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Disasters – natural and anthropogenic ones occur without warning. The result is usually a severe disruption of the functioning of a community which necessitates external help. Tragic events such as fire outbreaks, tornadoes, earthquakes and terror attacks involve human, environmental, and economic losses, and the affected community may have inadequate resources to cope with the … Read more
What Is Acid Rain Acid rain is a rain that is unusually acidic; having an elevated levels of hydrogen ions (low pH), generally cause by emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, which react with the water molecules in the atmosphere to produce acids. It is a broad term that includes any form of precipitation with acidic components, such as sulfuric or nitric acid that … Read more
Top Food Safety Certifications 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 question, see answer from the next paragraph. What … Read more
TLV (Threshold limit value) of any chemical substance is a level of the chemical to which a worker can be exposed to day after day for a working lifetime without any adverse effects. It is stated in parts per million (PPM) of surrounding air, and for fumes, mists, and dusts as milligrams per cubic meter … Read more
Top management commitment towards Occupational Health and Safety implies – The direct participation of the highest level of management in all aspect of Occupational Health and Safety, with the sole aim of achieving organization’s best practice in Health and Safety and also avoid legal punishment. Top management commitment is the main driver of Occupational Health … Read more
As an HSE professional, there are things you must know. You may not have been involved in the administrative duty with regards to HSE documentation, so you may not have had the privilege to know and understand some things. Now is your opportunity to know this. We have been hearing of lost time injury (LTI), … Read more
What Is Reportable Incidents In law, you must report certain workplace injuries, near-misses and cases of work-related disease to HSE. This duty is under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations, known as RIDDOR. Incidents are said to be Reportable Incidents only when: The incident is work-related It results in an injury of a type … Read more
It is necessary that learn the art of firmness as an HSE professional . Firmness involves taking a decision and standing by it. Firmness means believing in what you stand for. Firmness involves an inner energy which prevents you from shifting grounds unnecessarily. HSE professional needs the art of firmness if they must succeed in … Read more
Safety procedures (Safe work procedures) are specific steps that guide workers through a task in a chronological order from start to finish. Safety procedures are designed to reduce work risk by minimizing potential exposure. Safety procedures are usually developed by a team of professionals including management staff and workers. The basis for developing safe work procedure … Read more
Hot Work Safety Precautions: A typical hot job being carried out every day in our different work-sites is welding work. Hot work has to be well planned and implemented always because of its inherent risk. Here are the Hot Work Safety precautions: Hot work must be carried out by a trained personnel. Ensure that … Read more