Orange cones, barricades and flashy arrows. These are things you’d likely see on a part of the road whenever certain operations are being done near vehicle traffic. In most cases, too, you’d see one or two people in flashy vests monitoring the traffic flow. These people are called flaggers.
Flaggers make sure that vehicles [...]
Transporting loads is a very dangerous operation. It might seem like a simple task of getting stuff from one place and bringing it to another. But loading, unloading and transporting cargo can cause serious injury and even fatality. Workers loading and unloading cargo are exposed to serious danger in that heavy objects may hit [...]
In the past month, we ran 13 articles that offer tips and safety measures for eliminating and controlling different hazards in the workplace. From blindness and bone fractures to impalement and explosions, the compilation of tips below can save you from almost every possible danger on the job. Just click on a title to [...]
Thanks to firefighters, two window washers in San Jose were rescued after their platform got stuck 100 feet (nine stories) in the air. They were stranded for more than an hour until the firefighters rappelled down and hoisted them up one at a time.
If you think being stranded [...]
Defective or damaged items are a common problem in the workplace. While you can solve these dilemmas with repairs or replacements, you can’t leave these items as is.
Today, we’ll go into the complexities of using tagout for defective or damaged items in the workplace. This subject serves as a pseudo sequel to our [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
My first job 30 years ago was working in a welding shop. We made ornamental iron products for the local tourist industry. The old guys there didn’t do any teaching on safety, so I had to learn some first aid to be able to take care of all sorts of burns, cuts and scrapes. My [...]
As a prequel to the following post I want to state that it is never our intent as a company to ’scare’ our clients into purchasing any of our products. The nature of our industry is such that people never even think about workplace safety until they have been inspected already, so we have [...]
