Hey Guys Patrick Brayton here! This will be our last Blog entry for the holiday season, so we’re going to make it a good one!
It is that time of the year again. Global warming?! Not when a freeze hits your area!!
You can protect yourself and your household from the many hazards of winter by [...]

Today’s blog entry comes from one of our in-house Safety Training and Injury Prevention Specialists, Patrick Brayton. Patrick has over 30 years of professional experience working in construction - and is one of our longest standing employees here at Safety Services.
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MRSA is becoming a workplace problem with increasing frequency. It needs to be [...]

If you want to achieve a safe working environment, then your company needs a safety consultant. A safety consultant is the designated person tasked to give advice regarding the safety of workers in the construction site or manufacturing floor. The consultant can also help you come up with solutions on how to optimize or improve [...]

You and your workers need to conduct manufacturing safety meetings if you want to avoid lawsuits and establish a safe working environment. These manufacturing safety meetings are important since they impart to your workers all the necessary information about safety in the manufacturing industry. Your employees should be informed properly about these safety measures in [...]

So you have problems keeping your safety meetings organized and closely monitored? When was the last time you had construction safety meetings with your workers or employees? You know that it is important that your employees are well-informed about safety in the construction site.
Not only can those meetings provide knowledge in safety for your employees, [...]

You have probably heard your mother or grandmother remind you again and again throughout your childhood that prevention is better than the cure. Have you ever stopped to think and consider that they might be right? Have you considered applying that saying in your workplace?
We are talking about preventing accidents in the workplace, as [...]

“Safety first!” is the saying to keep in mind when you work in construction, therefore, it is very important that you know the rules to keeping yourself safe in the construction site.
Arc welding safety is often neglected by many construction workers, resulting in accidents and more hospitalizations than you could ever imagine. www.safetyservicescompany.com is a [...]

Have you seen my Cotter Pins? (I am looking for a sterling silver cotter pin for my wife; let me know where to get one.) Have you ever taken the time to realize the significance cotter pins have in your life?
Think about it. What are they? What do they do?
Here I am watching [...]

There is a lot of buzz going around regarding the recent ads posted by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. There were about 5 commercials and some print material that achieved near epidemic levels on social media platforms such as Digg and Stumbleupon. The ads caused a lot of controversy on how graphic [...]

Do you have an occupational health safety consultant in your company? An occupational health safety consultant is a person you can turn to for professional advice regarding health and safety concerns in your workplace. Hiring one from a trusted agency could be an option if you do not have one of your own, but it [...]