We have been hearing “Immediate Cause Of an Accident“, but only few people can really define what it is in clear terms. To be able to carry out an effective accident investigation, you must understand the concept of immediate cause of accident. At the end of this article, you will no longer be looking for … Read more
The typical hot job being carried out every day in our different work sites includes welding, brazing, soldering, grinding, cutting, thawing pipes, use of open flames, blow-lamps, torches, etc. These jobs come with their own risk and need to be done safely; this is where “Hot Work Safety Precautions” comes in. In this article, we … Read more
When we talk about the importance of safety in the community, we are talking about a culture, belief system, set of Do’s and Don’ts that is implemented in a community with the aim of preventing accident; like individual accident, environmental damage, or material destruction. These will be covered in this article “5 Importance of Safety … Read more
A sluice room is a room found in hospitals and extended-care facilities such as nursing homes and are used to isolate human waste. It is also called – A solid utility room. It is also where used disposables such as incontinence pads and bedpans are dealt with, and medical and surgical instruments are sterilized and … Read more
When we talk about the risk factors of occupational hazards, we are talking about the variable associated with an increased risk of disease or injury that could be posed to the workers by these occupational hazards. A brief recap of what occupational hazard is; What are Occupational hazards From our previous article, an occupational hazard … Read more
As a scientist or an analytical professional, there will be a time you need to make some S.I conversions, one of which is from ppm To mg/l. It is worthy of note that the concentrations of chemicals in water are typically measured in units of the mass of chemical (milligrams, mg or micrograms, ug) per … Read more
HACCP (Hazard analysis and critical control points) is a systematic preventive approach to food safety. It is used to prevent food contamination from biological, chemical, and physical hazards in production processes. This contamination can cause the finished product to be unsafe. It also helps design measurements to reduce these risks to a safe level. The HACCP … Read more
Chemical hazards are those set of chemicals which have the potential to cause damage to humans or environment when release into the environment. In this article we will see some very dangerous examples of chemical hazards; we term them dangerous because of their negative impact in it could have in your body and in the … Read more
You may get confused as to the “Difference between Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and Risk Assessment”. Both may look similar, but difference exist between them. The two (2) tends to be confusing because they have lots of similarities; however, at the end of this article you will get to pick out the difference between them. Before we … Read more
Are you asking Why Is It Important To Engage Communities In Preparedness Efforts? There are many reasons why engaging communities in preparedness efforts is important, one of them is that it keeps community members aware of the potential emergency that could arise in their environment. This will keep them on their toe, and knowing their … Read more