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Awareness on the Job

Over 80% of all workplace injury arises from worker behavior. We make mistakes, errors in judgement or simply do not have our full attention on the job and something happens. There is also a tendency to get so focused on…

Forklift Near Misses

Over the past several weeks we’ve seen several near misses involved around forklifts in the facility. Let’s look at a couple: An employee was standing by a machine at the end of an aisle talking with two other employees. A…

Forklift Driver Found Guilty

From the Cincinnati Enquirer– Cincinnati, OH Hamilton County Municipal Judge Russell Mock found a Pepsi America employee guilty industrial accident death of coworker Michael Martin. Mock found John Burton, 50, of East Price Hill, guilty of vehicular homicide and faces…

Electric Pallet Jack Safety

Electric pallets jacks are one of the most useful pieces of equipment within our company. If used correctly,they are highly efficient and can increase a picker’s hourly case pick rate by 50%. Electric pallet jacks are easy and safe to…

How to become a safety engineer.

Safety engineers develop procedures and system designs that protect people from illness and injury and property from damage. They combine their engineering and health and safety knowledge to ensure that chemicals, machinery, software, furniture, and other products do not harm…

Changing Forklift Batteries

Changing the battery in a forklift may seem like a pretty straight forward task, but there are many hazards associated with it. Before you attempt to remove the battery from a forklift, ensure you don t have any jewelry on.…

Hand Injuries – Lacerations

In a recent study of hand injuries the leading cause of injury was contact with cutting or piercing objects, most often pieces of metal, razors and knives, power tools and nails. Fingers and hands were the most-injured body parts among…

What IS Safety?

When posed with the question “what is safety”, the answer may appear obvious. One person’s answer or perception of safety may be quite different from another’s. This perception of safety is often based on one’s own occupation and or experiences.…

Falls From Any Height

Who needs fall protection equipment? If you said workers building bridges or cleaning office tower windows you would be right. But what about all the workers who work at lesser heights, just a few feet off the ground? They should…