WorkPlace Safety Tips

OSHA Incident Rate

admin — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:41:56 +0000

The OSHA Incident Rate works in many different ways. The main purpose of the OSHA Incident Rate is to compare the safety performance of your workplace to the state and national average of workplace safety. Using this Information, OSHA is able to make an educated comparison from business to business as to how each business [...]

Time Management in the Workplace

admin — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:40:42 +0000

Time management in the workplace is a crucial skill that all employees and managers must possess in order to have a thriving business. When hiring new employees it is important you test their time management skills. Give them a few exercises to do and give them an appropriate time limit to get them completely. This [...]

Safety Jokes

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:47:50 +0000

Safety Jokes in the workplace can bring a little fun and excitement into the hum drum of normal office life. Each week bring in a new safety joke and post it in the break room. Let your employees laugh a little. Still it is important to make your employees understand that safety is no laughing [...]

Why is safety in the workplace important?

admin — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:56:07 +0000

Why is safety in the workplace important? This is a question that I think many managers find themselves asking themselves a lot. There are many reasons why safety in the work place is very important. There are two major reasons that will be talked about here. The first is about employees being comfortable and confident [...]

Ladder Safety

admin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:55:46 +0000

Ladder safety must always be taken seriously. Each year in the U.S more than twenty thousand people are rushed to the emergency room due to ladder related falls and accidents. Ladder accidents and falls can result in severe injury and in some cases even death. The proper precautions must always be taken. Everyone should be [...]

Health and Safety

admin — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:19:25 +0000

Every employer is responsible for complying with Health and Safety standards and regulations found in General Industry (29 CFR Part 1910) Or in Occupational Health and Safety Standards for the construction Industry. All states have a Health and Safety Act. All companies what to prepare a complete Health and Safety Program in writing for their business. The [...]

OSHA Workplace Safety Programs

admin — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:22:06 +0000

Some of the required OSHA Workplace Safety Programs would include: Asbestos Awareness A presentation of the history, physical characteristics, and various types of asbestos containing materials. Discussions also include presumed asbestos containing material, friable conditions, exposure protection, potential health effects, and medical monitoring programs. Bloodborne Pathogens Awareness This class provides an overview of the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard. [...]

Material Safety Data Sheets

admin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:03:09 +0000

MSDS known as Material Safety Data Sheets. You should see these manuals around your workplace with the big letters of MSDS. Normally they are yellow or blue binders holding pages of data sheets. In a large hotel casino the safety manager should house all the data binders but each area of the hotel and [...]

Lab Safety

admin — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:18:23 +0000

Lab safety should always be taken seriously. Severe burns, fires, and even death can result from the avoidance of lab safety procedures. Dressing appropriately is one of the most important safety procedures in any lab. If a person has long hair it should always be tied back. Jewelry and baggy clothes should never be worn. [...]

OSHA Fines

admin — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:45:39 +0000

Some examples of OSHA Fines would be the following. 1. The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that: a) Employees were exposed to injuries resulting from being struck by vehicles driven by [...]