Workplace safety shouldn’t be taboo. In fact, it’s a legal requirement to protect workers and to abide by the regulations of OSHA and other risk management companies. That being said, the average safety training course can take at least one hour to conduct and can take even longer to retain. Though this time away from …
Jack Benton from EHS Safety News America shares with us the key elements in writing a good and informative accident or incident report. An incident report needs to include all the essential information about the accident or near-miss. The report-writing process begins with fact finding and ends with recommendations for preventing future accidents. You may …
Let’s talk about the workhorse of the warehouse: the forklift. It’s a powerhouse, but it’s also one of the biggest safety risks you have. The stats are terrifying: OSHA reports roughly 85 forklift fatalities and 34,900 serious injuries each year. That’s not just a number; it’s a person, a family, a team. But here’s the …
Maintaining employee safety should always be a major concern for business owners. It’s not just about compliance; it’s about people. A safe workplace prevents traumatic injuries, saves lives, and protects your company from the massive financial drain of workers’ compensation payouts and lawsuits. But where do you start? There are a number of effective practices …
I can’t help but feel like every “surprise inspection” for anything, ever, is nerve racking. I remember teachers inspecting our desks and cubbies for cleanliness back in grade school. Mine was always a wreck…old, unidentifiable food, broken crayons, dirty socks, old homework and tests…basically a lot of kid-nastiness. It’s not that I was lazy, it’s just that I …
Lifting and moving patients either in a healthcare institution or at home can be dangerous task, as doing so improperly can injure the patient or damage the lift. The FDA has a comprehensive download that breaks down the ways to lift patients safely in this colorful handout; but we’ve compiled the information from that handout below: …
When we think of the word “bullying”, our minds almost always place us in grade school- imagining a bigger kid picking on a smaller one, or picturing teenage girls whispering about a less “popular” girl. While we’d like to think that bullying is confined to the young, naive, ignorant minds of schoolchildren, the simple fact …
Asbestos has been used in various building materials for decades. Its use has been widely praised until it was discovered that asbestos has been linked to various lung diseases found in workers who have had long-term exposure to it. It has since been banned for use in building material, but many older buildings still contain …
This fact sheet by Solvchem includes pictograms used by the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals to communicate the hazards associated with various chemicals, which hazard classifications the pictogram applies to, and a brief description. Click Here to Download the Hazard Communication Cheat SheetThis cheat sheet was graciously given to us by …
