Hydrogen Sulphide Exposure - How Little is Too Much?
Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S, sour or sewer gas) is very nasty stuff! It is invisible and heavier than air - and deadly. Whilst smelling like rotten eggs at low concentrations, at higher strengths it inhibits the sense of smell - making it undetectable to humans.
H2S occurs naturally when organic material decomposes in the absence of air. Amongst other places it is most often found in swamps, pits, tunnels, confined spaces, manure lagoons and perhaps most importantly in natural gas and crude petroleum deposits.
Ladder Safety Tips for Holiday Decorating
Every year hundreds of employees are injured in accidents related to ladder safety incidents.
The risk risk of these injuries increases over the holiday season when many workers are hanging lights and other seasonal decorations. Last year in the US, Department of Labor & Industries inspectors cited a number of employers for ladder safety violations related to holiday decorating. The violations included workers hanging decorations without any fall protection, workers standing on top of ladders, and other cases of ladders being used in an unsafe manner.
MSDS Sheets - what they are and when they expire
MSDS, the form containing health and safety data
Material Safety Data Sheets are a very important component in safety protocols for all organizations that use any potentially hazardous substances. Employees need to know and have the right to know what chemicals they are working with.
Blog / Twitter integration
Just a quick note to let you know that you can now be alerted to our newest blog posts via twitter as well @olelearning
Importance of Fire Safety Training
If you are an employer, or employee that works in an office, you are probably aware how having the proper fire safety training can help you to avoid disaster and quite possibly save lives.
Online Safety Training Benefits
If you are a business owner or a human resources manager responsible for employee safety training to meet federal and provincial requirements, then you should consider using an online safety training service. You will find it to be cost effective, efficient, and helpful in terms of compliance with federal regulations.
Unexpected workplace injuries
Life often hands out unexpectedly harsh consequences for seemingly trivial acts.
Thoughts on Safety
Spring Cleaning Safety
My wife and I spent this past month getting a jump on spring cleaning and making some much needed repairs and renovations to our home. In the course of doing this work, I had time to reflect on the fact that safety is not only something you do at work. In fact, safety should never be far from our thoughts.
Companies fined $250,000 after worker falls
Two companies in the United Kingdom, including the managing director of one, have been fined $250,000 (£170,000) after a fall left a worker paralyzed.
The worker was installing a new racking system at a construction site when he fell more than nine meters onto a concrete floor. He has been left paralyzed from the chest down and will probably be in a wheel chair for the rest of his life.
Important Safety Training Issues For Employers
Work place injuries are one of the largest company cost to employers. That is why it is important to provide safety training for every employee within the company. If good training is available it will provide a safer work environment for all employees and ensure company compliance with Federal and Provincial regulations.
