Category: Safety Tip of the Week

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...

Safety Tip of the Week – Whistleblower Protection

Safety Tip of the Week – Whistleblower Protection

A “whistleblower” is a person who informs about illegal, unsafe, or unhealthy activities that another person, group, company, or organization is doing. OSHA’s Whistleblower Protection Program enforces the provisions of more than 20 laws protecting employees from retaliation for reporting workplace concerns, hazards, or violations. OSHA Whistleblower protections extend to...

Safety Tip of the Week – Slips, Trips, and Falls

Safety Tip of the Week – Slips, Trips, and Falls

Estimates put the number of disabling injuries resulting from falls at over 30,000 per year. The number of deaths is close to 12,000 a year. About one in 10 of these deaths happen in the workplace. Slips, trips, and falls cause numerous injuries every day. But they are among the...

Safety Tip of the Week – Actions in Emergencies

Safety Tip of the Week – Actions in Emergencies

Emergencies can create a variety of hazards for workers in the impacted area. Preparing before an emergency incident plays a vital role in ensuring that employers and workers have the necessary equipment, know where to go, and know how to keep themselves safe when an emergency occurs. If an Emergency...