may not be among your most dangerous occupations, it is not without hazards, and unfortunately injuries are common. Back injuries are among the most common hazards for order pickers, of course, and the majority of these injuries occur when a worker is […]
Safety committees have become commonplace in the American workplace and the benefits have been significant. Here are suggestions for successfully installing a safety committee. Starting back in the early 1990s, companies began to add safety committees to their overall safety programs. OSHA encouraged this effort and suggested numerous ways in which the committees could prove […]
Safety committees play an important role in workplace safety and health. In fact, OSHA highly recommends them. But to get the best results from your committee, you have to start with all the right ingredients. Ideally, your safety committee is well established and effective, with employees eager to serve and management responsive to its recommendations. […]
A conveyor is very often the most efficient method for moving material from one area of the workplace to another. It can carry material from one operation to another without it being loaded onto a forklift or handcart by workers at each step of the process. Unfortunately, large moving machinery, like a conveyor, can present […]