Protecting Workers From the Hazards of Abrasive Blasting Materials
BlogPart 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
BlogIMPORTANT! 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…
Good Housekeeping
BlogHousekeeping on the job
Three of the top four reasons for fatalities on the jobsite are from falls, struck-by objects, or caught-in/between. One thing that has a connection to these hazards is good housekeeping at the jobsite. If there…
February 2019 Free Safety Meetings
BlogThis month we have prepared safety meetings on the following topics:
Avoiding Frostbite
Cut Resistant Gloves - Why Not?
Facility and Project Safety Orientation
Ladder Hazards and Injuries
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Ladder Hazards and Injuries
BlogDid you know that over 500 people will die this year in America from falls from ladders? Over 50% of those deaths happened to people who were carrying items while they climbed. Furthermore, if you fall off a ladder you will sustain a fracture…
Facility and Project Safety Orientation
BlogHave you ever started a new job that included risks? In most cases these days you should have been briefed and even given training on how to avoid those risks. However, we meet with companies in 2019 who still have no formal Safety Orientation…
Avoiding Frostbite
BlogWhat is frostbite? A condition caused by exposure to the cold that will freeze the top layer and tissues beneath your skin. Frostbite occurs often in your extremities. In some cases, your skin will recover, and in others the skin will die.
Blood…
Cut Resistant Gloves – Why Not?
BlogCut Resistant Gloves – Why Not?
As the thermostat drops our skin tends to become dry faster. When your skin becomes dry it will rip and tear easier. In 2017 there were over 1,000,000 hand injuries in the United States. Over the years I…
January 2019 Free Safety Meetings
BlogJanuary 2019 Free Safety Meetings
For our January 2019 Free Safety Meetings we have prepared free safety meetings on the following topics:
Annual Hazard Communication Training
Bloodborne Pathogens – Who Is At Risk?
Silica Training…