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Safety is a process, and as such, needs to be managed. This section offers resources to create a viable safety program, sell it to senior management, train supervisors and employees in using it, and then track and report your progress. Look also for ways to advance your own skills in these areas, both for your current job, and those that follow.
Manage electrical hazards successfully with these 10 tips for keeping workers safe from shocks, burns, and electrocution. Jim White, training director for Shermco Industries, Inc., a Dallas-based electrical power systems test and maintenance company, has developed a list of 10 electrical safety tips for keeping workers safe. 1. Develop a zero-tolerance policy toward energized work. […]
When it comes to electrical safe work practices, its 1910.333 you want to examine closely. Here’s a mini tour of the requirements.< OSHA requires your employees to use safety work practices to prevent electric shock or other injuries resulting from either direct or indirect electrical contacts when work is performed near or on equipment or […]
Workers need PPE to protect against all kinds of hazards. Of course, your employees probably don’t need protection against pigeon poop. But since you never know… A visitor to Safety.BLR.com recently posed an intriguing question in our “Ask the Expert” feature. It went like this: City employees need to access a confined space in a […]
Confused about exactly which items of PPE you have to pay for and which you don’t? Here’s quick review of the “employer pays” rule. OSHA’s PPE standard (29 CFR 1910.132[h]) says that employers must pay for most types of PPE when used by employees exclusively in the workplace (that is, not for personal use at […]
Yesterday,we identified the six stages in the job hazard analysis process. Today, we feature a sample analysis developed by OSHA. Here’s an example of a job hazard analysis developed by OSHA for a job that involves grinding iron castings. There are three basic steps involved in this job: Step 1— Reach into metal box to […]
One of the best ways to determine safe work procedures to protect workers in a particular job is to conduct a job hazard analysis.< Job hazard analysis is a simple but powerful technique that focuses on job tasks as a way to identify hazards before they occur. It focuses on the relationship between the worker, […]
Any powered equipment is potentially dangerous—even if it’s supposed to be shut down. Many needless accidents occur when somebody turns on a machine that’s supposed to be locked out. Lockout/tagout accidents are not only needless, but serious. They result not in small cuts or scratches, but often cause amputations, serious fractures, or death. Any energy […]
What shape is your energy control program in? Are you set up for an accident-free year or are you risking citations and penalties?< The lockout/tagout regulations are perennially ranked among OSHA’s top 10 violations. Last year, for example, there were more than 3,000 violations of the standard, with penalties mounting to nearly $4 million. These […]
Yesterday, we introduced you to the employee-driven strategies the safety folks at Tropicana are using to energize their safety effort. Today, we’ll focus on some of their other notable safety programs. Among other notable compliance and protection programs in place at Tropicana’s City of Industry plant in California are these: Behavior observation. All employees and […]
Today we introduce you to a couple of your colleagues who have successfully juiced up their company’s compliance and protection programs through intensive employee involvement. Feel free to emulate their accomplishments. World-class safety performance is a point of pride at Tropicana’s City of Industry plant in California, where workers squeeze out 41 million gallons of […]