4 Mar, 2024

Assign Task, Complete Task, Inspect Completed Task.

By |2024-03-04T11:00:08-07:00March 4th, 2024|Avoiding Work Place Injury, Employee Safety, Hazard Identification, Miner Safety, Oil and Gas Safety, OSHA Safety, Safety practices, Uncategorized, Utility Construction Safety, Worker Safety|0 Comments

Assign Task, Complete Task, Inspect Completed Task. Any time a task is required, say a repair or part replacement, that task was initiated for a reason. If a piece of equipment requires repair, that task is assigned to the appropriate person. The next step is task completion. The final step is to take a few [...]

11 Oct, 2023

Learn how to not burn.

By |2023-10-11T15:38:48-06:00October 11th, 2023|Avoiding Work Place Injury, Employee Safety, Employer OSHA Compliance, Hazard Identification, Miner Safety, Mining, Oil and Gas Safety, OSHA Safety, Safety practices, Safety programs, Worker Safety|0 Comments

Learn how to not burn.  This safety task is fairly simple.  According to OSHA identify potential sources of flammable gases and then identify potential ignition sources.  You identify potential sources of flammable gases by knowing what flammable gases which could potentially be on site.  Do this by examining your job site and identify activities involving [...]

22 Sep, 2023

Signs Matter in the real world.

By |2023-09-22T10:12:04-06:00September 22nd, 2023|Avoiding Work Place Injury, Hazard Identification, Miner Safety, Mining, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Some young people go swimming in a closed mine.  They have to sneak through a fence and then pass several dozen hazard warning signs to get to the accumulated water in the mine site. Signs Matter in the real world.  It’s a hot summer day, very little breeze and any means of cooling off is [...]

11 Aug, 2023

Stop work authority

By |2023-08-11T15:44:34-06:00August 11th, 2023|Avoiding Work Place Injury, Employee Safety, Employer OSHA Compliance, Hazard Identification, Mine Safety Training, Miner Safety, Mining, Oil and Gas Safety, OSHA Safety, Safety practices, Safety programs, Worker Safety|0 Comments

What is stop work authority? Will this stop my production? Does this mean my project schedules are delayed hours?  Days?  Nope.  In fact, stop work authority can save you, the employer, potentially 10’s or 100’s of hours of time and man hours spent handling the aftermath of a seriously injured employee.  Think OSHA investigations and [...]

26 Jul, 2023

Drugs/Alcohol in the work place.

By |2023-07-26T13:45:27-06:00July 26th, 2023|Avoiding Work Place Injury, Employee Safety, Employer OSHA Compliance, Hazard Identification, Mine Safety Training, Miner Safety, Mining, Oil and Gas Safety, OSHA Enforcement, OSHA Safety, Safety practices, Safety programs|0 Comments

Drugs/Alcohol in the work place. Drugs in our society, be it licit or illicit, are not uncommon.  Operating equipment of any kind or the work place is not suitable for drug use (including some prescription drugs).   The reason being is that  many drugs can effect or impair mental and physical function.  On the job, one [...]

6 Jun, 2023

Learn how to not burn.

By |2023-06-06T10:46:27-06:00June 6th, 2023|Avoiding Work Place Injury, Employee Safety, Employer OSHA Compliance, Hazard Identification, Mine Safety Training, Miner Safety, Oil and Gas Safety, OSHA Safety, Safety practices, Safety programs, Worker Safety|0 Comments

Learn how to not burn.  This safety task is fairly simple.  According to OSHA identify potential sources of flammable gases and then identify potential ignition sources.  You identify potential sources of flammable gases by knowing what flammable gases which could potentially be on site.  Do this by examining your job site and identify activities involving [...]

15 May, 2023

Signs Matter in the real world.

By |2023-05-15T10:03:05-06:00May 15th, 2023|Avoiding Work Place Injury, Employee Safety, Employer OSHA Compliance, Hazard Identification, Mine Safety Training, Miner Safety, Mining, Oil and Gas Safety, OSHA Safety, Safety practices, Safety programs, Utility Construction Safety, Worker Safety|0 Comments

Signs Matter in the real world.  It’s a hot summer day, with very little breeze, and any means of cooling off is welcome.   A young man (over 18 years old)  and some of his friends decide they have a great idea to cool down.  There is a closed mine about ½ mile away and they [...]

12 May, 2023

Backing incidents. Prevention

By |2023-05-12T11:57:17-06:00May 12th, 2023|Avoiding Work Place Injury, Employee Safety, Employer OSHA Compliance, Hazard Identification, Mine Safety Training, Miner Safety, Oil and Gas Safety, OSHA Safety, Safety practices, Safety programs, Utility Construction Safety, Worker Safety|0 Comments

2021  Backing incidents.  Prevention. Backing incidents are just like front-facing strikes, only different.  An operator is moving the equipment rearward and a person is walking, standing, or kneeling behind the equipment, unseen by the operator.  Each year more than 70 people are fatally injured in backover incidents. Such incidents or near misses occur even when [...]

7 Mar, 2023

Safety training-When does OSHA require?

By |2023-03-07T09:24:20-07:00March 7th, 2023|Employee Safety, Employer OSHA Compliance, Hazard Identification, OSHA Safety, Safety practices, Worker Safety|0 Comments

Safety training-When does OSHA require? When should you conduct safety training to your crews? Any time there is a workplace hazard present. Some common hazards requiring training include forklift operation, fall protection/working at height, hazardous chemical exposure, working around machines (guarding), scaffolding, steel erection, and confined spaces, just to name a few. If your crews [...]

21 Sep, 2022

Mine safety. Confined spaces

By |2022-09-21T10:09:19-06:00September 21st, 2022|Avoiding Work Place Injury, Employee Safety, Hazard Identification, Lock Out Tag Out, Mine Safety Training, Miner Safety, Mining, Safety practices, Safety programs, Uncategorized, Worker Safety|0 Comments

Mine safety.  Confined spaces.  Most workplaces in the US have confined space hazards.  Mining is no exception but with different twist. Many confined spaces in mining involved material processing equipment. Crushers, conveyors, and material storage bins.  Material  engulfment is a hazard that can be present where mined materials are handled.  For example, sand and gravel [...]

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