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Note: This article originally appeared on Safety.BLR.com here. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is critical to arc flash safety. PPE does nothing to prevent arc flash events from happening. Instead, it helps to reduce possible injury to the worker should an event take place. PPE can only be effective, however, if the worker is wearing it! […]
In a proposal, the EPA is seeking to extend its Clean Air Act (CAA) Refrigerant Management Program covering air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment to non-ozone-depleting substances (ODS) that are Green House Gasses (GHGs). Specifically, the proposal would add hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a non-ODS that contributes to climate change, to the list of regulated refrigerants. HFC-134a, the most […]
Yesterday we covered tips for keeping your workers safe when they are in or around golf cart-type vehicles. But your employees are even more at risk on the open road, so today we’ll look at defensive driving training for your workforce. When you think of work-related safety hazards, you probably think about what goes on […]
When workers are injured on the job, early return to work (RTW) makes good sense for employees and employers. Spend a few hours in front of the TV on a weekday, and you’ll get an eyeful of what injured workers see every day—ads for lawyers promising large settlements for their injuries. That’s why workers’ compensation […]
Happy Labor Day Safety professionals! As fall approaches, we take a look back at some of the most popular articles on the Safety Daily Advisor website from this summer. The Right Way to Use Discipline to Promote Workplace Safety Discipline can be a positive part of workplace safety if you apply it correctly. Should Employees […]
OSHA doesn’t want your confined spaces entrants going in without the knowledge and experience they need for protecting their safety—and neither do you. The best way to keep your entrants safe is to train them well. OSHA’s permit-required confined spaces standard for general industry (29 CFR 1910.146) requires you to train entrants so that they […]
In a final rule, the EPA has established initial air quality designations for most areas in the United States for the 2015 primary and secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone. The rule states that 2,646 out of 3,142 counties or county equivalents have been designated attainment or attainment/unclassifiable for the 2015 NAAQS, […]
Here’s a small company with some big safety achievements. The key to their success is focusing on “real work/most likely situations.” React Environment Professional Services Group, Inc. (REPSG) is a Philadelphia environmental remediation firm with just 25 employees who perform assessments and cleanups. When asked what led this small company to big safety success, Charlene […]
Yesterday, we began an article by guest writer Jamie Ross, engineer, author, and trainer, and presented the first three of his 6 tips for communicating safety to those outside your team. Today, we conclude with the final three tips. 4. Blame Someone Else Another tactic to make yourself look less like a know-it-all is to […]
Imagine that a worker is badly injured on the job and is bleeding heavily. When taken to the hospital, the employee is pumped full of blood. Only it isn’t real blood; it’s an artificial substitute. Currently, this scenario is more science fiction than science. But the possibility of someday being able to manufacture artificial blood […]