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Weekly Safety Meeting – First Aid for Burns

Weekly Safety Meeting – First Aid for Burns

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...

Safety Tip of the Week – First Aid for Burns

Safety Tip of the Week – First Aid for Burns

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...

Weekly Safety Meeting – Chemical Fume Hoods

Weekly Safety Meeting – Chemical Fume Hoods

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, provided that it is used appropriately and its limitations are understood. A fume hood is a ventilated enclosure in which gases,...

Weekly Safety Meeting – Proper Hearing Protection

Weekly Safety Meeting – Proper Hearing Protection

Proper Hearing Protection Hearing loss is the No. 1 sensory disability in the world. The World Health Organization estimates that 16 percent of hearing loss worldwide is attributable to occupational noise exposure. To minimize the risk of incurring hearing loss due to noise, it is important for organizations, employers, and...

Safety Tip of the Week – Proper Hearing Protection

Safety Tip of the Week – Proper Hearing Protection

Proper Hearing Protection To minimize the risk of incurring hearing loss due to noise, it is important for organizations, employers, and individuals to understand how they can better protect themselves and their employees from excessive noise in the workplace. Disposable or reusable plugs: Many disposable or reusable plugs are available...

Weekly Safety Meeting – Globally Harmonized System (GHS)

Weekly Safety Meeting – Globally Harmonized System (GHS)

Globally Harmonized System (GHS) For many years now, employees could gather limited information about the hazardous chemicals they work with by looking at container labels and reading Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs). However, there was not a set format to govern how the companies that produced or distributed those chemicals...

Safety Tip of the Week – Globally Harmonized System (GHS)

Safety Tip of the Week – Globally Harmonized System (GHS)

Globally Harmonized System (GHS) For many years now, employees could gather limited information about the hazardous chemicals they work with by looking at container labels and reading Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs). However, there was no set format to govern how the companies that produced or distributed those chemicals categorized...

Safety Tip of the Week – Spill Clean Up

Safety Tip of the Week – Spill Clean Up

Spill Clean Up Chemical spills can be in the form of liquids, solids such as pellets, gases, or vapors. They can be flammable (quick to burn or explode), corrosive (damaging to human tissue or other materials), or toxic (poisonous to humans and other living things). The time to deal with...

Weekly Safety Meeting – Spill Clean Up

Weekly Safety Meeting – Spill Clean Up

Spill Clean Up Unplanned release of a chemical can have devastating effects. Skin and eye burns, damage to the lungs, fire and explosion, corrosive damage to materials, pollution of air, soil, and water, and danger to the public are just some of the possible consequences of a chemical spill. Chemical...

Safety Tip of the Week – Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Safety Tip of the Week – Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, toxic gas that interferes with the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood. CO is non-irritating and can overcome persons without warning. Many people die from CO poisoning, usually while using gasoline powered tools and generators in buildings or semi-enclosed spaces without adequate...