Housekeeping is Safety “You never get a second chance to make a good first impression.” Never has this phrase been as true as when it comes to housekeeping at work. The negative impressions and implications of poor housekeeping can affect you and co-workers for a long time to come. Morale...
Hot and Hazardous: Heat Illness Can be Deadly A rise in body temperature of as little as 2 degrees can negatively impact brain function, making heat an underlying cause of job accidents. As workers overheat, their diminished brain function can cause them to overlook hazards and make mistakes....
Lockout/Tagout Failure to lock out or tag power sources on equipment can result in electrocutions, amputations, and other serious, sometimes fatal, accidents. What are the most common causes of these accidents? The machine or piece of equipment was not completely shut off before a maintenance or repair operation. Not...
Lyme Disease Safety Lyme disease is a serious, tick-borne illness that can cause chronic muscle pain, inflammatory arthritis, heart disease, and/or neurological disorders. Because the disease can be long term and debilitating, early recognition and diagnosis is important so that it can be successfully treated with antibiotics....
Hazard Awareness A hazard can be defined as a condition or changing set of circumstances that presents a potential for injury, illness, or property damage or the potential or inherent characteristics of an activity, condition, or circumstance that can produce adverse or harmful consequences. So as you begin work,...
Eye Protection Simply using the proper eye protection on the job could prevent thousands of eye injuries each year. A Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) survey of workers who suffered eye injuries revealed that nearly three out of five were not wearing eye protection at the time of the...
Trenching Safety Each year trenching cave-ins result in more than 5,000 serious injuries and 100 deaths in the United States. Safety Hazards Cave-ins can be caused by: Vibration of nearby construction equipment or vehicle traffic; Weight of equipment that is too close to the edge of the trench;...
Chemical Exposer Inhalation Ingestion Absorption Injection You can protect yourself against chemical hazards by: Reading container labels, safety data sheets (SDSs), and safe-work instructions before you handle a chemical. Using personal protective equipment. Knowing the location of safety showers and eyewash stations and how to use them. Risk...
Dress warmly and in layers. Learn what to look for. Keep dry. Take a break. Don’t work alone. Eat right. Let safety be a sponge – soak it up Download flyer: STOTW_Avoiding Cold Stress Injuries.pdf (154.57 kb)
Practice safe behaviors on scaffolding at all times: Only one person should stand on an individual plank at a time. Materials should not be hoisted or placed on cantilevered platforms unless they are designed for it. Be aware of activities taking place overhead and try to keep tools away...