Today’s lesson learned from the Wile E. Coyote School of Safety where they constantly defy the laws of physics, perverse the rules of nature, and live in animated immortality. But here gravity always rules. LESSON 4 Preventing Falls: Falls don’t just occur off the top of a building but can happen in facilities where production occurs within… Read More Safety Lessons Learned From Wile E. Coyote 4
Today’s lesson learned from the Wile E. Coyote School of Safety where they constantly defy the laws of physics, perverse the rules of nature, and live in animated immortality. But in our world reality always wins. Lesson two – Daily inspections and checklist. Yea, yea. They’re a pain, every day the same thing, what a… Read More Safety Lessons Learned From Wile E. Coyote 2
Santa received a notice of violation(1926.501) Fall Protection-General Requirements and this unfortunately still #1 on OSHA’s TopTen violations for 2019. In fact, falls have been the number 1 cited violation since 2011 and shows no sign of loosening its grip on that distinction. This is very frustrating since falls can be stopped with the use… Read More The TopTen OSHA Violations Before Christmas. On the Tenth Day
Santa received a notice of violation(1910.1200) Hazard Communication #2 on OSHA’s TopTen violations for 2019 Santa admits that he’s been so busy running the family business that he has not always kept up with changes. He was very surprised to find out that his old MSDS book was incredibly out of date. Back in 2012,… Read More The TopTen OSHA Violations Before Christmas. On the Ninth Day
Santa received a notice of violation(1910.147) Lockout/Tagout and this is serious enough to be #4 on OSHA’s TopTen violations for 2019. Lockout/Tagout or LOTO as it’s also known as is a pretty important safety feature that prevents unexpected operation of a piece of equipment while you are working on it. You see the scene played… Read More The TopTen OSHA Violations Before Christmas. On the Seventh Day
Santa received a notice of violation(1910.134) Respiratory Protection and this is #5 on OSHA’s TopTen violations for 2019. Your lungs bring fresh oxygen to your brain, organs, and tissues via the circulatory system and then expel carbon dioxide with every breath you take. When O2 levels are where they should be, your body functions at… Read More The TopTen OSHA Violations Before Christmas. On the Sixth Day
Santa received a notice of violation(1926.1053) Ladders which is #6 on OSHA’s TopTen violations for 2019. It’s looking more hopeful at the Northpole as Santa’s team spent the weekend getting all the elves caught up on much-needed training and important upgrades of equipment to fix the first four OSHA violations. Today we work with… Read More The TopTen OSHA Violations Before Christmas. On the Fifth Day
Santa received a notice of violation( 1910.178) Powered Industrial Trucks. This is listed as #7 on OSHA’s TopTen violations for 2019. We must be on the right track because we haven’t seen or heard from the grinch since we began this series. As mentioned yesterday, training is the most critical part of safety. I can’t… Read More The TopTen OSHA Violations Before Christmas. On the Fourth Day
Santa received a notice of violation( 1926.503) Fall Protection – Training Requirements. This happens to be #8 on OSHA’s TopTen violations for 2019. It appears we’re on a roll solving the issues at Santa’s Northpole workshop so let’s keep the momentum going. Training is the most critical part of safety. Without it, you may… Read More The TopTen OSHA Violations Before Christmas. On the Third Day
Santa received a notice of violation( 1910.212) Machine Guarding. This is #9 on OSHA’s TopTen violations for 2019. After solving the PPE issue yesterday, let’s take a look at machine guarding. As we mentioned yesterday, machinery is extraordinary and can be challenging yet quite rewarding to operate and maintain. Some professional operators have such… Read More The TopTen OSHA Violations Before Christmas. On the Second Day
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