Dos and Don’ts Of Machinery Safety For Workers
Dos and Don’ts Of Machinery Safety For Workers
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check the machine is well maintained and fit to be used, ie appropriate for the job and working properly and...
The Mechanical Machinery Hazards
Mechanical Machinery Hazards
Most machinery has the potential to cause injury to people, and machinery accidents figure prominently in official accident statistics. These injuries may range in severity from a...
Safety In The Use Of Lifting & Moving Equipment
Safety In The Use Of Lifting & Moving Equipment
An amendment to LOLER included the positioning and the installation of the lifting equipment and the organization of lifting operations
Positioning and...
What Are The Hazards Associated With Confined Spaces?
Hazards Associated With Confined Spaces?
What is a Confined Space?
Confined Space refers to any place, including any vessel, tank, container, pit, bund, chamber, cellar or any other similar space which,...
What Are the Consequences of Not Reporting Work Hazards?
Little problems often become big problems if no one takes the initiative to correct them. If your employees don’t bother to report a malfunctioning machine or a slip-and-fall hazard,...
The Top 9 Reasons Workers Don’t Report Near Misses
Here are the top nine reasons, workers often don't report near misses:
1. Fear
Believe it or not, fear actually may be the least common reason workers avoid reporting near misses....
Why Workers Fail To Report Hazards & Injuries
Workers have a right to a safe workplace and should speak up about unsafe conditions.
That is the message from OSHA and many workplace safety programs. Yet workers sometimes see...
3 Reasons Workplace Hazards Go Unreported
In this article we look at 3 common reasons why workplace hazards go unreported:
1. Culture: Group Thinking
When humans are put into groups we are less likely to take action or...
How to Review the Safety Controls
Review the Safety Controls
The control measures that you put in place should be reviewed regularly to make sure they work as planned. Don’t wait until something goes wrong.
There are...
How to Control Risk?
The most important step in managing risks involves eliminating them so far as is reasonably practicable, or if that is not possible, minimizing the risks so far as is...