Crew talks are an excellent way to deliver information on the job site. When it’s time to show the crew how to use a new piece of equipment or perform a new process safely, follow these eight steps to communicate your message on the shop floor, outside the site trailer, or at the cash register.
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“People love giving and receiving high-fives,” says Canadian Paralympic medallist Josh Dueck, who High Fived 9,307 people on August 27 and 28 in Vancouver, breaking the GUINNESS WORLD RECORD and raising awareness of young worker safety.
The mountain pine beetle invasion has left thousands of trees in B.C. designated as “danger trees” because they have severe lean, root damage, or rotten branches that make them likely to fall. For safety’s sake, these trees are being removed from within striking distance of campsites, picnic tables, outhouses, and parking lots.
Can you spot six hazards in this photo? WorkSafe Magazine invites you to e-mail your answers and be eligible for a prize awarded to one person each issue. The magazine publishes as many responses as possible. So far, this photo challenge is drawing answers from as far away as Africa, Poland, India, Ireland, and the United Arab Emirates.
Is your emergency eye wash up to par? If not, you’re not alone.
The workplace safety community is venturing online quickly – sharing news, views, videos, photos, tweets, and more from around the world. Here are five blogs (from Melbourne, Arizona, Birmingham, London, and Massachusetts) that cover workplace health and safety issues.
Treeplanting is hard work. I’ve heard many stories from planters who finished their season with aches, pains, and more serious injuries. One is Michael Lien, who today works in the film industry, but in the past planted trees every spring.
WildPlay guests bungee jump into the river, zip-line through the air, swing across cliffs, and navigate obstacle courses high in the trees. During the peak summer season, up to 40 workers keep things going smoothly. All of them take a five-day training course and are coached and monitored continually during their employment at the park.
I’ve noticed quite a few YouTube videos that spoof the shocking safety videos released by the WSIB in Ontario.
I had some responses to my last post on shockvertising. I agree with Liv that I’d rather see a more positive approach – maybe a dad with his kids, saying “keep him safe” and not an example of “what terrible thing will happen to this family man.”
