workplace safety Articles
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The top indoor fall hazards for industrial facilities
Industrial facilities are among the work environments with the most safety risks to their employees. Toxic chemicals and a wide range of potentially dangerous machinery are often a part of their normal operations. However, their most common cause of employee injury is one they share with many other industries: falls. In recent years, fall accidents have continued to be among the top causes of ...
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The culture of denial, workplace injuries and lessons learned
Try to imagine this workplace injury scenario: A construction worker is seriously hurt on the job. It’s a very minor injury. Years later, under similar circumstances, a worker is killed from a similar incident. Why didn’t the company learn from the first incident? Recent research in the International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics suggests three barriers to learning from ...
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Safety Smart Companies: Three Workplace Hazard Observation Tips
This week we continue to explore the themes being highlighted in 2016’s National Safety Month. Every June the National Safety Council (NSC) encourages us to raise health and safety awareness throughout our lives. Last week we talked about how “Safety Smart” employers can promote workplace wellness. In honor of this week’s theme, “Watch Out For Danger,” ...
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Housekeeping at Work – Don’t Sweep It Under the Rug
What’s at Stake? Housekeeping at work is about much more than cleaning windows and sweeping up dust bunnies. Poor housekeeping can cause injuries, slow down production, dampen morale, start fires and cause catastrophic explosions of combustible dusts. What’s the Danger? A messy workplace not only affects workers’ safety and morale, it makes a bad impression on potential and ...
By SafetyNow
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The safe bet: positioners improve worker safety
Waste and recycling manufacturer Sebright Products increases floor safety by utilizing five ALM Positioners. If it can be recycled, it’s likely that Sebright Productsoffers the equipment to make it happen. With nine different waste-handling product lines, Sebright helps the world manage waste and recycling challenges. “From oil filters to paper, bottles and aluminum cans, if it can ...
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How to Choose the Right Indoor Safety Gate for Your Facility’s Needs
As a business owner or safety manager, you are aware of your obligation to minimize fall hazards for your employees. You faithfully follow OSHA requirements for fall protection, and safety is of paramount importance in your facility. That means you’ve installed guardrails around dangerous machinery, equipment, and materials. You’ve protected the leading edge of elevated surfaces like ...
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Understanding OSHA 1910 to keep Employees Safe in Warehouses & Fulfillment Centers
Fall safety is typically thought of as an outdoor issue in conjunction with rooftop safety, but falls can take place inside, as well. Ladders, mezzanines, loading docks, and more can present fall safety hazards in warehouses, fulfillment centers, and other facilities. OSHA 1910 carefully outlines the rules and requirements regarding fall safety measures, such as guardrail systems and metal swing ...
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Assess your Needs for Foot Protection
FOOT PROTECTION - Assess your needs to see if steel toe overshoes are the right safety option In many industrial settings, when it comes to foot protection, oftentimes only toe protection is required. This is where the steel toe overshoe can be a safe and cost-effective choice. However, because the safety toe overshoe is not eligible for certification by the American Society for Testing and ...
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The bottom-line impact of modular industrial air filtration on manufacturing capabilities
Airborne particulates can be a constant challenge for manufacturers. These contaminants can increase wear rates, waste man-hours in clean-ups and rework, and cause potential health problems for employees. Unfortunately, installing a permanent clean room to control airborne particulates is not a cost-effective option, due to footprint and potential productivity disruptions. For manufacturers with ...
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The Most Common Warehouse Safety & Mezzanine Fall Hazards
In a warehouse environment, there are many hazards that workers are exposed to as they perform their duties. Loading docks, stairways, ladders, forklift paths, and walkways can all be dangerous, but they’re hardly the only hazards. Many warehouses utilize mezzanines and elevated platforms to store equipment, materials, and supplies since growing upwards is more efficient than expanding the ...
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The Most Common Warehouse Safety & Mezzanine Fall Hazards
In a warehouse environment, there are many hazards that workers are exposed to as they perform their duties. Loading docks, stairways, ladders, forklift paths, and walkways can all be dangerous, but they’re hardly the only hazards. Many warehouses utilize mezzanines and elevated platforms to store equipment, materials, and supplies since growing upwards is more efficient than expanding the ...
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Toe protection overshoes make headlines with new materials and designs
Long considered the 'ugly duckling' of the safety footwear business, the safety toe overshoe developed from the venerable galosh has a new lease on life. To be fair, there have been some pretty ugly ones and even some that were downright dangerous. However, the ‘gumshoe’ has come a long way since African-American inventor Alvin Longo Rickman first patented an overshoe in 1898. Over the last 109 ...
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What to Look for in an OSHA-Compliant Mezzanine Safety Gate
Mezzanines are useful highly useful areas of any industrial facility or warehouse, but they present an added fall hazard. Workers on mezzanines are always at risk of falling, and personnel nearby are exposed to risk from falling tools, debris, and equipment. Good news: facility managers can manage and minimize all these risks by investing in protective equipment like a mezzanine safety gate, ...
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Ensuring Safe Mooring Operations: Essential Mooring Winch Safety Measures
Mooring winches are vital tools in the maritime industry, used to secure vessels safely to docks, piers, or buoys. Proper mooring is critical to ensure the safety of vessels, crew, and cargo. However, mooring operations can be hazardous if not executed with care. In this article, we will explore a comprehensive set of safety measures that should be followed when working with mooring winches to ...
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Do an Internal OSHA Fall Protection Inspection Before They Do: Your 6-Step Guide to Success
Few things are more alarming to a safety manager than receiving news of an unexpected OSHA audit. With little time to prepare for an unannounced visit, you are left to face OSHA inspectors without the chance to make sure all the proper fall protection measures are in place and up to code. The key to staying one step ahead is to schedule your own internal OSHA fall protection audit before OAHS ...
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Air Duct Cleaning: Chemicals used in HVAC systems
Introduction: There is a lot of diversity of information regarding the use of chemicals, cleaners, sealants and coatings inside air handling systems. NADCA recognized the need to provide some direction in this complicated and evolving area and developed the “Chemical Product Application in HVAC Systems” white paper. This article is an overview of NADCA’s white paper and as ...
By Vac Systems
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Eliminate Leaks to Enhance Plant Safety, Profitability
Fluid system leaks are common throughout the miles of tubing, valves and other components that span most industrial plants. Such leaks represent increased operating costs at best and potential safety issues at ...
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