Stairways and railings for fall protection. Falls are a serious injury issue in the work place. IN the oil and gas industry employees often work at heights. Whether actually working at heights or walking/down stairs or working on platforms, the hazard of falling is ever present. What is the employer’s responsibility for protecting oil and [...]
Safety training is an essential part of doing a job. Doing the job safely is just as important as doing the job right. Safety training greatly improves workplace safety for your employees. When employees are safe the job gets done faster more efficiently and preserves your most important asset, the employee. Safety training can also [...]
Safety training plays a big role in work place safety. Fall protection training is required work place. Learn how to not fall. (It is simpler than you might think.) Climbing even a few feet off the ground left us with the feeling of, wow I can see a long way to holy cow, the ground [...]
Business keeps records for a variety of reasons; i.e. accounting, sales, inventory, etc. In safety records of safety training are very important for tracking who has been trained in what topics. Being able to identify who was trained in what topics when is crucial for several reasons. First, you know who has been and who [...]
Workplace Incident Reports, or Learning from Mistakes. If you are a safety manager for a company you no doubt handle incident investigations as part of your job. The general purpose behind post incident investigations and reports is to provide insight into the cause (root case, etc.) of an incident so that repeat incidents is reduced [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 identifying activities involving [...]