Category: Weekly Safety Meeting

Weekly Safety Meeting – Chainsaw Safety

Weekly Safety Meeting – Chainsaw Safety

Chainsaws are an efficient and productive portable power tool used in many industries. They are also potentially dangerous if not used correctly and carefully. Proper operation and maintenance greatly reduce the risk for injury when using chainsaws. Any tool powerful enough to slice through wood can do the same to...

Weekly Safety Meeting – Chemical Fume Hoods

Weekly Safety Meeting – Chemical Fume Hoods

A chemical fume hood is critical in a lab. A well-designed hood, when properly installed and maintained, offers a large degree of protection to the user, if it is used appropriately, and its limitations are understood. A fume hood is a ventilated enclosure in which gas, vapors, and fumes are...

Weekly Safety Meeting –  Hearing Protection Devices

Weekly Safety Meeting – Hearing Protection Devices

Hearing protection devices (HPDs) such as earmuffs and earplugs can be an effective measure to protect hearing in noisy work environments. However, hearing protection devices are only effective if they are properly sized and carefully fitted into or over the ear. There are several common types of hearing protection devices:...

Weekly Safety Meeting – Proper Hearing Protection

Weekly Safety Meeting – Proper Hearing Protection

Hearing loss is the No. 1 sensory disability in the world. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that 22 million workers are exposed to potentially damaging noise at work each year. Whether you work at a sports venue, on a tarmac, or operating a jackhammer – hearing loss is...

Weekly Safety Meeting – Electric Pallet Jack Safety

Weekly Safety Meeting – Electric Pallet Jack Safety

Electric pallet jacks make quick work of moving loads around the workplace. Pallet jacks protect your back from strains and injuries by moving heavy and awkward loads and objects that would be unsafe to lift manually. But, as with any powered tool, if used improperly, electric pallet jacks can become...

Weekly Safety Meeting – Extension Cord Safety

Weekly Safety Meeting – Extension Cord Safety

Electrical extension cords are responsible for thousands of injuries each year, resulting hospital emergency room visits. Many of these injuries, fractures, lacerations, contusion, or sprains, involve people just tripping over an extension cord. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimates that about 3,300 residential fires originate in extension cords...

Weekly Safety Meeting – Warning: Read the Signs

Weekly Safety Meeting – Warning: Read the Signs

Safety signs are too important to be ignored. They provide us with vital hazard information in several ways: through colors, words, and pictures. Signs tell you where the hazards are and how to protect against the danger. Safety signs come in all sizes, colors, and shapes. Knowing what these signs...

Weekly Safety Meeting – Holiday Electrical Safety

Weekly Safety Meeting – Holiday Electrical Safety

With the fall and winter holidays approaching, we should give some thought to activities that include both indoor and outdoor decorating. It is the time of year that we literally place lights and decorations on every place we can put them. Unfortunately, this wonderful, festive time of decoration is also...

Weekly Safety Meeting – Conveyor Safety

Weekly Safety Meeting – Conveyor Safety

Conveyors are used to transport materials horizontally, vertically, at an angle, or around curves. Hazards depend on the type of conveyer, the material conveyed, the location of the conveyor, and how close the conveyer is to workers. Conveyors eliminate or reduce manual material handling tasks, but they introduce amputation hazards...