Spring Cleaning

Spring Cleaning Part 2

Coming Clean The first step to a cleaner and safer workplace is to establish housekeeping standards. These standards should be clear, attainable and enforced. Next, train workers on what is expected of them, where things go, how to properly…
Spring Cleaning

Spring Cleaning

As spring draws near, it’s a good time to start thinking about putting away the snow shovels and bringing out the brooms. Housekeeping at work involves more than just sweeping the floors of course, but a clean floor certainly lays a solid…
Scaffolding Safety Part 2

Scaffolding Safety Part 2

Scaffolding is a tool that allows us to work effectively and safely from heights when it is used correctly. Below are some tips on how to stay safe while working on or around scaffolds. When using scaffolds, if employee is higher than 10…
Scaffolding Safety

Scaffolding Safety

It’s a terrible thing to realize that hardly a workday goes by without a construction worker falling off a scaffold to his or her death. And those who survive scaffold falls are often crippled for the remainder of their life. These tragedies…
Hazard Communication and OSHA

Hazard Communication Tips

If you have the potential of exposure to chemicals at work, your employer must provide training and meet other requirements of the hazard communication standard. The following are some ways you can protect yourself at work. When in doubt,…
Hazard Communication and OSHA

Understanding the Hazard Communication Standard

The Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) is now aligned with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). This update to the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) will provide a common and coherent approach…
Protecting Workers From the Hazards of Abrasive Blasting

Protecting Workers From the Hazards of Abrasive Blasting Materials Part 2

Part 2 - Protecting Workers Each abrasive blasting operation is unique, involving different surfaces, coatings, blast material, and working conditions. Before beginning work, employers should identify the hazards and assign a knowledgeable…
Protecting Workers From the Hazards of Abrasive Blasting

Protecting Workers From the Hazards of Abrasive Blasting Materials

Part 1 - Understanding Abrasive Blasting Each abrasive blasting job is different. Abrasive blasting uses compressed air or water to direct a high velocity stream of an abrasive material to clean an object or surface, remove burrs, apply a…
Hazard Communication and OSHA

Hazard Communication and OSHA

IMPORTANT! OSHA Standard 1926.59 The requirements applicable to construction work under this section are identical to those set forth at 1910.1200. All 1910 General Industry standards referenced in this article are also applicable to the construction…