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Prepare for the Unexpected - Are You Ready?

As today's weather becomes more unpredictable, ensuring the safety and preparedness of your business and its employees is extremely important. September is National Preparedness Month. Use this month as an opportunity to focus on natural disasters that can have a significant impact on your business, such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes. By implementing storm protection strategies, you can protect your business and employees from possible damage.

Recommendations for Fire Hazard Risk Assessment, Fire Prevention, and Training

Workers who drill or service oil wells handle a variety of hazardous materials, which are often highly combustible. The most common type of spontaneous combustion fires is those caused by improperly disposed combustible fluid or oil-soaked rags. Continue reading to learn our recommendations for fire hazard risk assessment, fire prevention, and training on oil rags and combustible waste.

How to Choose, Use, and Maintain Your Gear

Wearing a hard hat is a crucial aspect of personal protective equipment (PPE) designed to protect the head from potential injuries in hazardous workplaces. However, simply wearing a hard hat is not enough to ensure safety. Proper care, replacement, and use are all critical to maximizing the hat's effectiveness.

In construction, there are many instances of manually handling objects, tools, or materials that are awkward or bulky and don’t fit the lift-with-your-legs-while-picking-up-a-box technique. Such activities might be moving broken concrete/asphalt, pipe/conduit, rigging, scaffolding, a concrete chute, a roll of fence, a shovel/rake, or a ladder. What activities do your workers engage in? Train your team on these best practices to apply to your project tasks to minimize injury.

Our Best Practices to Use for Equipment Inspections Prior to Road Travel

Small job trailers are essential in the construction industry as they transport all the necessary tools to the jobsite. Continue reading to learn our best practices to ensure your equipment is safe for travel.

Safely Secure Your Load

Shoulder injuries can cost a significant amount of money. In the logging industry, shoulder injuries are often due to the method workers use to secure their loads. Here are a couple of options for you to consider to reduce shoulder injuries.