Height Safety

Quality Access Ladders Maximise Workplace Safety and Efficiency

Height Safety

Quality Access Ladders Maximise Workplace Safety and Efficiency Guest Post Quality access ladders are a cost-effective solution to providing safe access to any high areas, whether indoors or outdoors. Thus, if you need to provide your employees with a safe way to reach roof areas, between roof levels, maintenance platforms or ceiling areas, access ladders [...]

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Low Bridge Incidents

Height Safety

Compilation of images showing what happens when safe working height signs are ignored: Low Bridge Incidents Dowload them all Here     Technorati Tags: low bridge, safe height, truck accidents

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New Child Safety Nets

Balconies and Balustrades

Having been involved in the tragic outcomes of many falls from balconies and windows we are staunch advocates of these protection systems. Hard not to cringe when you see the climbable balustrades in older building and furniture hard against balustrades in apartment buildings! Locks or screens? Guest Post New Laws will apply to parents living [...]

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The Inherent Dangers of Working at Heights

Construction Safety

The Inherent Dangers of Working at Heights Guest post by Keith Brown Work cannot always take place at ground level. This is especially true in the construction industry where workers are forced to work at various elevations above ground level. The higher they work, the more dangerous it becomes. In these unique working environments, new [...]

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Working at Height Safety Poster

Height Safety

Working at Height Safety Poster One of the clever new safety posters from the SAFETY TOOLSHED Technorati Tags: height safety, safety posters

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Simple Steps You Can Take to Prevent Workplace Falls

Fall Prevention

Simple Steps You Can Take to Prevent Workplace Falls – Guest Post The U.S. Department of Labor has estimated that, on average, between 150 and 200 workers die annually due to falls and over 10,000 are injured by falls in the workplace. But what can you as an individual do to prevent a workplace fall? [...]

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Know the height of your load

Height Safety

Know the height of your load Technorati Tags: load height

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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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Safety Posters With a Difference

Height Safety

Safety Posters With a Difference – Fall Arrest Equipment Check out the new collection of Safety Posters at The SAFETY TOOLSHED Technorati Tags: fall arrest, height safety

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Notified Fatalities Report

Falling Objects

Notified Fatalities Report – Safe Work Australia The monthly notified fatality report from Safe Work Australia provides a national summary of work-related traumatic fatalities that were notifiable to Australian work health and safety jurisdictions. Besides providing an estimate of the numbers of work-related deaths, the report also includes details of the types of incident involved; [...]

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Working at Heights Safety–Unbelievable!

Height Safety

Safe Working at Height   One of the biggest risks in industry and construction is falls from heights. Strict legislation is in place to control any work at over 2m. Imagine climbing a pole at over 500m high with no fall protection devices cages – its called free climbing and it is permitted under OSHA [...]

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Unsafe Working at Height Pictures

Funny Safety Images

  Ladder Safety Photos These images were sent in by a reader, please let us know if you are the owner and do not want them published. Any wonder why one of the most common DIY injuries are caused by falls from height or ladders??? Height Safety Pictures   Technorati Tags: falls from height, funny [...]

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