Forklift Awareness: A Warehouse Near-Miss Case Study
It is a Thursday afternoon at a large regional distribution centre. The floor is busy: three forklifts are running regular stock-rotation routes, a fourth is staging outbound pallets near the loading dock, and foot traffic is high because the afte
Flammable Liquids Awareness: A Workplace Scenario
A maintenance technician at a distribution warehouse is decanting mineral spirits from a 55-gallon drum into a standard plastic fuel jug to use for parts cleaning. The work area has been used for this task regularly over the past two years without
Flammable and Combustible Liquids: Workplace Safety Guide
Flammable and combustible liquids are present in virtually every workplace that performs manufacturing, maintenance, cleaning, painting, or vehicle fueling. The two primary hazards associated with flammable liquids are explosion and fire. What mak
First Aid for Medical Emergencies: 10 Workplace Tips
Medical emergencies in the workplace — cardiac events, strokes, severe bleeding, seizures, and heat stroke — are time-critical by definition. The outcome for a worker in cardiac arrest is shaped almost entirely by what happens in the first four mi
First Aid Suite: US Workplace Practice Test
This practice test covers the full US workplace first aid curriculum: patient assessment, basic life support, bleeding and wound care, burns and electrical shock, shock and anaphylaxis, serious injuries, bone and joint injuries, sudden illness, po
Fire Watch During Hot Work: A Situational Scenario
A maintenance crew is cutting through a structural steel beam in a production area that was cleared for hot work this morning. The welder has been at it for two hours. The fire watch, assigned at the start of the job, has been watching the work ar
Fire Protection Systems: 10 Tips for General Industry
Introduction US fire departments respond to approximately 36,784 industrial and manufacturing fires annually, causing an average of 22 fatalities, 211 injuries, and $1.5 billion in direct property damage each year, according to NFPA data. Fire