Fire extinguishers need to be inspected regularly in order to make sure they are ready to be used at anytime. Usually, fire extinguishers inspection is performed once a month. In this article, I would like to talk about 6 steps in fire extinguisher inspection.
Step one.
Read the gauge. Look at the gauge and remember the needle position. (more…)
This post is a supplemental explanation about hazards associated with confined spaces works. In my previous post, I have mentioned at least 12 confined spaces hazards. Remember that confined space is one of the most deadly working spaces in the plant site. (more…)
Tags: Confined space, plant site, Occupational Health & Safety, Entertainment Culture, Occupational Safety & Health Administration, space hazard, Technology InternetThis accident video shows a chemical plant explosion at Lodi chemical plant. Such explosion was real and this event has to become the main reason why safety should always be in the first priority. Safety cost is nothing when it is compared with the explosion impacts. Do we care enough to workplace safety?
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Tags: plant explosion, Traffic collision, Such explosionConfined space hazards could present hazardous conditions that can lead to fatalities. The following confined space safety video shows accidents in confined spaces. See how confined space fatalities could happen.
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Tags: Entertainment Culture, Disaster Accident, accidents in confined spaces, Traffic collisionIt is no doubt that knowledge about basic chemical safety for chemical plant workers is a fundamental matter. Most of these chemicals, which are inside chemical plants, are classified as hazardous chemicals, which will potentially harm to worker’s health and safety.
Hazardous chemicals may be combustible, flammable, explosive, toxic, corrosive, oxidator or reactive. The associated risks are determined by exposure level
In this chemical safety video, we will learn about basic information about chemical hazards. This safety video is free to download.
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Tags: Occupational safety and health, chemical safety videos, Dangerous goodsAccording to US Department of Labor, each month 30,500 eye injuries occurred in workplaces. Actually, 90% of these eye injuries could be prevented by wearing proper eye protectors (safety glasses). Neither sun glasses nor eye glasses could protect the eyes, even it can severe eye injuries due to broken glasses.
Eye injuries may be caused by chemicals, sparks, small particles and etc. Wear only standard safety glasses, such as safety glasses with ANSI Z87 code marked on it. Don’t forget to choose eye safety glasses with side shield.
To learn more about eye protection, watch the following eye safety video. The eye safety video can also be downloaded to your computer and make it for your future reference. You can do it here.
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Tags: Disaster Accident, eye injuries, Safety video, Eye injury, Sports equipment, broken glassesIn this post, I am going to talk about safety video, which will show you about types of personal protective equipments.
In the hazard control hierarchy, usage of personal protective equipments (PPE) is the last protection choices. If engineering controls are neither technically impossible nor result incompletely hazard elimination, personal protective equipment shall be used.
If you are new in a chemical plant or chemical manufacturing operation, you need to follow training about personal protective equipment before you start working. It assures your safety.
To decide which safety equipment you should use, it depends on what kind of job you will do, source of hazard, nature of hazard, exposure time to the hazard and hazard exposure level. For instance, for protecting you from chemical hazards simply read the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) of the chemical to find out what personal protective equipments are recommended to use.
PPE comes in form of eye protection (eye goggle), hearing protection (ear plug), head protection (hard hat helmet), foot protection (safety shoes), face protection (face shield), etc. To understand more about the usage of PPE, you can watch the following personal protective equipment safety video.
Learn also how to do 5-minute safety talk and why safety is important.
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