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What is workplace safety training, and why does your organization need it?

Workplace safety training is essential in the workplace. The company’s employees need constant information to stay ahead of hazards that can cause harm or damage in the workplace. The truth is that some workplaces are reluctant to invest in workplace safety training for their employees for various reasons, often due to resource constraints. It is… Read More »What is workplace safety training, and why does your organization need it?

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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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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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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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The 7 societal factors that influence the health and safety standards of an organisation

The Health and safety standards can be influenced positively or negatively by certain societal factors. These societal factors make companies practise good health and safety standards.

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Toolbox talk on teamwork

  Teamwork involves when people come together to work for a common goal. Common goals may be to achieve a particular activity or engage in a task to get a result. Or have a defined outcome.  For some people, TEAM means Together everyone achieves more. And… Read More »Toolbox talk on teamwork

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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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Safety Jobs-A complete guide on how to get a health and safety job in Nigeria; Starting and growing a career in HSE.

All you ever need to get a safety job in Nigeria is wrapped up in this article, just grab it immediately and share with your friends.

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A few things you need to know about Article 16 of the Occupational Safety and Health Convention(C155)

C155 ILO Occupational Safety and Health Convention provides a basic health and safety policy at the national and individual levels. It was adopted by ILO in 1981. ILO expects that countries can implement the standard in a naturally appropriate way. ILO has two primary outputs.… Read More »A few things you need to know about Article 16 of the Occupational Safety and Health Convention(C155)

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FAQs frequently asked questions on dangerous occurrence

In the event of any dangerous occurrences, the worker or anyone who observed it should make a report immediately to a supervisor or designated safety officer. The formal report detailing the incident, location, and contributing factors should be completed immediately.

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Frequently asked questions about employee absenteeism at work

Absenteeism in the workplace can give rise to reduced productivity; it can lead to burnout and disengagement. It can lead to decreased revenue at the workplace and reduced profit margin

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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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Health Safety Environmental Officer Job Abuja

To ensure compliance with HSE Rules and effective incident management. Ensure regular and prompt reports are sent to HSE supervisors and project HSE documents and records are maintained by company standard practice.

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Hand hygiene; Important things you need to Know about it.

Hand hygiene has become an integral part of us for many years now but the novel coronavirus 2019 added more credence on the benefits we can get from it.

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How to Audit a Quality Management System with ISO 9001-2015 Standard.

Audits is a systematic, independent, and documented process for obtaining objective evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which the audit criteria is fulfilled.

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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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Benefits of ISO 14001-5 key benefits on why we have ISO 14001:2015

Benefits of ISO 14001 is enormous. In this article, I will tell you the benefits of ISO 14001. Most times, we are confronted with why should we implement ISO 14001 in our organization.

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Establishing a Quality Management System in an Organisation.

ISO 9001:2015 is the most recognized, acceptable, widely used quality management system standard in the world.In  ISO 9001:2015, it specifies the requirements for a QMS that organizations can use to design and develop their own programs.

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4 Reasons Why Workers Engage In Shortcuts.

Shortcuts are prevalent in workplaces. Workers engage in shortcuts due to one reason or the other.

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What you need to know about personal protective equipment.

PPE is an acronym for personal protective equipment that will protect the user or wearer against any health or safety risks at work. With regards to the name, they are personal to a particular worker and are not meant for exchange with anyone else.

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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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Ten Essential Skills Every hse Officer Should Master for Workplace Safety

To be an effective HSE officer, you will need a set of essential skills to enable you to discharge your duties. This blog will tell you the ten skills you should master to uphold workplace safety and encourage a culture of excellence.

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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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10 Safe lab practices in a research laboratory

Safe lab practices are beneficial in any research laboratory. The researchers have to keep themselves and other persons safe when they are in the laboratory environment. Any mistake in not maintaining safe lab practice could have a terrible impact on people and may be fatal

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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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Toolbox talk on Equipment Rollover

Equipment rollover can happen on a site under extreme conditions. The conditions that necessitate tipping over of equipment are high speed

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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

How to Conduct Workplace Inspection: A Step-by-Step Guide for Safety and Compliance.

Workplace inspections are a vital component of any company’s health and safety management. Through workplace inspections, potential hazards are identified, and with compliance, a safe working environment will be promoted. However, knowing how to properly conduct workplace inspections, whether as a safety officer or a… Read More »How to Conduct Workplace Inspection: A Step-by-Step Guide for Safety and Compliance.

Toolbox talk on dust and dirt

Before you discuss this toolbox topic with your team, review any accidents or incidents from the past week in your organization with your team. Remember to describe other prevalent hazards and proper precautions for them, too. Endeavour will inform the workers of a to safely… Read More »Toolbox talk on dust and dirt

Toolbox talk on site conditions before excavations

Site conditions vary, and no two excavation sites are alike. Because of this, each Job must be treated individually. There are many safety precautions to ensure safe working conditions when dealing with site excavations.

How to prevent carbon monoxide from a wood stove

Carbon monoxide is a colourless, tasteless, and odourless gas that can be very dangerous when inhaled, usually in high concentrations. There are various places where carbon monoxide can exist, one of which is in the operation of the wood stove. When using a wood stove… Read More »How to prevent carbon monoxide from a wood stove

Different types of nearmisses

A near miss is an incident that would have resulted in harm but did not happen due to timely intervention of people or maybe luck. Different types of nearmisses can happen depending on the location or industry. For example, we have environmental near misses, such… Read More »Different types of nearmisses

Toolbox talk on noise in the workplace.

Noise is one of the hazards that can be observed in the workplace. Because it is a hazard, it has the potential to harm the human body. One body part that noise affects a lot is the human ear. Noise can cause deafness and affect… Read More »Toolbox talk on noise in the workplace.

Toolbox talk on defensive driving

Introduction. Before you start to discuss this toolbox talk, you will first of all discuss the previous accidents and near misses cases, if there are any in the workplace. Review them carefully and make sure that the workers are aware of them. Then, go on… Read More »Toolbox talk on defensive driving

Toolbox talk on falling objects

Introduction. Before beginning to conduct this toolbox talk on falling objects, it is pertinent to review any accidents or near misses during the past week in the workplace. After that, you deliberate on the safe way to carry out activities in your project. Other hazards… Read More »Toolbox talk on falling objects

Toolbox talk on Accident Reporting.

Every workplace wants to minimise accidents, but sometimes, unplanned events—accidents—can happen. As notorious as accidents can be in most workplaces, it is important to support accident reporting. Once an accident is reported, the next step is for the concerned parties to investigate it. When a… Read More »Toolbox talk on Accident Reporting.

Alcohol consumption toolbox talk.

Alcohol consumption has a dangerous effect on employees at work. It affects everyone in the workplace. It can have a significant impact on everyone in the workplace and not just on the person who took the alcohol. This is why having a toolbox talk on… Read More »Alcohol consumption toolbox talk.

Why are confined spaces hazardous?

Confined spaces are hazardous for many reasons. But first, we have to look at what confined spaces are, the hazards they contain, and what makes them hazardous. What is a confined space? Confined spaces contain spaces for the activities of employees who enter and exit… Read More »Why are confined spaces hazardous?

Construction Skips Safety: Ensuring a Secure Work Environment

In the world of construction, construction skip plays a vital role in ensuring good waste management on the site. Non-use of construction skip in the construction environment can pose a significant risk to workers and the work environment. It is often important that appropriate safety… Read More »Construction Skips Safety: Ensuring a Secure Work Environment

HSE Manager Role Delta

Post Publication Date: 18-03-2025 Job Title: HSE Manager Location: Delta-State, NigeriaJob Type: Full-time A multinational Oil and gas processing and storage company is seeking an experienced HSE Manager to join our team. As a leading Oil and Gas processing and storage plant, we prioritize the… Read More »HSE Manager Role Delta

Environmental Health and Safety Manager Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria

Deloitte Human Capital Consulting, Company Description. The African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE) in partnership with King’s College Hospital London (KCH) is seeking talented individuals to fill the role of Environmental Health and Safety Manager. The African Medical Centre of Excellence, Abuja (AMCE Abuja), a… Read More »Environmental Health and Safety Manager Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria

Health and Safety Manager at HR-WIT

Post Publication Date: 05 March, 2025 HR-WIT is a registered HR branding company. Our goal is to help businesses align their workforce strategies with their brand identity, ensuring sustained growth and a competitive edge in the talent market. We assist employers in transforming their brand… Read More »Health and Safety Manager at HR-WIT