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OSHA on Personal Protection Equipment

The body parts protected with PPE are attached to workers who keep your organization running. As an employer, you need to return the favor by providing them with effective PPE and make sure they use it. PPE is a workplace safety measure that is very important. When you think of it you just imagine goggles, hard hats and steel toed shoes. But, we all know that there is a bigger picture, which includes a commitment to writing comprehensive PPE policies; selecting equipment that is appropriate for the work challenge and has the highest chance of being used; monitoring employee compliance and meeting the OSHA standard requirements. The importance of PPE or personal protection equipment has been put forward in every OSHA safety training course. You can find the OSHA PPE standard featured in 29 CFR, 1910.132-138. There are general requirements and rules which cover respiratory, eye and face, head, foot, and hand protection. To help your employees’ avoid hazards and select the best PPE for th...

Equipment Decontamination - A Process that's Ignored and Forgotten

“Equipment Decontamination” can be defined as, “ the cleaning of equipment after it has been contaminated or after it has been used in a situation, where contamination may have occurred.” These types of decontaminated equipment have to be designed in a way that they can easily be decontaminated, for instance, medical equipment. This process needs to be done after the clean equipment has been exposed to any form of biological, chemical or radiological contaminants. Furthermore, decontamination equipment is made from materials and substances that can easily be wiped down and are not easily damaged when exposed to water, heat, soap, irradiation, ultraviolet radiation and so forth. Some examples of such equipment include equipment that's used in chemical companies or equipment that's used to manufacture electronic components. Bear in mind that sometimes decontamination equipment may not be designed with contamination in mind. This in turn makes the process of decontamination more c...

The Gas Dangers in Confined Spaces

If you happen to be a Safety Manager, a Safety Coordinator, an owner or a Site Manager, then it is important to know and to understand the dangers that your workers are subjected to while working in confined spaces. It is imperative to implement efficient safety plans to protect your employees, and to devise certain written procedures and contracts that protect your workers when they enter confined spaces. It is very important to first evaluate your workplace so as to determine whether confined spaces are safe or not. If not safe, it is your duty to inform your employees of the existence of hazards, and where they are located and what dangers they pose. Precautionary measures must be taken to stop your employees from entering such a space. Also, it is important to come up with safety measures for entrapment, hazardous atmospheric condition and engulfment. Some of the most frequent dangers that most confined space workers come across are gas dangers. Confined spaces generally contain ma...

Why NEC 2008 Wiring & Protection Course is important

The work of an electrician is one of the most dangerous jobs as it involves coming in direct contact with electricity. Electricians are nothing short of playing with danger and six hundred workers die every year. OSHA, in order to protect these workers, has put on some regulations which the workers must comply to. This is done for their own safety and health. In order to protect the workers and to make the workplace safer, OSHA has instructed the importance of training programs. The NEC 2008 Wiring & Protection is a course that comes under the OSHA safety training program. It is designed for workers performing electrical work. This module will provide them with information of the requirements of the National Electrical Code (NEC), which is set for the ratings. The Learning Objectives of this Course are: Identifying the key responsibilities of the Electrical Safety and Licensing Advisory Board members. Identifying the different types of licenses issued. Understanding the application...