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| Top 10 Common Workplace Injuries and Ways to Prevent Them |
| Workplace injuries happen all the time. The most susceptible employees who experience workplace injuries are those working in more dangerous areas such as construction sites and factories. However the most common types of injuries which have greatly |
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| A Fresh Approach to Foot Protection |
Work through the program elements and refresh your employees education and training on this topic, starting with supervisors
What are your employees doing about wearing the correct foot protection on the job? What are you and your supervisors doin |
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| Fire Safety in the Office |
| A fire at work can mean more than perhaps a few days off. You or your work-mates could be badly injured or killed. Even if no one is injured, a serious fire can mean that you lose your job. Around 25% of businesses that suffer a serious fire go out o |
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| Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: The Silent Killer |
| Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning occurs when carbon monoxide gas is inhaled. CO is a colorless, odorless, highly poisonous gas that is produced by incomplete combustion. It is found in automobile exhaust fumes, faulty stoves and heating systems, fires, |
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| Fire Extinguisher Selection |
Portable fire extinguishers can saves lives and property by putting out or containing fires within the capability of the extinguisher.
However, they must be of the correct type for the particular fire, and they must used correctly.
Selection of |
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| The Right Guard |
What must a safeguard do to protect workers against mechanical hazards? As a minimum, guards must:
Prevent contact
The safeguard must prevent hands, arms, or any other part of a worker's body from making contact with dangerous moving parts. A good
safeguarding system eliminates the possibility of the operator or another worker placing their hands near hazardous moving parts.
Be secure
Workers should not be able to easily remove or tamper with the safeguard, because a safeguard that can easily be made ineffective is no
safeguard at all. Guards and safety devices should be made of durable material that will withstand the conditions of normal use. They
must be firmly secured to the machine.
Protect from falling objects
The safeguard should ensure that no objects can fall into moving parts. A small tool dropped into a cycling machine could easily become
a projectile that could strike and injure someone.
Create no new hazards
A safeguard defeats its own purpose if it creates a hazard of its own, such as a shear point, a jagged edge, or an unfinished surface that
can cut. The edges of guards, for instance, should be rolled or bolted in such a way that they eliminate sharp edges.
Create no interference
Any safeguard that impedes a worker from performing the job quickly and comfortably is likely to be overridden or disregarded. Proper
safeguarding can actually enhance efficiency, by relieving workers' apprehensions about injury.
Allow safe lubrication
Preferably, it should be possible to lubricate a machine without removing the safeguards. Locating oil reservoirs outside the guard, with a
line leading to the lubrication point, reduces the need for the operator or maintenance worker to enter the hazardous area.
Source: Extracted from www.safetynews.com : American Occupational Safety and Health Association |
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| Gas Cylinder Safety |
| Mishandled cylinders may rupture violently, release their hazardous contents or become dangerous projectiles. If a neck of a pressurized cylinder should be accidentally broken off, the energy released would be sufficient to propel the cylinder to ove |
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NEWS ONLINE
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Working Safely at H1N1's Ground Zero
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| Date: May 04, 2009 |
| Manager Carlos Mondragon, who heads Dimension Data Mexico, explains how the company's Mexico City office is coping with flu-related disruptions.
Carlos Mondragon, Country Manager, Dimension Data Me |
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INSECTICIDES HAVE LASTING EFFECT Farmers report neurological ills
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| Date: Apr 14, 2009 |
| Farmers who used agricultural insecticides experienced increased neurological symptoms, even when they were no longer using the products, new research shows. The ongoing Agricultural Health Study, a c |
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ORGANIC SOLVENT HAZARDS NIOSH updates web page
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| Date: Apr 14, 2009 |
| Organic solvents are carbon-based substances capable of dissolving or dispensing one or more other substances. According to NIOSH, millions of U.S. workers are exposed to organic solvents used in such |
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