Scaffold Accidents

How to Build a Deck Safely

During the construction of a deck it is never possible to overerstate the importance of using the safest possible construction methods. The suggestions that follow are work procedures and tool safety reminders that apply not only to deck building but also home projects in general.
Of course none of them are substitutes for your own common sense.
1. Always use care, caution and good judgment when working at any phase… Continue reading

Why Scissor Lift Training Is Essential

The Work at Height Regulations (2005) have worked hard to increase the safety of all workers who work on scaffolds or powered access machinery. Parts of the regulations ensure persons working on items such as the scissor lift have had suitable training. By making sure all those using machinery have had adequate training, safe working procedures are followed meaning that all work in a safer environment. The scissor lift… Continue reading

Why Training Is Now A Necessity For Those Using A Scissor Lift

Since 2005 new Work at Height Regulations have been in effect as a way to improve safety in all manner of industries that use mobile access machinery, the scissor lift and scaffolding. Part of these regulations have been created to make sure that the person using powered access machinery has had a suitable level of training. By ensuring there are always workers with training when people are using access… Continue reading

An update on Asbestos

An update on Asbestos

• For employers who find asbestos in their workplace

• For employers who remove asbestos as their work

Although asbestos use has been minimised in recent years, asbestos related diseases, and sometimes fatalities, are now increasingly apparent. Asbestos related diseases take up to 30 years to manifest themselves. As a result, many people are now claiming from their employers, in respect of occupational injury twenty… Continue reading

How to Decorate with Art

You glance across a crowded room and suddenly, there it is, your dream come true.  You could be in a gallery, at an art in the park, at your local library exhibition, or at a Studio Tour & Art Sale.  It is just exquisite.  You have to have it.  You have looked at so many original paintings over so many years and none of them has struck you the… Continue reading

The Heart of the Bible

In the exact center of the Bible you will find Psalm 118:8—the precise heart of Scripture.

This verse reads, “It is better to have trust in God than confidence in man.” I think it no accident that our Lord saw fit to put this particular statement in the very center.

And that, I believe, is precisely what Christianity is all about—learning to put full trust in God and little, if any… Continue reading

Having Individual Health Insurance in Texas May Lower State?s Fatality Rate

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The state of Texas has one of the highest death rates among workers. Texas has the highest construction accident rate in the country with more than 520 fatal injuries in 2007. This is because Texas is known for its booming construction business; most of the fatalities were in accidents involved drivers and construction laborers, with… Continue reading

Bathing for Older People – Part I

The fundamental purpose of bathing is to maintain health and physical well being of the body. While most young, able-bodied people do not think twice about taking bath, bathing is more difficult, more time consuming and more hazardous for older people, especially for older people with disabilities. The Gallup organization in 1983 surveyed 1,500 non-institutionalized people over the age of 55. “Using shower or tub” was one of the… Continue reading

Emergency Strobe Lights

Strobe Light is commonly called as strobe, which originated from a Greek word “strobos” that means “act of whirling”. Strobe light or stroboscopic lamp is a device which produces regular flashes of light. They have many uses in industrial and scientific applications but are mainly used in the night clubs where they provide an illusion of slow motion. Some other common uses are in alarm systems, in theatre lightings… Continue reading

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), under the aegis of the United States Department of Labor, attempts to curb work related injuries, illnesses and deaths by imposing rules to ensure safety and health. Many workplaces in the private sector are covered by the federal regulations of the OSHA. States can develop approved plans if they include employees of the public sector and provide protection corresponding with the Federal OSHA… Continue reading

Learn More About Construction Safety Program

Before beginning with any construction project it’s advisable to take a examine the CDM (Construction Design and Management) regulations. These regulations are in place just to make sure that the projects are safe to build and maintain and in turn provide a sensible value to the client. Not only this, these regulations also guarantee the health and safety of the employees working in the construction site.Here are few rules… Continue reading