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How do you find and apply for an EHS scholarship

How do you find and apply for an EHS scholarship? In this world that we are in, EHS professionals have many roles to play; most especially, they have a vital role in preventing accidents or incidents in the environment. With an EHS scholarship, a professional… Read More »How do you find and apply for an EHS scholarship

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Safety officer 40 Duties in a workplace

Safety and health officer has enormous duties in the workplace. Their roles and responsibilities varies from organization to organization. The legal requirement says that every company that has more than five employees will have a safety officer in charge of safety affairs in that company. In this article, I will list out the significant duties of a Safety Officer.This will help to guide you through your work as a safety officer or during a safety officer job interview.

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5 reasons why your Company Should Invest in Security Certification

Investing in security certification is crucial for companies as it helps manage risk, ensuring safe and efficient operations. Key advantages include adherence to best practices, compliance with laws, fulfilling supplier obligations, and boosting customer confidence. Certifications such as ISO 27001 demonstrate a company’s commitment to protecting sensitive information, inevitably enhancing the way they conduct business.

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The Key 5 Questions to ask during an incident investigation

Incident investigation at the workplace is a structured activity carried out by responsible persons to get to the root cause of an incident. More so, It unravels the mystery behind every incident at the workplace. 

An incident investigator uses a sequence of questions to unravel the causes of the incident. The right question structure helps to arrive at the root cause. 

So, to get to the root cause, the incident investigator should ask the following questions during the investigation and is more likely than ever to get to the fact of the incident.

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6 principles of auditing every management system auditor should apply when carrying out auditing. 

The six key principles every management system auditor should apply during an audit are; Integrity, which is the core of auditing professionalism; Fair presentation, highlighting the necessity of truth and accuracy in reportage; Confidentiality, emphasizing the importance of maintaining secure information; Due professional care, encouraging sound judgments; Independence, facilitating impartiality and objectivity; and an Evidence-based approach, focusing on verifiable samples of information. These principles are founded on Clauses 5 to 7 of the ISO 19011:2011 Guidelines for auditing management systems.

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8 reasons why you need a security education and awareness in this period

  With the news of insecurity ranging from internet hacking to robbery and others, we need knowledge of security education and awareness in our lives and at work.  Release of confidential information to the public is on the rise, sometimes through security breaches or theft.… Read More »8 reasons why you need a security education and awareness in this period

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What is a Safe Working Load (SWL)?

The Safe Working Load (SWL) is a crucial safety measure representing the maximum force that lifting equipment can exert without breaking. This load is computable through the equation SWL = Minimum breaking load (MBL) / Safety Factor (SF). SWL is now replaced by the term Working Load Limit (WLL) in most standards due to specificity issues. The manufacturing firm of lifting equipment sets and advises on the maximum load capacity of the said equipment.

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Safety officer interview question: The 6 skills your interviewer may want to hear from you. 

Safety officer interview question: The skills your interviewer may want to hear from you.  What skills and abilities do you have as a safety officer? During your safety officer job interview, your interviewer may likely ask you this kind of question above. However, In this… Read More »Safety officer interview question: The 6 skills your interviewer may want to hear from you. 

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What are the responsibilities of safety supervisors

A safety supervisor, under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, holds responsibility for the safety of a workspace and its workers. Apart from assigning tasks, this role involves ensuring all areas of the worksite are safe for all personnel. Their duties include enforcing safety systems, conducting safety meetings and audits, reporting health issues of employees to management, conducting on-the-job safety training, and ensuring compliance with health and safety requirements of the organization.

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What are the effects of an accident on the life of an employee?

Accidents effects on the life of an employee. The accident is unplanned, unwanted and unforeseen circumstances that cause harm and damage to people, machines, the environment and the reputation.  When an accident happens, there will always be an effect attached to it. No matter how… Read More »What are the effects of an accident on the life of an employee?

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key responsibilities of audit team members

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF AUDIT TEAM MEMBERS  An audit team exists whenever there is an audit in an organization. They are composed of a lead auditor, auditor, trainee auditor, technical expert, observer, guide, and client. For an internal audit, you may not need all these members,… Read More »key responsibilities of audit team members

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Toolbox talks on unsafe acts and unsafe condition

Unsafe acts and unsafe conditions in the workplace can lead to injuries and accidents. Over 70% of these are caused by human behavior, such as horseplay, poor hygiene, complacency, and use of damaged or inappropriate personal protective equipment. Unsafe conditions include unstable work areas, overloaded electrical sockets, poor sanitary conditions, and defective equipment. Ensuring safety involves supervision, correction of hazards, reporting unsafe practices, and educating workers about their impacts.

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Frequently asked questions on continuous improvement in HSE.

What is Continuous safety improvement? Continuous improvement is the commitment to constantly analyze your safety performance through fact-based data, address root causes and system weaknesses as soon as they are identified, and experiment with changes that will lead to long-term system improvement. What are the… Read More »Frequently asked questions on continuous improvement in HSE.

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Experienced Fire Fighter Role Akwaibom

Job Location: Akwa Ibom, Nigeria JOB ROLE-Experienced Fire Fighter JOB FUNCTIONS For the Fire Fighter Protects personnel during emergencies by extinguishing fires, executing rescues, and mitigating chemical spills. Prevents fire damage by conducting surveys and inspections for hazards and enforcing codes. Minimizes fire damage by responding… Read More »Experienced Fire Fighter Role Akwaibom

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Frequently asked questions on safety leading indicators

What are the leading indicators in the context of workplace safety? Leading indicators in the context of workplace safety are the various inputs that people are contributing to the ohs of an organization to better the occupational health and management system. Those inputs are Geared… Read More »Frequently asked questions on safety leading indicators

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Frequently asked questions on lagging indicators in Safety

Lagging indicators measure the occurrence of events or activities in the past and their frequency .The lagging indicator can be the number of illnesses in a workplace, or number of Accidents that have happened in a given organization, or even the number of fatalities that have happened within a certain period in an organization and so on

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Frequently asked questions on Industrial safety helmet.

Frequently asked questions on Industrial safety helmet 1.What is the best way to store a safety helmet? We have different types of safety helmets, and these types will determine the way you will have to store them. Each of those types of safety helmets has… Read More »Frequently asked questions on Industrial safety helmet.

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Safety culture development in a workplace

In the world today, workplace accidents contribute majorly to the accident statistics. According to the International Labour Congress, more than 340 million occupational accidents and 160 million illnesses are caused by work every year. Even though the rate at which these harms happen in the… Read More »Safety culture development in a workplace