Chemical handling safety entails safely making use of chemicals. It involves applying Safety in transportation, storage, mixing, and application of the chemicals. It is pertinent that chemical safety is given utmost consideration in the workplace and in other places where chemicals are in use.
Underground cables are cables laid under the ground. They are not visible to people. Live underground cables pose a safety risk during unplanned and poorly managed excavations in an area. Poor management of excavation around underground cables may result in fatal consequences, and disruption of… Read More »Toolbox talk on working near underground cables.
Health and safety policy is an important document that all organisations should comply with in fulfilment of the occupational health and safety management system requirements. the ISO 45001:2018 Standard. According to the ISO 45001: 2018, occupational health and safety management standard, the organisation should create,… Read More »How do we make the health and safety policy accessible to all workers
Slipping is sliding unintentionally on the floor for a short distance which may or may not lead to falling. Slips can happen anywhere, at home, office, workplace or on the road. Slip is one of the hazards that can happen in the workplace. Paying close… Read More »Consider these five things in your environment surfaces to reduce slipping.
To understand the importance of the hand, take a brief moment to think of a work or an activity you can comfortably do at the workplace without using your hand. Do you think there is any? With this, you can agree there is virtually nothing… Read More »30 hand safety tips to prevent hand injury
The Eye is one of the human organs that is responsible for sight. Your visibility is a function of how effective your Eye is. The Eye is among the most used tool in the workplace because you have to see what you are doing or… Read More »Eye strain toolbox talk
Skip is used to collect waste for evacuation and disposal. Most times, people may want to overfill the skip when they are using it in their location
Waste disposal means discarding, removing, recycling or destroying waste. Waste is unwanted materials from agriculture, domestic or homes and industrial products
What does it mean to have safe places of work? According to the law in most countries of the world, employers have the responsibility to provide safe places of work. The legal requirements expect the employer to maintain this aspect in their workplace. Also, C155,… Read More »What does it mean to have safe places of work?
On August 2021, A 55-year-old operator working a night shift with a manufacturing company called Alpha Solway Limited lost parts of his two fingers when his hand got caught in a facemask-producing machine. What leads to the loss of fingers? The Operator spotted a problem… Read More »Company fined after worker loses parts of fingers
A farmer, Mr Richard Palfrey hired two teenage workers, 19 and 16 years old to work on his farm. The work is to move material with a dumper as part of improvement works at Upper Kingswells farm in the village of long down in Exeter.… Read More »Exeter farmer fined after teenage worker injured on dumper
the HSE found out that the company do not comply with the minimum requirements of welfare facility arrangements; the toilet provided was not flushable and was in a room without a door or window coverings
On 31 August 2021, Renka Limited workers began the installation of a roof light in a house in Frodsham, Cheshire. They were to use a tower scaffold for the job.
Poor personal hygiene will be an avenue that will allow germs to grow in your environment and leave you vulnerable to infection
Fire emergencies occurring in offices can lead to damage to properties, harm to persons and losses to the company. However, getting good Office safety for fire prevention will require office safety measures to be in place. Below are 14 tips that will ensure good office… Read More »Office fire safety tips
Off-the-job safety is all about paying attention to your safety outside the workplace, which can be your home, on the road, and others.
