Category: Blog
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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 person trained to recognize hazards and with the authority to quickly take corrective action to eliminate them. Use engineering and administrative controls, personal…
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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 texture, or prepare a surface for the application of paint or other type of coating. Blasting…
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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 industry. HCS stands for Hazard Communication Standard, which is the OSHA standard with the goal to ensure employers and workers…
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Good Housekeeping
Housekeeping 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 are items and trash scattered throughout the workplace you may have created a hazard for someone…
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February 2019 Free Safety Meetings
This 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 Click here to download the full pdf packet!
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Ladder Hazards and Injuries
Did 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 over 32% of the time. Making matters worse, ladder accidents and…
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Facility and Project Safety Orientation
Have 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 Program in place. Often these are newer businesses who are beginning…
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Avoiding Frostbite
What 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 vessels in your skin constrict when you are exposed to cold weather.…
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Cut Resistant Gloves – Why Not?
Cut 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 have witnessed several different approaches to hand protection. Every situation can…