Category: Safety Blog

Good morning and happy Friday. With the Holiday Season comes decorations, lights, items brought in from faculty and staff homes that impact our schools’ readiness for next year’s fire inspections. Here is a quick “hit list” of common violations that we see that if we can “nip it in the bud,” will make things much easier during upcoming fire inspections.

Good morning and happy Friday. As we kick off the holiday season here are a variety of tips from the National Safety Council. Enjoy your weekend and be safe out there.

Happy Friday to you all. It is hard to believe that next week is Thanksgiving which generally kicks off the Holiday Season. Our safety snippet is in regard to Thanksgiving Safety and comes to us from the NFPA. The following link contains a few additional holiday and travel safety tips from the National Safety Council: https://www.nsc.org/community-safety/safety-topics/seasonal-safety/winter-safety/holiday. Enjoy your weekend and Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families.

Good morning, everyone! This week’s “Safety Snippet” is coming to you a little early due to Veterans’ Day. A day that we honor and show our appreciation and gratitude to all the men and women who are currently serving or have served in our armed forces. Thank you for keeping us safe and free!!

This week’s “Safety Snippets” are winter safety and preparedness checklists provided to us from Minnesota’s Department of Public Safety and NOAA.

Happy Friday!! This week’s safety snippet deals with something we sometimes take for granted, machine guarding. These helpful handouts come to us from the Texas Division of Worker’s Compensation and New Jersey State AFL-CIO. Enjoy your weekend and stay safe.

Happy Friday! Today we take a look at some safety reminders from the NFPA as it relates to the upcoming Halloween Holiday. Be safe, enjoy your weekend, and Happy Halloween!

Happy Friday to everyone! This week’s Safety Snippet is a quick review of some key safety points for operating forklifts. Enjoy your weekend and stay safe!

Happy Friday to you all!! This week’s Friday Safety Snippet is a “Ladder Safety Checklist” from OSHA. We use ladders so often that it is easy to become complacent and is why incidents involving ladders are one of the most frequent causes of workplace injuries. Be safe and enjoy your weekend!!

Happy Friday!! October is Fire Prevention Month and this week’s Safety Snippet comes to us from FEMA and the U.S. Fire Administration. Here are some safety tips and reminders to keep us safe in our workplace should a fire or a need to evacuate our buildings arise. Enjoy your weekend and stay safe!

Good morning and happy Friday! Today our Friday Safety Snippet was taken from NYS PESH’s and OSHA’s websites. The PESH Factsheet is a quick orientation to what PESH does as well as their three different branches: enforcement, consultation, and training. While PESH focuses on all workplace safety and health issues, in the public sector, the big focus is on “OSHA’s Fatal Four” which accounts for around 60% of all construction worker deaths and if these were eliminated, would save around 580 workers’ lives annually (2017). OSHA’s Fatal Four are: Falls, Struck-by-Object, Electrocution, and Caught-in/between objects. Be safe out there and have an enjoyable, fall weekend!

Did you know that over 2/3 of all accidents involve housekeeping in some way, shape, or form? Approximately 2.5 million disabling injuries happen in the service industry every year with a cost of over 100 billion dollars (Hellman & Associates). This week’s “Safety Snippet” highlights some common housekeeping issues and is from the National Safety Council. Happy Friday and Stay Safe!

As we awake to cooler mornings, now is the time to brush up on fire safety and conduct maintenance on our heating systems that will carry us through the winter. Stay safe and enjoy your weekend!