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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 of business as a result. Fire safety is the responsibility of everyone in the workplace.
Fire Prevention
The first step in fire safety is prevention:
• Smoke only where permitted. Use large, non-tip ashtrays and make sure everything in them is cold before they are emptied.
• Keep passageways and exits free from storage and waste.
• Promptly remove waste paper, packaging, old rags and other fire hazards.
• Designate an employee to ensure that appliances (stoves, kettles etc) are switched off each night.
• Wherever possible turn off computers and/or monitors each night.
• Make sure that any cracked, frayed or broken electrical cord or plug is replaced immediately.
• Make sure that there is plenty of air circulation space
around heat producing equipment (e.g. photocopiers and computers).
• Do not run electrical leads or cords across doors or
walkways, or pinch them behind furniture.
• Do not overload power outlets or extension boards.
• If an appliance or item of equipment smells or gives off smoke, turn it off, unplug it and do not use it again until a qualified technician has checked it.
• Make sure that fire and smoke doors that should be kept shut are not propped open.
• Make sure that escape stairs and exit doors are not locked or blocked.
Arson
• Arson is a major threat to your office.
• Follow your building security measures.
• Keep unauthorized people out of your office or work area.
• Minimize combustible material in areas of public access. Keep refuse containers in secure areas or away from buildings.
• Lock all doors after hours.
• Keep areas around the building well lit.
SOURCE: Fire Protection Association - Australia |
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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 goo |
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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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