Workplace safety explains the collective plans, procedures, and actions adopted to prevent or control the hazards present in the workplace. The workplace is always encompassed with hazards of different sorts with their accompanying risk. The risk could be high, medium or low. Depending on the level of risk, suitable control measures need to be adopted … Read more
Excavation safety procedures should be considered every time we plan on excavating the soil. Excavation is the process of digging the soil which comes with some inherent hazards like cave-ins, contact with buried services, falls from height, falling objects, etc. The safety demand of any excavation depends majorly on the depth of the excavation and … Read more
Occupational exposure explains contact with a potentially harmful physical, chemical, or biological agent as a result of one’s occupation. This exposure could result in several levels of danger; mainly danger to health. Occupational Exposure Examples Occupation: Hazardous agents exposed to: Asbestos cement industry Asbestos Carpentry and joinery; Furniture and cabinet making Wood dust Paint stripping; … Read more
Natural hazards are naturally occurring physical phenomena caused either by rapid or slow onset events that might hurt humans or the environment; these events can be geophysical, hydrological, climatological, meteorological, or biological. Classification Of Natural Hazards Geophysical hazards: These are hazards driven by geological (i.e. Earth) processes, in particular, plate tectonics. Examples are earthquakes, landslides, … Read more
Safety culture according to Wikipedia is the attitude, beliefs, perceptions, and values that employees share in relation to health and safety in the workplace. It can also be said to be the product of individual and group values, attitudes, perceptions, competencies, and patterns of behavior that determine the commitment to, and the style and proficiency … Read more
Process Safety is a term commonly used in the process industries to describe the safety requirements related to the design and operation of hazardous processes. This article aims to highlight some key areas of the subject matter. The areas will include: Elements of the process safety management system and Some process safety areas (Hazid, Hazop, … Read more
Incident investigation and incident report process is an integral element of the health and safety management system. It is a reactive measure adopted to monitor the effectiveness of the health and safety management system. Note that Incidents include: Accidents, near misses, dangerous occurrences, etc. Our interest in this article is on Accident. What is an Accident … Read more
Confine space entry hoists are designed for manhole and confined space entry, retrieval, and rescue applications. We have portable hoist systems designed for quick and easy set-up, to permanent installations intended for frequent use. There are different types of confine space entry hoists, i will highlight some of them. Types of Confine Space Entry Hoist … Read more
Permissible exposure limit (PEL) is a legal limit for exposure of an employee to a chemical substance or physical agent such as loud noise, vibration, etc. It is usually given as a time-weighted average (TWA). Some Definitions Relating To Permissible Exposure Limit 1. Threshold Limit Value (TLV(R) ): The threshold limit value of a chemical substance establishes … Read more
The fall arrest system is a system that protects the worker who is already in the process of falling by stopping the fall after it has happened. This system is used only where there is a risk of free fall from height. It is generally grouped into two (2): Types Of Fall Arrest System General … Read more