51 safe driving tips to enhance your driving safety
Safe driving tips will help to prevent vehicle crashes which are the leading cause of death on the road. Follow these 50 safe driving tips and apply them while driving.
Onyekachi Emmanuel
Onyeka Emma is a QHSE Professional, a business person, and an entrepreneur. He is very passionate about health and safety, Business and Entrepreneurship.
5 Main causes of truck accidents on the road
Truck accidents occur mainly when the truck is commuting from one location to another. Losses and damages happen whenever an accident happens. Truck accidents are among the most fatal accidents on the highways.
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.
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
6 principles of auditing every management system auditor should apply when carrying out auditing.
6 principles of auditing every management system auditor should apply when carrying out auditing. Auditing...
Hazard management: What is the hierarchy of controls?
The hierarchy of controls provides a systematic approach to managing hazards in the workplace. It Helps to enhance occupational health and safety in the workplace by eliminating hazards and controlling occupational health and safety risks that can result to harm
What is an audit scope, and why is it important?
Audit scope is one of the parameters that an auditor should not lose sight of. The auditor must ensure that the auditee understands this parameter during the audit.
The difference between first party, second party and third party audit
First party audit is called an internal audit conducted internally by an organisation or by someone else on their behalf. In the first party audit, it's the members of the management that are involved, very familiar with themselves and unlike what we may have in the second party and third party audits.
What is competence, and why is it important?
Competence means that someone can do something well. That something could be performing a task, a job or an activity.
The loto procedure that every safety officer should know
LOTO PROCEDURE means lock out tag-out procedure. A procedure that ensures that all energy sources such as pneumatic, electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, chemical, thermal, or other sources are closed to prevent any accidental release from them during maintenance or repair work. Mainly before the start of any maintenance or repair work on equipment.
Ways to prevent an electric shock
8 WAYS TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK Electric shock can lead to severe harm and even...
Knife safety tips you can apply when using a knife
Maintaining Knife safety tips will pay you a great deal by preventing you from harm. Handle all knives carefully. Make use of the handle anytime you are holding the knife.
Near miss reporting for accident prevention
Near-miss reporting is giving out information concerning a near miss the moment it happens by the employees. Some organizations have formal ways of near-miss reporting by using forms, emails etc. But the main thing is that a near miss was not left unreported.
Most times, workers are not ready to report a near miss because of blame or because they are afraid of being punished when they do so. Near-miss reporting should be natural for all workers to do. The management has to reassure the workers of their support and not be blamed in such an exercise and even encourage them.
How often should you service fire extinguishers?
Fire extinguishers aid us in fighting a fire whenever there is a fire emergency. Every business is responsible for the safety of their premises, with that of workers and visitors at all times.
Provisions of adequate fire extinguishers in the company premises are among the ways every business owner protects the safety of the workers, visitors and the environment.
Transportation safety toolbox talk
Transportation safety should be encouraged by drivers, pedestrians and everyone using the road for daily activities.
Safe transportation of goods and persons is essential even in the workplace because it helps the business to maintain its safety obligations.
How to wear and remove a facemask
Facemask serves as a physical barrier between you and the person wearing them. It protects you and the person wearing it and helps to reduce the spread of any airborne disease in the environment.