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Modern safety management goes beyond covering traditional workplace accidents to now being equally concerned with illnesses caused on and even off the job. This section will explain what you need to know to avoid both injuries and illnesses, and to track your progress in reaching this goal.
If your workers must reach, lift and carry, bend, or twist their bodies or perform other activities that place them in a nonneutral posture, their shoulders may be at risk. The shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint and is, in fact, the most mobile joint in the body, allowing 230 degrees of motion vertically and enabling […]
Back injuries are among the most common workplace injuries and also among the most common MSDs. Make sure your employees know about these strategies for preventing back injury and pain. Although they may not be as dramatic as fatal accidents or amputation incidents, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) can be extremely painful for employees, as well as […]
Do your employees walk around your facility, or down the street, with their faces buried in their mobile phones? Even if they’re on company business, this is just not a good idea, according to Professor Jack Nusar of The Ohio State University who warns of the dangers of what’s being called “distracted walking.” Nusar’s research […]
A cargo handler at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey was towing a metal airplane tail stand—a metal frame used to support the tail of an aircraft when it is being loaded and unloaded—when the tail stand’s central stabilizer, or support, caught on the raised lip of a manhole cover, destabilizing it. The stabilizer […]
The equipment that’s at the heart of many operations may also be at the heart of safety problems—especially amputation hazards. Amputations are among the most severe and disabling workplace injuries. According to some estimates, the number of annual job-related amputations is about 5,000. That’s an average of almost 14 a day—and that’s a lot. According […]
Today, we offer recommendations for combating heat stress for both employers and employees. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that employers take the following steps to protect workers from heat stress: Schedule maintenance and repair jobs in hot areas for cooler months. Schedule hot jobs for the cooler part of the day. […]
Heat is not just uncomfortable on the job. It can be deadly. Make sure your workers know the signs of heat stress and what to do about it. Workers who are exposed to extreme heat or work in hot environments may be at risk of heat stress, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
Witness interviews often reveal important information about workplace accidents. Make sure to make the most of them. Witness interviews should be conducted by experienced safety personnel as soon after an incident as possible, before memories fade or recollections change. Questions to ask witnesses include the following: Please fully describe the accident sequence from start to […]
One accident is bad enough. But when the same thing happens again… well, that’s too much! Here are some suggestions for preventing repeat accidents. When an accident occurs, the first thing that needs to be done, of course, is treat any injuries. Then a series of key steps must be taken: Secure the area of […]
How much do your workers know about back injuries and how to prevent them? Here’s are 20 questions you can ask to find out how much they really know, and how much you have to teach them. 1 Back strain is second only to the common cold for causing lost workdays. T F 2 Overweight […]