The primary purpose behind personal protective equipment (PPE) is to protect oneself from injury or harm. Most PPE is designed to protect the wearer from falling objects and flying objects and prevent a person from slipping or falling. For those unfamiliar with PPE training, it’s vital that employees at all levels of a company understand …
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Learning new skills can make you more marketable if you want to advance your heavy equipment operator career. Part of your job as a heavy equipment operator is to be aware of the changes in your industry. If you want to be employed by the top companies, you need to improve your capabilities and get …
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It’s common to think of work injuries caused by lifting heavy items, overexertion or being cut with a sharp object. These are real dangers in the workplace, but other threats can be just as deadly, like electrical injuries. Companies need to train their employees about electrical safety to combat some of these risks. For an …
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OSHA confined space training provides employers and employees with the knowledge to work safely in confined spaces. Confined spaces are areas that are large enough for an employee to enter and perform assigned tasks.They have limited or restricted entry or exit and are not designed for continuous occupancy. Many industries’ workers have a critical need …
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While confined spaces are not necessarily designed for people, workers often need to access these spaces to perform maintenance, repairs or inspections. Maintenance tunnels, silos, tanks and pipes are all examples of confined spaces workers may need to access. But while this work is necessary, confined spaces are often very dangerous work environments. Workers in …
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With the exception of family homes and duplexes, all commercial, residential and industrial buildings are required to be equipped with a fire extinguisher. After all, fires can happen anywhere. Having a fire extinguisher on hand can help prevent injury and death, as well as massive amounts of property damage. But a fire extinguisher doesn’t do …
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Confined spaces are some of the most dangerous places that workers can find themselves in. Injury, entrapment, and exposure to harmful materials and gases are a few of the hazards that workers can face inside a confined space. This is why only trained personnel should enter a confined space, and why some confined spaces even …
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Working within confined spaces is often necessary. Maintenance tunnels and other confined spaces are not designed for workers to be inside them for long. But these places sometimes need to be maintained or repaired. Working in these areas can be very dangerous and should only be attempted by trained personnel. Workers who have undergone confined …
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A lone worker is an employee who works without direct supervision or other employees in the immediate area. Many kinds of workers can be classified as lone workers. A security guard working alone at night is one example. Someone performing maintenance in a remote location is another. People who work from home or away from …
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Have you considered whether your workers may be at risk from exposure to benzene? While benzene is associated with the extraction and refining of crude oil, there are many industries in which benzene might be found In fact, benzene is one of the 20 most commonly used chemicals in the United States, according to the …
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