Halloween Safety
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!
Forklift Safety Tips
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!
Ladder Safety
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!!
Workplace Fire Prevention
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!
PESH/OSHA Basics
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!
Housekeeping for Safety
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!
Fall Heating Tips
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!
Ten Essential Actions
Good morning and Happy Friday! As we close the first week of school, for many of us, here is a few reminders published by U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office), to help keep our schools safe. Enjoy your weekend and stay safe!
Pedestrian Safety
This morning’s safety snippet is from “Safe Kids Worldwide” and deals with pedestrian safety, particularly children. As we move closer to returning to school and with so many distractions that are in our world today, it is important that we stay aware out there. Stay safe!
School Bus Safey Handout
This week’s safety snippet comes to us from the School Bus Safety Company. This handout is drawing our attention to the “Danger Zones” around school buses and several reminders of our how students should behave around school buses as we prepare to go back to school. Stay safe!
Back to School Safety
As we prepare for the return of teachers and students here is a list of topics, from “SchoolSafety.gov”, to elicit some thoughts and promote discussions as we get ready for the school year. Stay Safe!
Lithium Batteries
This week’s safety topic is a document from OSHA, with several links at the end to other reputable sites, that can help us better understand the issues that can occur with lithium-ion batteries. We have all seen clips of the fires that can be caused by “thermal runaway” so here are some tips and sites to keep us better prepared. Stay safe!