Hazard Alerts

Exploding GPS–Safety Alert?

Electrical Safety

Exploding GPS–Safety Alert? A recent article on Insurance Alert shows graphic photos of the aftermath of an alleged GPS battery explosion. The subsequent fire then caused significant damage to the vehicle as you will see in the photos. I’ve never heard of this before but did find one other similar incident, details here. We all [...]

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HOLIDAY JOB INJURY SEES ABATTOIR FINED

Accidents

HOLIDAY JOB INJURY SEES ABATTOIR FINED  Media Release – SafeWork SA – Tuesday 13 December 2011  An Adelaide Hills meat processor has been convicted and fined by the Industrial Court, over an incident in which a teenager was injured during holiday work.   SafeWork SA says the case serves as a warning to all employers [...]

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Deaths and injuries lead to urgent harvest warning

Hazard Alerts

Deaths and injuries lead to urgent harvest warning The death of two farmers in less than a week, and the hospitalisation of two farm workers with life-threatening injuries, has prompted WorkSafe to call on farm workers to be extra vigilant. Three of the incidents involved harvesting or grass-cutting operations. A 68-year-old man died when he [...]

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Major Recall of Shock Absorbing Lanyards Under Way

Hazard Alerts

Major Recall of Shock Absorbing Lanyards Under Way Some useful info sent in by one of our loyal readers: Petzl America is recalling about 375,000 units worldwide that were sold beginning in 2002, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced July 12. Petzl America Inc. of Clearfield, Utah, has voluntarily recalled about 375,000 Scorpio and Absorbica [...]

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Different New Safety Poster

Funny Safety Images

Different New Safety Poster – Report ALL Hazards Looking for something different to promote safety in your workplace. These new safety posters are sure to be a conversation starter. See then all at the Safety Toolshed Technorati Tags: report all hazards, safety posters

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Safety Poster–Hazard Awareness

Hazard Alerts

Safety Poster – Hazard Awareness One of the interesting new safety posters now available at the SAFETY TOOLSHED Technorati Tags: hazard awareness, safety posters

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Monday Safety Poster

Hazard Alerts

Monday Safety Poster – Tell others about hazards Looking for something different for your safety awareness campaign – try these new posters from The SAFETY TOOLSHED Technorati Tags: hazards, safety posters

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Accidental Accidents

Accident Investigation

Had an Accident while Reconstructing an Accident? Spare a thought for the poor actors who have accidents while reconstructing accidents for claims advertisements and safety training videos Technorati Tags: Accident Investigation, accidents, incidents

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URGENT HAZARD ALERT

Hazard Alerts

  Urgent Hazard Alert In doing our research on the potential dangers of hand sanitisers containing carcinogens and alcohol (more info here), we discovered the extreme hazards associated with the uncontrolled use of a chemical known as DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE or HYDROGEN HYDROXIDE. Most people would have never heard of this chemical name (which should be [...]

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Safety Tip – Hazard Alerts

Hazard Alerts

A large mine site I visited recently subscribes to industry hazard alerts and safety alerts. These are displayed on the large TV in the lunch room each morning. All employees must read them before they start work and then the alerts are discussed in tool box talks. Technorati Tags: hazard alert, large tv, lunch room, [...]

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