Okay, let's face it! After several years of safety meetings you've settled into a rut. Employees come in, sit down and promptly proceed to nap while the speaker drones on and on and on. It isn't that the company or even the employees don't believe in safety, it's just that there's a shortage of creativity and imagination.

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Concerned with the correct procedures to follow for your LOTO devices?

Steel bolt locks are an important line of defense against tampering and theft of valuable shipments and they are CTPAT compliant. With steel bolt locks you can safely secure truck & trailer doors, container bins, cargo shipment containers, ISO containers, high value shipments, Intermodal containers, rail cars, air cargo containers, doors, hatches, hazmat containers or anything that will have contents that will be
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Most of what we do on a daily basis is powered by electricity. Power networks run the width and breadth of the country powering businesses and homes. In some cases, the power is overhead in power lines that we can see and in other cases the power is buried in underground cables; either way, contact with electricity can cause serious injury or kill.

Whether you are outdoors working with a ladder or doing work up on the roof, whether you are using heavy equipment or whether you are diggi

When working with or storing dangerous chemicals and liquids, a major part in effective clean-up and proper precautionary measures is making sure you have the right spill response items on hand. The most common type of spill response item are sorbents. Sorbents are materials or composites used to recover liquids such as leaks, drips or spills. The typical sorbent is designed to adsorb liquids onto its surface.

There are three types of sorbents to choose from. In order to select the rig

Any flashlight that will be used in a hazardous environment or confined space should be properly tested to meet or exceed all applicable safety standards for those locations. When selecting a flashlight, make sure it carries the proper approval ratings. Choosing the correct light for your application requires a thorough understanding of your working environment, and a realistic expectation of how a properly selected flashlight will ope

Did you know that there is such a thing as using the wrong fire extinguisher. Using the wrong one can make fires even worse! For example, if you use a water-based fire extinguisher on an electric fire, you will end up spreading the fire and exposing yourself to electrocution.

Fire extinguishers are div