Working with electricity can be dangerous. Engineers, linemen, electricians, and others who work with electricity directly, and workers who work with electricity indirectly may be exposed to serious electrical hazards. Here are some facts from OSHA that you need to know to work safely with electricity. Power Lines Overhead and buried power lines are especially…
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Each new year brings about new resolutions that range from the achievable to the downright absurd. Most resolutions tend to center around personal well-being, such as promising to spend more time at the gym to get fit and setting goals to achieve professionally. However, very few take the time to ponder on how to improve…
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Along with the tragic nature of a safety-related incident, there are unintentional costs and lost time that organizations might have to continuously pay for over a long period of time. Besides the tragic outcome of an injury, illness, or even death, accidents have a huge impact on your business. It is in your best interest…
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For most employers, the bulk of safety emphasis goes toward the shop floor, production, manufacturing, etc. Machines moving products rapidly around human beings just demands our collective prevention attention. But what about the office? We tend to look at the office environment long enough to see everybody’s going home with all their fingers and toes;…
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We’ve written about the importance of building and maintaining a Safety Culture more times than I can recall and I would bet that anyone seeing this post agrees that a Safety Culture is mission critical for their business. One of the tools that helps reinforce and encourage the importance of the elements that make up…
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Maintaining a safe work environment requires vigilance. There are always competing priorities that force tough business decisions where we must guard against anything that might distract us from our safety culture and focus. A common challenge for business managers in all disciplines is identifying what you should delegate and what you should not. A few…
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