Safety first! When on the job, it benefits everybody to put employee safety before everything else. A fall protection system is essential for those who work any job at a height over six feet above the ground. This will protect employees and comply with OSHA regulations. Whether your industry is shipping, construction, or warehouse labor, [...]
It's no secret that fall protection equipment has come a long way to adapt to the ever-changing workplace. Safety equipment and the implementation of new guidelines and regulations have had an immense impact on workplace injuries. In fact, injuries and illnesses of workers in 2011 were 3.4 incidents per 100 workers, compared to 10.9 incidents [...]
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The British regulations for the proper use and inspection of lifting gear may not apply here in the colonies, but they can be helpful to get another perspective on workplace safety. While the fundamental principles remain the same, here are the basics of British lifting gear safety practices. Lifting products include any equipment used at [...]
If you're beginning a career as a construction worker, it's important to fully understand the potential risks. Most construction workers take pride in being tough, but it's not just your safety at risk. You also have a responsibility to keep your coworkers safe on the job. There are plenty of jobs out there that are [...]
While it might not seem like material handling requires much dangerous work, that's a dangerous assumption. Especially when workers are handling extremely heavy materials like lumber or working with equipment like cranes, forklifts, and conveyors, workplace accidents can easily happen. Even fully trained and certified workers can be injured on the job, but workers who [...]
Working in any field that requires you to work on scaffolding can be dangerous. Fall injuries happen much too often in the U.S., and it's important that every worker follows the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) three step prevention process when it comes to falls: OSHA's steps are planning, providing, and training. It's important [...]
There's a basic three-step process that all OSHA fall protection guidelines adhere to: plan, provide, and train. These simple measures can help save lives and prevent dangerous falls in the workplace. However, something as complex as workplace safety can't really be condensed into a three-word slogan. There are several choices you will need to make [...]
OSHA uses a three step method to prevent falls and save lives on construction sites: plan, provide, and train. These three steps are essential for any professional in construction to keep in mind, especially wherever there are opportunities for falls to occur. OSHA fall protection training is an important step in the process of learning [...]
29 Sep 1932 --- Construction workers eat their lunches atop a steel beam 800 feet above ground, at the building site of the RCA Building in Rockefeller Center. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS While there are specific types of lifting equipment and safety protocols that will apply to certain types of work, here [...]