– Utility knives, carton cutters, and box cutters are used for a variety of cutting and trimming jobs (e.g. opening boxes/cartons/sacks, cutting plastic banding and carpet, etc.). Unfortunately, old style cutters and knives each year account for thousands of laceration type injuries. In recent years, there have been a number of safety equipment suppliers who have started selling […]
The NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) has promulgated over 300 standards aimed at reducing the frequency and severity of fires. Their fire safety standards have been adopted by OSHA, insurance companies, and municipalities. You can purchase each of their nearly 300 standards individually at a cost of over $10,000. Or, you can purchase an entire set […]
Below is our “Safety App of the Week”. These weekly features are published every Monday. New apps are tested on Apple iPads and rated from ♥ to ♥♥♥♥♥ (♥♥♥♥♥ is the best). Prior app of the week articles are archived here. “Tornado by American Red Cross“ Official Description “Get your family and home ready for a tornado. The American […]
Some companies have service technicians and installers who virtually live out of a suitcase. These employees’ jobs are out in the field, often hundreds of miles away from their home base. They usually work alone and rarely get back to the main office. What can you do to include these employees in the company safety program […]
Below is our “Safety App of the Week”. These weekly features are published every Monday. New apps are tested on our Apple iPads and rated from ♥ to ♥♥♥♥♥, with ♥♥♥♥♥ being the best. Old app of the week articles are archived here. Manual Handling– Description “Safer manual handling is in your hands! This 15 […]
Besides the OSHA PELs (permissible exposure limits), the other occupational health and hygiene reference that I most often use is ACGIH’s TLVs and BEIs. The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) is a private, not-for-profit, non-governmental corporation whose members are industrial hygienists. Every year, they publish their TLVs (threshold limit values) and BEIs (biological exposure indices) in a booklet that […]
One of the leading occupational safety and health research organizations in the world is Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. Liberty Mutual is one of the largest underwriter of workers compensation insurance in the U.S.A.. Liberty Mutual has established a large safety research institute. Through laboratory, field-based investigations, and global research collaborations, their research institute seeks to advance […]
Below is our “Safety App of the Week”. These weekly features are published every Monday. New apps are tested on our Apple iPads and rated from ♥ to ♥♥♥♥♥, with ♥♥♥♥♥ being the best. Old app of the week articles are archived here. DL Alerts – Description “Report on potential safety hazards, record best safety […]
MySafetySign.com offers 14 free on-line safety quizzes. These quizzes “have been reviewed and were approved by safety consultant Dr. Michael J. Reale.” To review these quizzes click here. They cover: back safety confined space fall protection fire safety first aid food safety forklifts hand and power tools haz com hearing conservation lockout tagout PPE respiratory protection […]
Como se va? That’s about all the French that I know. A few years ago I was the safety director for a company that had two factories in Montreal Canada. Occasionally I traveled up there, audited their programs and facility, and conducted employee safety training. Here’s a website that I’m told has lots […]