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Amp up Electrical Safety While Trimming Trees
Trees often cause power outages. Trees are involved in approximately 30 percent of all power outages. Additionally, trees conduct electricity and create potential safety hazards when branches grow too close to power lines. For a example, an unsuspecting child could climb an overgrown tree, come in contact with a live power line and risk electrocution. Electrocutions are also a danger for workers employed to trim trees. Tree trimming is a necessary but also dangerous job. What’s at Stake Every year, there are thousands of injuries involving...
read moreRaise the Bar on Rebar Safety
As you probably know, rebar (short for reinforcing bar) is a steel bar used to reinforce concrete and masonry structures. As a building material, concrete is very strong in compression, but relatively weak in compression. Rebar is used to boost the tensile properties of a concrete structure. Rebar has been used for this purpose hundreds of years before concrete was invented. Rebar is also sometimes used to ground electrodes. The dangers posed by working with rebar derive from its strength. Rebar ends are small in diameter. They do not...
read moreStep It Up on Ladder Safety
If you think fatal falls happen only to construction workers swinging off skyscrapers, think again. Because ladder use is so common, many workers take ladder safety for granted, and do not take the appropriate precautions.
read moreSafeguard Your Youth In a New Job
The new worker isn’t just the first-timer on the job, but anyone in an unfamiliar situation. This might include someone transferred in from another location, or someone promoted to a new position. Starting a new job is a challenging. In addition to learning the mechanics of new work, you are also trying to make an impression and navigate the culture of a new workplace. You must learn the layout of the new workplace as well as master new tools. What’s at Stake Safety should be the first thing you become aware of, but often, workplace...
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