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Category: <span>Environmental</span>

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Multi-Tasking in the Workplace

Many employers like to hire employees with multi-tasking capabilities. Multi-tasking is when a person is able to perform more than one task at the same time. Employees who multi-task often demonstrate the ability to switch between different tasks or positions. Being able to hire one…

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Safe Lifting Operation in the Workplace

Accidents occur every day as a result of unsafe lifting practices and taking unnecessary risks. Failing to follow safety guidelines and lifting practices can lead to serious injury, equipment damage, and loss of production. Lifting of heavy material using lifting devices including jacks, lifts, and…

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New to the Job

Do you remember your first day on the job? That awkward feeling of not knowing anyone and wanting to impress everyone? With every new job comes the opportunity to make a good first impression. As you settle into your new position, you become more familiar…

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Wearing Proper Footwear

Choosing proper footwear to wear while on the job depends on the environment in which you work. You wouldn’t wear flip-flops or 4-inch stiletto heels where there is risk of a heavy object falling on your toes, or leather-soled shoes where you don’t have adequate…

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Heavy Equipment Safety Awareness

Heavy equipment has great value on worksites, including auto salvage and scrap yard facilities. However, equipment including forklifts, front-end loaders, cranes, dump trucks, crushers, and baler/loggers may be hazardous to operators and workers near the work area, because of the size, weight, and complex operating…

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React to Fire

Fire can happen at any time. If there was a fire in your workplace, would you know how to respond? It is difficult to know exactly how you would respond, until you have been put in that position. Many people can remember what to do…

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Who is Responsible for Safety

Safety in the workplace is not just one person’s responsibility. Not any one person can or should shoulder the load alone, therefore, everyone is responsible for safety in the workplace. OSHA encourages all businesses to implement a Safety and Health Program to reduce the number…

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Complacency Leads to Accidents

Accidents can happen at any time. It is important that all workers focus on the task they are performing. Awareness is the ability to understand something exists, and a concept that should be part of each employee’s mindset while on the job. When one loses…

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Safety, Signs, Labels and Tags

There is no doubt that hazards are present in the workplace. Power tools, electrical components, machinery, heavy equipment, and climbing apparatus are some of the many hazards workers are confronted with on a daily basis on the job. OSHA has developed guidelines for signs, labels,…

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TSCA EnSafe Webinar

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]Josh Wheatley | June 17, 2020 | Blog TSCA EnSafe Webinar How well do you know your facility? That is the first and most important step to knowing…

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