Who is a safety supervisor? A safety supervisor is someone saddled with a lot of safety responsibilities on day-to-day activities in the workplace. A safety supervisor does not only assign tasks but ensures that all places in the wo...
Administrative Controls Administrative improvements include changing work practices or the way work is organized. They may not address the reasons for the contributing factors or other problems. Administrative improvements usuall...
Hierarchy Of Hazard Controls When Making Recommendations For Corrective Actions And System Improvements Safety professionals recognize several primary control strategies to eliminate or reduce health hazards and employee exposure to...
Use Seat Belts One of the safest choices drivers and passengers can make is to buckle up. Many Americans understand the seat belt’s lifesaving value – the national use rate was at 90.7% in 2019. The National Highway Traffic Safety A...
Biological Hazards Biological hazards include bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other living organisms that can cause acute and chronic infections by entering the body either directly or through breaks in the skin. Occupations that deal wit...
Leaders Demonstrate Commitment to Safety and Health Commitment to safety is more than mere support for safety. Serious commitment requires serious action in terms of time and money. Support may be expressed, over and over, but unless ma...
Leaders Collect Information About Hazards Effective leaders are interested in the root causes of the conditions and behaviors resulting in accidents. Information on workplace hazards may already be available to employers and workers...
An amendment to LOLER included the positioning and the installation of the lifting equipment and the organization of lifting operations Positioning and the installation of lifting equipment Lifting the equipment must be positioned an...
Conduct Cause Analysis You’ve completed the initial step of the accident analysis by gathering information and using it to break the accident down into an accurate sequence of events. You have a goo...
Excessive noise levels over a long period of time will damage your hearing. This may happen so gradually and painlessly that you may not notice the minor deterioration from one day to the next. Excessive noise in the workplace presents a r...