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Spot the Hazards – What is Wrong With These Safety Photos?

June 16, 2022 by Barry Spud 3 Comments

Spot the Safety Hazards - What is Wrong With These Safety Photos? Each issue of WorkSafe™ Magazine includes a safety photo that has been staged to show a number of hazards or potentially dangerous work practices. The online version is highly interactive and includes ability to place pins and … [Read more...] about Spot the Hazards – What is Wrong With These Safety Photos?

Filed Under: Safety Photos, Safety Pictures, Toolbox Talks Tagged With: hazard identification, Hazard Pictures, Safety Pictures, spot the hazard

The 5 Ways We Identify Hazards

November 12, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 10 Comments

The 5 Ways We Identify Hazards – Updated Hazards are objects and in themselves don’t harm anyone. An object only becomes a hazard when a human engages with it, until then it remains a potential hazard. One can focus as much on displacement of energies and damaging energies as one wants but unless … [Read more...] about The 5 Ways We Identify Hazards

Filed Under: Hazards, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: hazard identification, human judgement, identify hazards, regulations, standards

The Illusion Of Hazard Identification

September 15, 2016 by Admin 9 Comments

The Illusion Of Hazard Identification Thanks to John Wettstein from safetystrategies.ca for suggesting this latest viral image and its link to hazard spotting. I remember, many years ago, when I was a very dissonant Safety Consultant, being able to walk onto any site and spot a plethora of … [Read more...] about The Illusion Of Hazard Identification

Filed Under: Hazards, Investigation, Risk Assessment Templates, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: hazard identification, illusion

Boxing-In Safety Can Be Dangerous

July 5, 2015 by Mark Taylor Leave a Comment

Boxing-In Safety Can Be Dangerous When I was a young boy I remember my parents buying their first automatic washing machine which came in a large cardboard box. I watched them fill it with clothes, a magic white powder and revolve around for about two minutes before turning my attention to the … [Read more...] about Boxing-In Safety Can Be Dangerous

Filed Under: Safety Clutter, Safety Procedures, Simplistic Safety Tagged With: hazard identification, JHA, risk registers

Effective Hazard Management

May 24, 2014 by Phil LaDuke 8 Comments

One of the best and most succinct intros to effective hazard management that I have come across.  Effective Hazard Management: The First Step To A Safer Work Place By Phil La Duke Those of you who’ve just discovered my blog might be under the impression that the only things I post are … [Read more...] about Effective Hazard Management

Filed Under: Phil LaDuke Tagged With: Hazard Control, hazard identification, hazard management, Risk Management, safety slogan

How Will Your Job Kill You

May 9, 2014 by Phil LaDuke 6 Comments

How Will Your Job Kill You? Exclusive by Phil La Duke. Check out his blog: http://philladuke.wordpress.com/ If you die in on the job, statistically, it will be in a way that you probably don’t worry to much about. When it comes to safety, most of us exercise the most care protecting ourselves from … [Read more...] about How Will Your Job Kill You

Filed Under: Phil LaDuke Tagged With: Dangerous Jobs, driving, exposure, falling, Hazard Control, hazard identification, hazards, job kill you

Potential Incident Identification

February 26, 2014 by Karl Cameron 1 Comment

Guest post from Karl Cameron who says: “While I was in the process of tackling my latest further education project - Diploma Food Safety. I encountered some relevant concepts and I would like to submit the following for sharing with other Safety Professionals” Potential Incident Identification As … [Read more...] about Potential Incident Identification

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: diagnostician, flood safety, hazard identification, incident identification

Swimming Pool Safety Inspections

August 24, 2013 by Admin 8 Comments

Swimming Pool Safety Inspections As expected in the lead up to the December 1st implementation of new swimming pool safety regulations, their will be a lot of new companies or expansion of services of existing companies who want to take advantage of the compulsory pool inspection requirements. … [Read more...] about Swimming Pool Safety Inspections

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Hazard Report Form

August 15, 2013 by Barry Spud 3 Comments

Hazard Report Form One of the main complaints we get from employees and contractors during the interview phase of safety audits is that when they report something, like a hazard, it is either forgotten about, ignored or not actioned for a long time and they never receive recognition for reporting … [Read more...] about Hazard Report Form

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: checklists, Hazard Alerts, Hazard Control, hazard identification, Risk Assessment Forms, Safety Audits, Safety Management

Different New Safety Poster

August 7, 2013 by Safety Nerd 4 Comments

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 … [Read more...] about Different New Safety Poster

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: Hazard Alerts, Hazard Control, hazard identification, Hazard Pictures, report all hazards, safety posters

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