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Monday, February 3, 2020Hazard Labels: Environment Pictogram If you work with chemicals, it is important to know how to read the labels on containers and understand what the symbols mean. Labels provide important information about the chemicals you might be exposed to while doing your job – so pay attention to them. READ MORE >>
Thursday, January 16, 2020Interpreting Hazard Labels: Gas Cylinder Pictogram The chemicals you work with may be hazardous, and each can pose unique health and safety risks. For that reason, you should know the proper way to handle and store each chemical that you work with. READ MORE >>
Monday, December 2, 2019According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), in 2017 there were 71 electrocution deaths and many more injuries from burns and electrical shocks. Some of the major electrical hazards you may be exposed to on a construction jobsite include: • Contact with overhead or buried power lines. READ MORE >>
Monday, November 4, 2019Vehicles According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 75% of deaths from struck-by incidents involve heavy equipment. If you work around heavy equipment, you are at risk of being struck by moving objects, such as a backhoe arm, or becoming pinned against an immovable object, like a wall. READ MORE >>
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