Employees often bring their cell phones to work, a choice that could potentially cause numerous hazards on the job. 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...
Cell phones can be a dangerous distraction in the workplace. Just like other workplace distractions such as horseplay and chattering unnecessarily 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...
Many workplaces contain spaces that are “confined” because their configurations hinder the activities of employees who must enter into, work in, or exit from them. In many instances, employees who work in confined spaces also face increased risk of exposure to serious physical injury from hazards such as entrapment, engulfment,...
Many workplaces contain spaces that are “confined” because their configurations hinder the activities of entry into, working in, or exit from them. In many instances, those who work in confined spaces also face increased risk of exposure to serious physical injury from hazards such as entrapment, engulfment, and hazardous atmospheric...
DRPGMs are designed to alert workers to toxic gases, oxygen-deficient, combustible atmospheres existing in workplace environments. Some examples of these include permit-required confined spaces, manholes, and other enclosed spaces. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards require the use of gas monitors for permit-required confined spaces, hazardous waste operations,...
Our monitors are designed to alert us to the presence of toxic gases, and oxygen-deficient, combustible atmospheres existing in our workplace environments. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards require employers to develop standard procedures for calibrating and using DRPGMs, including documentation verifying proper maintenance and calibration of their instruments....
Many workers are injured or blinded from work- related eye incidents that could have been prevented with the use of properly selected eye and face protection. What is Getting into Your Eyes and Your Face? Splashes from chemicals, such as solvents and acids; Liquids or gases under pressure present a...
Each year many people are injured or blinded by work-related eye injuries that could have been prevented with the use of properly selected eye and face protection. No one goes to work expecting to damage or lose their eyesight. Yet, an estimated 2,000 workplace eye injuries that require medical attention...
Backover incidents are not infrequent. They occur when a vehicle is in the action of backing up and strikes a worker who is standing, walking, or kneeling behind the vehicle. How Do Backover Incidents Occur? Backover accidents can happen for a variety of reasons, such as: Drivers don’t see a...
Backover incidents are not infrequent in the workplace. They occur when a vehicle is in the action of backing up and strikes or runs over a worker who is standing, walking, or kneeling behind the vehicle. These incidents can be prevented. How Do Backover Incidents Occur? The reality is that...