MEWP safety covers all safety measures necessary to ensure the safety of any personnel using or working around the MEWP. The MEWP is an acronym for Mobile Elevated Working Platform. It is used to carry out activities above ground level (Working at height). What Is Mobile Elevated Working Platform As defined by BS EN 280:2013, a … Read more
Are you thinking about the top food safety certifications to enroll in? Are you planning to enroll for food safety certification? or Are you planning to develop a career in food safety? If your answer is yes to any of the above questions, see all the information you need from the next paragraph. What Is … Read more
The Trenching Safety Plan covers all the requirements needed to ensure the safety of the trench; this covers from the point of excavation to carrying out activity inside the trench and maintaining the trench. A trench is a narrow excavation below the surface of the ground, less than 15 feet wide, with a depth no … Read more
In this article, we will be focusing on “Psychological Hazard Examples“. A psychological hazard as defined by the Psych Wiki is an event that causes stress, damage, or distress that does not originate from an external physical agent but rather from the nature of the work environment itself. A Psychological Hazard can be either positive … Read more
Top management commitment towards Occupational Health and Safety implies – The direct participation of the highest level of management in all aspects of Occupational Health and Safety, with the sole aim of achieving the organization’s best practice in Health and Safety and also avoiding legal punishment. Top management commitment is the main driver of Occupational … Read more
Safety Integrity Level abbreviated as “SIL” is one of the safety studies carried out to prevent hazards in process industries. According to Wikipedia, a safety integrity level (SIL) is defined as a relative level of risk reduction provided by a safety function, or to specify a target level of risk reduction. In simple terms, SIL is a measurement of … Read more
Oxy-acetylene welding/cutting is also called Oxy-fuel welding/cutting. It is a process that uses oxygen and fuel gases to weld and cut steel or metallic components. In this type of welding acetylene gas and oxygen are mixed in a torch to attain the high temperatures that are required for the welding process. This process like any other process has … Read more
It is no story that there could be situations where workers are exposed to excessive heat in the workplace, and one will wonder “Don’t We Have Heat PPE items“? Before we go ahead, let us have an overview of Heat at Work (Heat Stress). Workers at risk of heat stress include outdoor workers and workers … Read more
What is the important difference between OSHA and NEBOSH in Oil and Gas or Mining safety? There is no sector-specific difference between OSHA and NEBOSH. Be it oil and Gas, Mining, construction, Environment, etc. The two are different Health and Safety organizations and have their specific operating structure; also, OSHA is a Health and safety … Read more
Heat exhaustion recovery time is the time required for someone affected by heat exhaustion to recover from the illness. The heat exhaustion recovery time varies based on some factors: Time of diagnosis: How long it took before the illness was diagnosed. This will determine when treatment commences and will also determine heat exhaustion recovery time. … Read more