Tag: workplace safety

December 24, 2014
Posted In: Hand Protection, Safety,

Common Hand Hazards in the Workplace

In general, occupational injuries are not life-threatening but could seriously affect your life in so many ways. The numbers are staggering with 25% of all workplace injuries involving hands and fingers. Hand hazards could be classified into four categories: [...]

December 24, 2014
Posted In: Hand Protection, Safety,

Workplace Safety: Fingers at Work

How often do you use your fingers at work? Put it this way, do you: Type on the keyboard? Write memos on your notebook? Make calls on the phone? Send text messages? Among hundreds of things one can accomplish at [...]

December 24, 2014
Posted In: Hand Protection, Safety,

Don’t Put A Ring On It: Jewelry Safety in The Workplace

Picture this: An operator is using a milling machine when his ring gets caught on the cutter-head. Three of his fingers get cut off. A driver jumps off his work truck, not realizing that his ring got hooked by a [...]

December 24, 2014
Posted In: Hand Protection, Safety,

Workplace Safety: How To Handle Hand Injuries

Although hand injuries preventable, it has the most number of incidence in the workplace. The hands and wrists are composed of a complex system of bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, blood vessels and skin layers. This makes the hand valuable [...]

December 07, 2014
Posted In: First Aid, Safety,

Workplace Safety: The Elements of A First Aid Program

Employers are legally obligated to have first aid provision for all their personnel. The Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) further recommends first aid provisions are made available where there are more than 25 persons at a workplace, whether they [...]

December 07, 2014
Posted In: First Aid, Safety,

Workplace Safety: Illness and Injury Prevention Programs

Safety management are one of the most cost-effective measures an employer could ever have in the workplace and this is possible through the implementation of illness and injury prevention programs. Key Elements A successful illness and injury prevention program must [...]

December 06, 2014
Posted In: Fall Protection, Safety,

Standard Fall Protection Systems

Ensuring a safe working environment requires the full understanding of occupational safety regulations. This must be reflected in the formulation of an organization’s fall protection policy and the enforcement of its systems. The nature and location of the work dictates [...]

December 06, 2014
Posted In: Fall Protection, Safety,

The Role of Employees in Fall Protection

People get injured in the workplace mostly due to falls but most falls occur because of people too so fall-related accidents could be reduce or even eliminated through rigorous training, ample warning and sufficient protection. The role of each employee [...]

Tag: workplace safety

Common Hand Hazards in the Workplace

Workplace Safety: Fingers at Work

Don’t Put A Ring On It: Jewelry Safety in The Workplace

Workplace Safety: How To Handle Hand Injuries

Workplace Safety: The Elements of A First Aid Program

Workplace Safety: Illness and Injury Prevention Programs

Standard Fall Protection Systems

The Role of Employees in Fall Protection

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