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The Importance of Early Reporting in Potential On-the-Job Hazards
Ensuring a safe work place requires participation and vigilance from staff at all levels. While management is responsible for creating routine assessments of safety and hazards, every employee can play an important role by reporting dangerous… Read More ›
First-Aid and CPR: Why you Need to Know Both
First-aid and CPR training can be tremendously beneficial in a variety of circumstances. The benefits of knowing both CPR and first aid are so important that many workplaces now mandate employees to receive CPR and first aid training in order to ensure that someone who is trained is able to provide these life saving measures [...] Read More ›
What is Machine Guarding As It Relates to Safety?
There are many dangers and hazards that can be present in an industrial work environment. This is particularly true in a machine shop area. Machine guarding is a critical method that can be used to protect workers from the many dangers that can be present. Injuries such as the loss of toes and fingers can result along [...] Read More ›
Employee Maintenance: An Effective Safety & Wellness Strategy (ASSE Professional Safety Journal)
Workplace injuries are a burden to businesses and employees in all sectors. Economic and human impacts affect companies as well as employees and their families. On the economic side, for example, $55.3 billion was paid out in… Read More ›
Team Lifting Can Bear More Weight than One Alone
Even the strongest worker eventually encounters an object or load in the work place which they cannot move safely on their own. Sometimes, these objects require a team of people working together in order to properly displace them. Sometimes two people and a small amount of mechanical assistance will… Read More ›
Tips for Emergency Management Planning
Although no one ever really expects an emergency or disaster to occur, if you run a business it is crucial to make sure you are prepared just in case. Doing so can help to protect your resources and employees. Read More ›
Snowblower Injury Facts and Safety Tips
Snowblowers are by far the easiest way to clear the winter snow from your driveway, but they also present dangers as well. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, there are more than 4,000 emergency room injuries each year associated with… Read More ›
Tolerating Cold Exposure at Work
There are certain types of jobs that can require workers to spend a significant amount of time outdoors in extremely cold conditions. Some regions experience winters with heavy snow, chilling winds and even dangerous… Read More ›
Tips for Staying Safe While Sledding
Sledding is a fun wintertime activity for many individuals and families, but it can also be dangerous if proper safety precautions are not followed. The U.S. consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that there are some 74,000 injuries each year Read More ›
Winter Safety Tips for the Holiday Season
While summertime injuries come in many different flavors, a single type of injury tends to dominate the winter season. Slips and falls… Read More ›