“What If Your Audience Knows More Than You?” Early in my safety career I lived in Dubuque Iowa. As a young safety consultant I was frequently asked to speak to groups of employees about various safety subjects. One of my clients was a trucking company. An analysis of...
Hearing Test Apps Rated Many employers who have noisy work areas spend thousands of dollars each year on audiometric testing of their employees’ hearing. Some other employers with noisy work areas would like to test their employees’ hearing, but are unable to do so because they either can’t afford it...
Can you spot the safety hazards, unsafe acts, and OSHA violations in the below photos? Jot down your answers, click on the photo, and compare your findings to ours. –Click here to view other “Safety Photos Of The Week” The use of this website constitutes your acceptance of our Terms...
The CPWR (Center for Construction Research and Training) has developed some high quality safety posters that you can download for free. Below are the links to these excellent hazard alert posters: Back injuries Electrical safety Fall protection harnesses Lead poisoning Hazard communication Noise Scaffolds Silica Trenches How chemicals enter the...
Over 30% of our readers regularly use safety apps. Please tell us what your favorite safety apps are. We’d love to write a “Safety App of the Week” review on them. If we get a large enough response, we will post a listing of our readers “top 25” workplace...
“Beware Of Friday The 13th” I’m not superstitious, but I am aware that some of you are a bit wary of Friday the 13th. One large study by a major insurance company found that 28% of their workers compensation claims occurred on Fridays. But why would more accidents...
In the old days, most employers printed their safety policy and safety rules in an employee handbook. With most employers relying on computers for training and communications these days is there still a need for hard-copies of employee safety handbook? Many employers use on-line, computer based training for training...
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