What is Carbon Monoxide and is it Poisonous? We have all seen the news, or read in the papers, stories of people, entire families dying of carbon monoxide poisoning, their space heater had a leak and filled the home with the poison gas, the family was sleeping and never knew it. That is just one [...]

NAOSH week was first launched in June of 1997; Canada has been running it 10 years prior to that. In 1997 the United States and Mexico joined in. Canada has been a great help to both countries in their support and experience in occupational health and safety. NAOSH week helps to bring safety and health [...]

The consequences of improper tank storage : In this video a large train-car sized storage tank is purposefully imploded to show the danger of not venting your storage tanks. This can lead to serious injuries, as you can clearly see the amount of power involved. Related Links: OSHA Announces Top 10 Most Cited Violations PPE [...]

A common mind set for many small construction companies and independent contractors is that they do not see a need for a safety program, because they have so few employees. Luckily every year OSHA Posts it’s compilations of top citations and dollar amounts per inspection. I want you to take a look at the 2007 [...]

Grain handling facilities can be extremely hazardous and you need to take all appropriate steps to ensure safety. In this article I want to go over training, safety, emergency procedures, and entry into the grain storage facilities. In upcoming articles I will discuss many other important things you need to know when working in the [...]

OSHA now offers RSS feeds of its news content for your reading pleasure. This is a great tool to keep up to date on recent updates and postings, as well as to take advantage of the extensive resources which often go unnoticed on the OSHA website. For those of you who don’t know, an RSS [...]

OSHA has launched a sub-site dedicated completely to providing safety information for the working teenagers of the US. What is already there is full of great information and it’s all posted in an easy to read format. The current content includes a Teen Safety Fact Sheet and an article on Building a Safe Work Foundation. [...]

Summer is approaching fast, and you’re going to be servicing your air conditioning units as well as your customers. It’s a very busy time for the air conditioning industry and you need to take care and follow all the safety guidelines in order to avoid injury to yourself, property damage, as well as damage to [...]

How to keep yourself safe while using this powerful tool Todays post may seem like some bogus corporate ‘paid recommendation’ but I promise you it’s not. The name “Porta Power “doesn’t really tell you the potential life saving aspects of this tool. But if you’re ever in a serious accident you’ll be thankful for this [...]

Blasting on the Construction / Mining Site I have been to blasting sites before, I was at quite a distance so I never really knew all that was entailed in the process. Blasters have to go through extensive training, have permits, and follow strict rules and regulations. It’s by far one of the most dangerous [...]