What is Excavation Safety? For construction workers, the excavator has made digging easier, faster and much more efficient. On the other hand, the use of excavators also brings a range of hazards around its use, particularly in the absence of adequate awareness of risks associated with it. By clear risks identification and determining the [...]
Common Slip Trip and Fall Incidents Accidents from heights can be fatal or cause significant harm, and include accidents from ladder, mobile communication devices, rooftops and other raised buildings. Slip and fall accidents on slick surface like ice and snow are often one of the hazards during winter. Slips and trips at workplaces are [...]
Safety Toolbox talks are held prior to the beginning of work and include safety messages and precautions for the employees. These safety toolbox talks are one of the most convenient ways to encourage best safety practices and maintain a safe environment for everyone in the workplace. These safety talks can vary in time from [...]
There are plenty of common toolbox topics that need attention in a workplace to ensure the health and safety of an organisation’s employees. A toolbox talk is a brief discussion used to reinforce safety culture and ensure safety is not ignored. Everyone is always busy and workers sometimes try to get the work done [...]
Mental health is an important topic when it comes to health and safety, but still, it is somewhat overlooked by the people and doesn’t get the importance it deserves. Most of us have the habit of keeping things to ourselves, which build up pressure and sometimes one day we burst out in tears or [...]
Despite the fact that a lot of operations do not vary much every day in general industry, still one can observe a considerable number of hazards present that may possibly cause harm to the workforce. Although, most of the worksite injuries and fatalities are seen in the construction industry, they take place within the [...]
Constant vibration can have permanently damaging effects on the workers and so to keep them safe, a vibration toolbox talk can be very beneficial. There are a lot of jobs that have multiple types of vibratory tools. In construction we have jackhammers, drill motors, chippers, chainsaws, mowers, and grinders amongst many other tools that [...]
Toolbox talks are an essential approach for workplace safety because workers often tend to ignore the precautions while working. This can be extremely dangerous for them, other workers and potentially people of the public could be affected. An issue like this, could be when working with step ladders. Step ladders are common equipment used [...]
What is Toolbox Talk? A Toolbox talk is a very effective approach for minimising the risk of workplace accidents, as relevant safety talks are organised before starting the actual work. Basically, toolbox talks are performed as an informal meeting, covering safety topics related to particular work such as safe work practices when working in [...]
Writing a PPE safety toolbox talk is an important topic to cover when working in an environment where PPE is required. PPE stands for Personal Protective equipment and it is primarily a set of clothing or equipment specially designed for workers to reduce the exposure. Their function is to reduce exposure to hazardous materials [...]
