Category: Safety Tip of the Week

Safety Tip of the Week – Falls From Heights

Safety Tip of the Week – Falls From Heights

Falls are the second leading cause of occupational fatalities and disabling injuries in the United States. Each year, over 500 workers die in fall-related accidents and over 300,000 workers suffer a disabling injury. Fall protection is defined as any means or system used to protect employees from falling from an...

Safety Tip of the Week – Cell Phone Safety

Safety Tip of the Week – Cell Phone Safety

Cell phones can be a dangerous distraction in the workplace. Just like other workplace distractions such as horseplay and chattering with co-workers, cell phones can cause us to lose focus on the task at hand. When used inappropriately these devices can get employees in trouble at work as well as...

Safety Tip of the Week – Confined Space Rescue Plans

Safety Tip of the Week – Confined Space Rescue Plans

Confined spaces are areas that contain, or have the potential to contain, a hazardous atmosphere, have limited means of entry and exit, and although they are large enough for a worker to fit, they are not designed for continuous occupancy. Confined spaces require permits to enter due to their inherent...

Safety Tip of the Week – Safety with Lithium-ion Batteries

Safety Tip of the Week – Safety with Lithium-ion Batteries

Many electronic devices use lithium-ion batteries. These include laptops, cellphones, tablets, cameras, and even power tools. Popular micro-mobility devices such as hover boards, E-scooters, and E-bikes have become increasingly popular and have this type of battery, as do electric vehicles. Lithium-ion batteries contain one or multiple lithium cells connected electrically....

Safety Tip of the Week – Preventing Amputations

Safety Tip of the Week – Preventing Amputations

Amputations are some of the most serious workplace injuries and have long-lasting consequences impacting quality of life. Amputations can be caused by a variety of activities and equipment and occur most often when workers operate unguarded or inadequately safeguarded machinery. Mechanical Motion Is Hazardous: All mechanical motion is potentially hazardous....

Safety Tip of the Week – Motor Vehicle Safety

Safety Tip of the Week – Motor Vehicle Safety

Every Belt – Every Ride In 2004, a campaign called “Every Belt – Every Ride” was launched by OSHA in conjunction with the DOT’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (the NHTSA). The main object of the campaign was to encourage federal workers to wear seatbelts every time they ride in...

Safety Tip of the Week – Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Safety Tip of the Week – Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

OHSA and the EPA encourage employers to conduct a “Root Cause Analysis (or RCA)” when an incident or near miss occurs to investigate the reason why it happened, and to prevent a similar occurrence from happening again. A Root Cause Analysis allows an employer to discover the underlying and systemic...