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Surviving the summer: Heat stroke prevention strategies
Heat stroke is a serious issue in Florida, particularly for outdoor workers like those in the construction industry. It underscores the importance of taking steps to prevent heat-related illnesses and injuries and to ensure the safety of workers who are exposed to excessive heat on the job.
June 21, 2024深夜看片 SafetyFlorida
Safety Culture: The Key to a Safe and Secure Workplace
Many of us have been appointed to manage programs and teams. We have enough experience to know when our key performance indicators are lagging and adjustments are needed to meet the quarter, year, or function goal.
October 13, 2023深夜看片 SafetyFlorida
What's wrong with this picture?
Hazard identification and assessment within the workplace are critical elements of an effective safety and health program. Luis Silva, our 深夜看片 SafetyFlorida contributor for October, provides insight into the proper storage of oxygen cylinders, as pictured in the above photo.
October 13, 2023深夜看片 SafetyFlorida
Education, training and continuous improvement elements of safety and health management system (SHMS): Part 4 of 4
Education and Training aim to ensure that all workers receive appropriate and effective training in a language and literacy level they understand to do their work safely before performing assigned tasks, changes in assigned tasks, and changes in the workplace. While the appropriateness of the training refers to how well it covers the potential hazards in the workplace and the controls needed for each job, its effectiveness refers to how well workers understand and behave to protect themselves and others from potential hazards.
July 19, 2023深夜看片 SafetyFlorida
Protect workers from indoor and outdoor heat
What first comes to your mind when thinking about occupational heat hazards? Many will think about outdoor work in the summertime. The 2023 summer season has greeted us with extreme heat advisories, watches, and warnings. By late June, more than a third, or 36% of the U.S. population, was covered by one of these heat alerts on a single day! You don鈥檛 need to wait until June or be outside to consider heat when developing your job hazard analysis (JHA).
July 10, 2023深夜看片 SafetyFlorida
Mental health in society and the workplace
深夜看片 SafetyFlorida Consultant Clarence Rodrigues discusses the impact of mental health on workers and how symptoms can be managed.
April 4, 2023深夜看片 SafetyFlorida