Latest Safety Hazard Articles
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EHS Programs
5 Easily Overlooked Safety Risks Every Workplace Should Address
It's an unfortunate truth that organizations and industries overlook safety risks. Despite our best efforts, some hazards remain unidentified and uncontrolled.For...
By: Karoly Ban Matei | HR and Safety Manager
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Leadership
Preventing Serious Injuries and Fatalities on Joint-Employer Jobsites
This article is based on the Serious Injury/Fatality Prevention: Joint-Employer Settings webinar. Register now to learn more!Joint-employer arrangements aren't new...
By: Bennett Cuthbert | Writer
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EHS Programs
How to Safely Dispose of Medical Waste
When we talk about workplace safety, a lot of the discussion focuses on construction, manufacturing, and natural resource extraction workers and the hazards they face on...
By: Karoly Ban Matei | HR and Safety Manager
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Wearables
How Wearables Can Change Behavior and Reduce Ergonomic Injuries
For the human body to be healthy, it needs to move. That's one of the benefits of working as a manual materials handler - movement is mandatory.The issue, however,...
By: Toni-Louise Gianatti | Content Manager
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Safety Equipment
The 5 Expenses You'll Avoid by Investing in Machine Safety
Cost avoidance is defined by any action taken in the present that prevents incurring greater costs in the future. For example, routinely investing in machine safety to...
By: Shawn Mantel
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Employee Health
How to Deal with Workplace Hazards that Have Latent Effects
Quick, think of a hazard!If you’re like me, you imagined something dramatic – an open pit, a lightning bolt, an exploding gas tank. Maybe you just pictured...
By: Daniel Clark
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Safety Equipment
Choosing the Right Tools for Working in Explosive Work Environments
One of the most important safety concerns to solve for offshore platforms, refineries, mines, and other industries are explosion risks. These can be caused by gas, dust...
By: Hector Maggi | Managing Director
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Employee Health
4 Solutions to Eliminate Arc Flash Hazards in the Workplace
Companies all over the world put electrical safety programs into place to protect their teams from electrical injuries and casualties, and to prevent fire damage on...
By: Safeopedia Staff
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Education
Hydration in the Workplace Is Not Just a Summer Issue
In the dog days of summer, we get frequent reminders to hydrate often, but what about winter? The air we breathe in colder weather is drier, so our lungs have to work...
By: Bubba Wolford | Director of Education
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Safeopedia Podcasts
Safety Talks #5 - Noise Exposure: Evolving Legislation and Recent Court Actions with Andrew McNeil
In this episode Patrick chats with Andrew McNeil about the impact of noise-related legislation and the outcomes of recent court cases that are game changers in terms of...
By: Patrick Robinson | President
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Hazards
Major Safety Concerns for Construction Workers and What to Do About Them
According to OSHA, about 6.5 million Americans work at more than 250,000 construction sites across the United States on any given day. With injury and fatality rates...
By: Jessica Barrett
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Hazards
5 Common Workplace Injuries - And 5 Simple Products That Can Prevent Them
There are many ways to control hazards and prevent injuries. The most basic and widely used method is through PPE and other work equipment.Based on data from the Bureau...
By: Karoly Ban Matei | HR and Safety Manager
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