Posts by Niña Yang Rosquites

How Often Should Fire Extinguishers Be Inspected? Fire at home or in the workplace can be catastrophic and fatal. It covers loss or damage of properties, injuries or death of the manpower, and significant loss time. Fire has three elements – all you need is heat, fuel and oxygen to create it. Oxygen can be…

Use and edit template for free Use this template now OSHA Eye Protection In this post we will focus on OSHA’s Eye Protection requirements, the most effective ways to comply with these requirements, and cover other important details about eye protection in general. Why is OSHA Eye Protection important? Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA…

CCOHS Ladder Safety Ladders are commonly found in the workplace to access elevated areas and hard-to reach places for the purposes of doing maintenance jobs, electrical work, cleaning and the likes. Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) aims to ensure all Canadians are healthy and safe in the workplace including when using ladders,…

Scaffolding Ladder Safety Purpose of Scaffolding Ladder A scaffold is a temporary structure that allows people to stand on a stable platform when working at height and when scaffold platforms are elevated as much as more than 2 feet (0.6m) above there must be a safe access using a scaffolding ladder. The scaffolding ladder is…

What can dealing with slips trips and falls include? Dealing with slips, trips and falls accidents is a detrimental part of problem solving. It involves assessing what happen, what is the cause, what were the existing preventive measures and what didn’t work, provide solutions then conduct training to make sure it will not happen again.…

How to Prevent Slips, Trips and Falls in the Workplace Slips, trips and falls are one of the most common workplace safety issue. In fact, it accounts for over 700 work fatalities and over 243,000 injuries according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Whether you are a new employee or an experienced worker, you…

3 ways to prevent slips, trips and falls in every workplace Slip, Trip and Fall are among the most common contributor to work-related injuries. Injuries caused by slip, trip and fall can be minor like bruises, cuts and sprains, major injuries like a broken bone, fracture dislocation and severe sprains and it could be fatal especially…

Are toolbox talks required by OSHA? This article answers the question, “Are toolbox talks required by OSHA?” and explains why they’re a key part of workplace safety. You’ll also find a number of free and usable resources in the article to improve your toolboxes. Does OSHA require you to run toolbox talks? If you are…

Why are toolbox talks important? How this post will help you is two-fold, to answer the question of why are toolbox talks important in general, as well as to provide you with some usable resources for improving your toolbox talk sessions, records and compliance. Why do we have to do toolbox talks? Toolbox talks are…