Category: Weekly Safety Meeting

Weekly Safety Meeting – Hearing Safety

Weekly Safety Meeting – Hearing Safety

Worker hearing loss is a safety hazard. Exposure to loud noise or certain chemicals while at work can damage your hearing. Occupational hearing loss is one of the most common work-related illnesses and is permanent. Exposure to loud noise kills the nerve endings in our inner ear. More exposure will...

Weekly Safety Meeting – Skin Cancer Prevention

Weekly Safety Meeting – Skin Cancer Prevention

The sun is essential to all life on Earth; however too much exposure to the sun can be harmful to us. Excessive exposure to ultraviolet light, also called “UV rays,” emitted from the sun can cause many skin conditions, as well as skin cancer. Overexposing our skin to the Sun’s...

Weekly Safety Meeting –  Shortcuts Are a Choice

Weekly Safety Meeting – Shortcuts Are a Choice

Everyone takes a shortcut at one time or another. We cross the street between intersections instead of using the crosswalk or jump a fence instead of using the gate. But, in many cases, a short cut can involve danger. The decision to take a shortcut can be influenced by many...

Weekly Safety Meeting – Compactor and Baler Safety

Weekly Safety Meeting – Compactor and Baler Safety

Compacting and baling machines have uses in many industries but are involved in several fatalities and serious injuries. Often, lack of proper lockout/tag out procedures is to blame. Many workers have been killed while attempting to clear a jam from an operating compactor or inadvertently activating equipment that was not...

Weekly Safety Meeting – Working in Cold Weather

Weekly Safety Meeting – Working in Cold Weather

In some areas of the country, winter storm systems are still in the weather forecast. Even though it’s cold outside we still have to work and get the job done. There are several things we can do to keep warm and prevent accidents related to cold weather. Employees who work...

Weekly Safety Meeting –  Eye Safety on the Job

Weekly Safety Meeting – Eye Safety on the Job

Eye injuries of all types occur at a rate of more than 1000 per day. Each year some 100,000 occur, many of these are disabling because of temporary or permanent vision loss. A recent survey by the Bureau of Labor statistics found that three out of five workers who suffer...

Weekly Safety Meeting – Hazard Safety Recognition

Weekly Safety Meeting – Hazard Safety Recognition

Lack of proper housekeeping on the job is one safety hazard common to all construction projects until after final cleanup. Good housekeeping is one item that can help improve not only the safety on the job, but also the morale and productivity of the job. Housekeeping is a very important...

Weekly Safety Meeting – Housekeeping for Safety

Weekly Safety Meeting – Housekeeping for Safety

Lack of proper housekeeping on the job is one safety hazard common to all construction projects until after final cleanup. Good housekeeping is one item that can help improve not only the safety on the job, but also the morale and productivity of the job. Housekeeping is a very important...

Weekly Safety Meeting –  First Aid for Burns

Weekly Safety Meeting – First Aid for Burns

A burn can be painful or painless, according to the degree. The degree of a burn is determined by its location on the body and the number of skin layers affected. Heat, electricity, chemicals, or radiation can cause a burn. The first response in a burn situation is to stop...

Weekly Safety Meeting – Loading Dock Safety

Weekly Safety Meeting – Loading Dock Safety

Loading docks are hubs of activity in manufacturing plants, warehouses, industrial buildings, and distribution centers. In most companies, this is the primary location of movement of product in and out of a facility. A loading dock is a recessed bay in a building where trucks are loaded and unloaded. Loading...