One of the most important aspects of workplace safety is knowing what the hazards are. Learning how to spot a hazard is a vital element in workplace safety. The Occupational Safety Health Act requires employers to train their employees in hazard recognition. When a hazard is recognized, it can be avoided. Avoiding a hazard directly [...]
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 [...]
Repurposing your safety manual. Safety manuals establish sound safety practices for your employees. But did you know you can also use them as a source of safety tool box talks? Yup. All the tool box safety talks you need is right there on your desk (or in your truck). All you need is a sign-up [...]
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 [...]
Additional information resources to OSHA. The world of safety is a large one and there are many resources employers and safety professionals can access for safety information. The following is a list of excellent resources in various areas of safety control. OSHA’s Alliance Program. Participants of this program have developed safety products on specific industries [...]
Mine visitor site-specific training. Mining-Site Specific Training. Keeping visitors safe on your surface metal/nonmetal mine site. Mine operators typically have nonminers on the mine site, like truck drivers, who haul/transport the mined products off-site for end users. Mine Safety Health Administration (MSHA) has a rule concerning the safety training for such mine site visitors. This [...]
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 [...]
Shouting and smart phones. You likely know that the Occupational Safety Healthy Act (OSH Act) has a noise level limit. But how do you know whether noise you are being exposed to exceeds the OSH Act limits? ( 85 decibels). After all, not many of us, even us safety guys, carry around noise dosimeters. Here [...]