Archive for My Industry

Enform is the safety association for Canada’s upstream oil and gas industry.  On their website they provides dozens of downloadable free safety resources specific to the oil and gas industry. Click here to view their  –  safety alerts, performance metrics program, guidelines, guides to safe work, and industry recommended practices (IRPs).

Here’s a link to 150 high-quality construction safety resources from IHSA in Canada that you can download for free.  They include: posters, manuals, workbooks, bulletins, charts, alerts and case studies.

The construction industry is a risky business.  Different accidents occur and they vary depending on the type of job and equipment used.  A typical type of incidence is the use of faulty equipment.  Here is a check-list to make sure that safety is a priority when you are using many types of heavy machinery: Inspectors must […]

Here’s a link to 10, free, high-quality, downloadable restaurant safety posters. Here’s another link to an 11th poster. –

Below are 12 links to our favorite free safety and health resources for housekeeping, custodians, janitors and cleaners.  These best safety practices include: tool box talks, bulletins, fact sheets, safety rules, posters, checklists, model programs, and guidelines. Please feel free to tell your housekeeping and custodial friends about these totally free safety and health references. Good […]

Below are ten links to our favorite free safety and health resources for printing operations.  These best safety practices include: tool box talks, bulletins, fact sheets, safety rules, posters, checklists, model programs, and guidelines.  Please feel free to tell your friends in the printing industry about these totally free safety and health references. The printer’s guide […]

Below are links to seven of our favorite free safety and health resources for meat packing and butchering operations.  These best safety practices include: tool box talks, bulletins, fact sheets, safety rules, posters, checklists, model programs, and guidelines.  Please feel free to tell your friends in the meat packing industry about these totally free safety and health […]

Here’s an interesting article by Hank Sarkis entitled “Refinery Workers Learn Through Teamwork“.  If you work at a Refinery, this is a must read.

Below are links to 102 of our favorite free hospitality safety and health resources.  These  hotel best safety practices include: tool box talks, bulletins, fact sheets, webinars, posters, and guidelines. Preventing falls in the hospitality industry Protecting workers in hotels Hotel housekeeping Housekeeping personnel safety Dangerous substances in hotels Hotel back injury fact sheet Managing […]

Nursing homes and long term care facilities have twice the on-the-job injury rate that private industry has.  The majority of these injuries are from handling residents/patients. The NCCI and the University of Maryland School of Medicine conducted a study of nursing home back injuries at 265 facilities.  Their findings are published in a 19-page report is entitled “Safe Lifting […]