Employers and employees are encouraged to take advantage of the agency's published resources that offer sound advice to recognize and prevent heat-related illnesses.
For many workers, gloves are a part of daily life. In some instances, however, sweat that forms on the surfaces of human hands, and lengthened exposure to liquids inside gloves, can lead to such problems as bacterial contamination and occupational skin disease.
In these days of lean staffing for construction projects, there are often too few safety managers to go around. Safety managers frequently must utilize other personnel — typically site safety coordinators/supervisors — to conduct required safety training.
Most of industry as well as government agencies now are required to comply with OSHA regulations, but some parts of the CFR apply only to specific industries. Standards like 1910.269 have specific arc flash requirements, but it only applies to electric utilities in certain work situations.
Slips and falls can result in all kinds of serious injuries, including fractures, sprains, head and neck problems, and spinal injuries. By keeping your work site free of debris and other objects, you can greatly reduce the potential for a slip, trip or fall accident.
Between 1997 and 2005, there was a 40 percent increase is work zone fatalities. The fact that nearly 2.7 million people were injured and 44,443 died on our nation’s roads in 2005 speaks to the necessity of visible work zones with highly visible work zone personnel.
Whether you are inspecting an aircraft fuel tank, entering the hold of a barge, working in an underground utility vault or cleaning a wine fermentation tank, education and safety are crucial when entering confined spaces. Confined space incidents frequently have many common factors, even if they take place under very different circumstances.
Effective gas detection is a fundamental safety precaution. Let’s take a look at some of the key features, functionality and best-use practices of portable gas detection instrumentation.
OSHA’s PPE standard has been in place for more than a decade and remains the primary regulation governing your PPE program. General requirements of the standard cover four major activities: (1) assessment, (2) selection, (3) training, and (4) verification.
Exposure to atmospheric hazards in the workplace is a risk that thousands of employees face every day. In many cases, employees at risk are working in more than one location, so it makes sense to equip each worker with a personal detector designed specifically for the detection of the known hazard.
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