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What to Look at Before Wearing Fire-Resistant PPE?

by Hauzan on August 18, 2021

Safety is of the highest importance at the job, particularly in hazardous industries like construction, oil and gas, power, and utilities. Employees in these industries should be provided with fire-resistant personal protection equipment and other safety equipment. Personal protection equipment (PPE) that is flame-resistant must meet the criteria set out by the appropriate regulatory bodies. fire resistant PPE works as a protective layer over the skin and can offer some protection to the user. It does not, however, provide complete protection against fire risks.

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10 Easy to Remember Turnaround Safety Slogans for Chemical Plant Operators

by Hauzan on August 8, 2021

Safety slogan has a high flexibility in area of implementations. It can be used in production, laboratory, construction, and during turnaround. For turnaround, we will use turnaround safety slogans.

Turnaround is a regular plant maintenance that is usually carried out every year or perhaps more than one year. During the turnaround, many jobs are done in a same time frame. Besides that, more workers are also involved with various level of skills and expertise. [Continue reading…]

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Hazards in Confined Space: The List You Must Know

by Hauzan on July 26, 2021

Hazards in confined space present real dangers. They make confined space works become one of the deadliest works in the workplace.

Recognizing these hazards is the key to confined space safety. Fail to recognize these hazards in confined space will lead to fatal accidents.

Look at the following statistics:

In 2015, according to bls.gov, 136 workers died due to confined space-related accidents.

Meanwhile, in 2010, there were 26 fatalities due to inhalation and 6 fatalities due to oxygen deficiency occurred in confined spaces.

If you can recognize work hazards related with confined space early, then you will be able to take necessary control measures to reduce the hazard level. Even you will have a chance to eliminate these hazards. [Continue reading…]

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Safety Quotes – A Complete List for All Your Need

by Hauzan on July 18, 2021

Safety quotes offer flexibility in communicating safety for any occasion. You can use them on wall magazines, safety newsletters, work clothing, hats, t-shirts, safety talk topics, banners, and any other media that you can creatively use to promote and communicate safety effectively.

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3 Popular Hard Hats with Chin Straps for Construction Workers

by Hauzan on July 15, 2021

OSHA requires hard hats with chin straps for construction workers to protect their heads from potential hazards while working at a construction site.

The right hard hats are very essential for construction workers. It is not only about the hard hat color code. It must be able to protect from falling objects,

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Carbon Monoxide Detector Beeping – How to Respond Correctly

by Hauzan on July 11, 2021

Carbon monoxide detector beeping is a common event that every carbon monoxide detectors owners are facing. A correct response against it is very important.

In fact, not all beeping cases are the same. You should act differently for each beeping case since the meaning is also different.

And the meaning does not always mean that the detector is detecting carbon monoxide gas.

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7 Practicable Safety Tips for Workers That Will Stop Accidents Today

by Hauzan on July 6, 2021

Workers have very important rules in accident prevention. But, most workers might do not know what they should do to prevent an incident.

Indeed, that’s a very big problem.

But, do not worry. In this post, I will share 7 safety tips for workers that are practicable.

You can implement them today after reading this post.

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30 Daily Safety Tips for the Workplace – How to Stay Safe at Work

by Hauzan on June 25, 2021

In this post, I am going to share with you 30 daily safety tips for the workplace, which you can implement readily to stay safe at work.

Since I know a fact that …

Some of us may try to improve safety at work after suffering a severe accident. Or reading an accident story from the news.

It is the worst way to follow.

You don’t want to follow that way, right?

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Top 10 Tools for Handling Chemical Spills in the Workplace

by Hauzan on June 19, 2021

Hazardous chemical spills in the workplace – such as hydrogen peroxide and sodium hydroxide – are one of the most common problems in the chemical industry and manufacturing industry. In this context, I only will discuss incidental chemical spills that do not require emergency response.

Let’s see the definition first.

According to OSHA, a chemical incidental spill is a release of a hazardous substance that does not pose a significant safety or health hazard to employees in the immediate vicinity or to the worker cleaning it up, nor does it have the potential to become an emergency.

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Respirator Cartridge for Ammonia – The Best Seller List

by Hauzan on June 12, 2021

It is no doubt that ammonia is a hazardous chemical that is commonly found in the manufacturing industry, for example as a refrigerant.

Exposure to a high level of ammonia can cause irritation and serious burns on the skin and in the eyes, mouth, throat, and lungs. At a very high level, ammonia can cause death.

The best way to avoid ammonia hazards is by using the elimination method as a hazard control. In fact, using this method is very hard and required a high cost.

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