Safety Drill Tips for the Workplace

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When it comes to responding to emergencies such as fires, tornados, chemical spills and other disasters, it is important to be prepared. This typically starts by having an evacuation plan in place, but more importantly, ensuring employees understand the plan and know what they need to do. Too many facilities don’t practice their evacuation or other emergency response plans, so when something actually happens, people don’t know what to do. This often leads to people …

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E-Learning increasing for Workplace Safety Training

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E-Learning has become increasingly popular as it becomes more efficient, and it’s not difficult to see why. The training potential for an interactive medium that can be accessed the same way around the world instantly without the need for specialized trainers has been a dream of many companies for decades. More corporations are finding these days that providing e-learning training courses, especially in workplace safety, is not only easier and less costly, it actually is …

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Using Floor Tape to Assist With Your 5S Project

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The 5S system has been used for years by individuals and businesses alike to increase efficiency and move organizational projects along in a, well, organized fashion. Colored floor tape, another staple of a lean workplace, is also commonly used to assist with organization and safety. How about combining the two? Let’s take a look at how you can use floor tape to assist with a 5S project. Sort The first step in the 5S system …

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What Makes for Excellent Safety Leadership?

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Organizations in all industries value safety, security, and occupational health in their workplaces. Safety leaders in these organizations know all too well the importance attached to workplace safety. They know employees of all ranks look to them for effective guidance in making the workplace as safe as it can possibly be. Some safety leaders rise to this challenge very well, whereas others fail. What makes for excellent safety leadership? What is it that outstanding safety …

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Prevent Workplace Back Injuries – Tips

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Workplace injuries, especially back injuries, occur far too frequently. These injuries are often very painful and difficult to treat, in addition to having the potential to cost you future earnings and limit your ability to enjoy life and do the things you want to do. Fortunately, these injuries are some of the most easily prevented workplace injuries. Here are some ideas to help you save your back and keep healthy. Be Aware of Your Risk …

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OSHA Safety Floor Tape

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Safety is the most important thing in any facility, and one of the best ways to improve safety is by following the OSHA standards and guidelines. OSHA offers hundreds of different requirements for all sorts of different types of facilities, and while it can sometimes be difficult to stay in compliance, the regulations are intended to help keep everyone as safe as possible. One of the most important OSHA requirements is that hazardous areas in …

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Why Ongoing Training is Important for Workplace Safety

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Employers and employees all want a safe workplace, and the best way to achieve this is through ongoing training. Injuries and illnesses suffered on the job are very costly to companies, and can cost employees their jobs or even their lives. Workplace injuries cost companies and employees billions of dollars each year, and are also responsible for thousands of hours of lost productivity on the job. To keep this from happening, having employees who are …

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Use Visual Signs and Implement Lean

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Any facility that is considering implementing lean strategies into their workflow, will want to take a moment to look at how visual triggers can help support lean initiatives. The lean strategies are all about eliminating waste, doing things efficiently and having an environment which supports constant improvement. This requires that a lot of information be passed from person to person or from a given environment to the people working in it. The fastest way to …

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5S for Beginners

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The production methodology known as 5S was developed by the Toyota Motor Company, and used for organizing, cleaning, developing and sustaining their productive work environment. Introducing 5S to beginners, who aren’t familiar with it can be difficult at first, because there is so much to learn. Hitting the most important points, however, is typically going to be sufficient to get them pointed in the right direction. From there, ongoing learning and experience will help them …

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Floor Marking Tape Corners

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Any facility which is looking for a way to improve the safety of their machinery, products and employees will want to consider purchasing floor marking tape corners. Like regular floor marking tape, it is durable, visible and will securely stick to most types of flooring. Rather than simply allowing you to create straight lines, however, this product is specifically intended for marking off corners. As anyone working any a factory, warehouse or other facility knows, …

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