Lockout: Properly locking out machinery to complete tasks where sudden activation could be disastrous is challenging enough for one person. Add in a group of people who need to work together to complete complicated repairs or necessary servicing, and the stage is set for miscommunication or human error that can lead to someone being in …
You’ve heard the term asbestos, and I’m sure you’ve heard that it’s linked to a type of cancer called Mesothelioma. But you find yourself wondering “what does that mean for me?” For the longest time, I had absolutely no idea what either of them really were, and it wasn’t until I started working at Atlantic Training …
There are simple, inexpensive ways to promote safety in your workplace. Here’s a free safety poster to use as a reminder for your employees to post in company bathrooms as a reminder to maintain a safety culture at your work. Feel free to save, print and use! (for best formatting, right click image and click …
OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. —It’s been four months since first responders walked up to a 2006 Porsche Cayenne involved in what looked like a single-car fender bender along Florida’s Turnpike in Osceola County. Latifa Lincoln, 45, and her 3-year-old daughter, Maksmilla Lincoln, were found dead inside. A strong odor forced first responders back. Three of them …
GHS stands for the Globally Harmonized System of the Classification and Labelling of Chemical It is a set of guidelines for ensuring the safe production, transport, handling, use and disposal of hazardous materials The GHS was developed by the United Nations, as a way to bring into agreement the chemical regulations and standards of different …
Amazing Architecture: “The mass wood structure and façade has been completed for UBC’s Brock Commons student residence — the world’s tallest wood building at 18 storeys (53 metres, about 174 feet) — four months ahead of schedule, showcasing the advantages of building with wood. The structure was completed less than 70 days after the prefabricated …
Construction Work Zones: If speed-enforcement cameras prompt drivers to slow down, how many people would argue against them? As it turns out, plenty. And they are complicating the challenge of road construction accidents and safety in states in which prohibitions on such cameras don’t exclude road-work zones. With most states yet to deploy such systems …
So we’re straying a little bit from our usual topics involving workplace safety because October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For those of you never touched by the dark, rampant reign of cancer of any kind, you’re lucky. When it comes to breast cancer, it is the second leading cause of cancer death among …
“No PPE for me!” said Jim, a gruff construction guy, for Jim knew he was skilled, and he wouldn’t get killed on scaffolding 20 feet high. But sadly for Jim, who took one little step, just a little too far to the right, that without fall protection, a life-saving connection, he would become a grotesque bloody sight.“No …
