Safety Skillopedia

Basic Firefighting information is essential, many people specially homemaker females due to their lack of knowledge can’t extinguish even a small home fire and eventually become victim of fire situation. Knowledge about fire extinguishers is significant regardless of your profession and age so that you can save your life and lives of others in event of fire emergency. In this blog we are going to discuss some quick tips on fire extinguisher use, it is going to include the types of fire extinguishers, method of use, when to use and where to use.   Firefighters fighting with a large scale fire  Remember, right of selection fire extinguisher on right kind of fire is essential because wrong selection can be harmful and lead into the trouble rather than controlling fire so without further delay let's jump right into it, to know about how to fight fires you first have to understand that fire is combination of three elements knows as fuel, oxygen and heat when combined called as fire

Confined Space is a narrow place with limited access and egress where workers from some high demand service or manufacturing industry are required to work, sectors such as construction, oil and gas fields, refineries, manufacturing plants, and petrochemicals might require high frequency of confined space work, activities such as cleaning, maintenance, repair and installation can be done inside a confined space based on the job requirement.    Welding Activity at the Confined Space (Pipeline)  Confined space is not designed to be continuously occupied by job performers, there can be a long list of the confined space examples, however here I define some common ones which are found in residential construction may include manholes sewer systems, storm drains, precast concrete, old units transformer, vaults, tanks, pits, crawl spaces and attics, a space may also be a permit required confined space if it has one or more of the following hazardous conditions, if contains a hazardous atmos

Speed thrills but it kills, over speeding, drugs, stress, using mobile phones and driving mechanically unfit vehicles are a few reasons behind the road accident. Driver’s tiny negligence might be the reason for several deaths. In a research, we found that car accident is one of the major reason of on-the-job deaths within the western world, more or less 45k motorists dies every year with the vehicle accidents. It is important to know the risks of driving and the way to soundly travel to and from workplace every day to confirm your safety on the road, inspect your vehicle before you travel to ensure your ride is in good working condition and convenient for driving.     Before you drive have a look on tire pressures and inspect tires for excessive or uneven, inspect your wiper blades, windows and retractable/side mirrors periodically, the mirrors and windows shall be clean and transparent to view omnidirectional scenario outside the vehicle. Regularly check the brakes of your car and s

In our today’s world 90% of the industrial work is related with chemicals, some are more hazardous some are less, we need to work with them to accomplish our task. Chemical hazards are however classified as: ·    Toxic ·    Carcinogenic ·    Corrosive ·   Irritants ·    Sensitizers ·    Flammable liquids ·    Combustible liquids   A Chemical Lab Scientist having Microscopic View of a Group of Chemicals  The use of chemicals may lead to physical damage to the human body and might have chronic effects: a disease which develops over time or acute effects symptoms that appear or change rapidly there are a variety of ways in which chemicals can be exposed to the body. The primary methods of entry can be:   ·    Inhalation (breathing) ·    Absorption (skin contact) ·    Ingestion (eating) ·    Injection Actually chemical safety begins with a written hazard communication program which covers how chemical hazards will be addressed on the work site and will inclu

Today in this blog we will be talking about personal fall protection equipment, up to what extent is it important? Why shall we use it? And how it can save our lives? First of all, we need to understand what exactly fall protection is? It is actually a series of controls that either restrain or arrest you and the restraining would be you never actually get to the hazard, so a fall would never occur. An arrest is basically if a fall would occur, the arrest portion would prevent you from hitting on the ground. That is essentially what fall protection is.   Men wearing a Fall Protection working on a construction site  We will talk and understand about the different types of fall protection. Let's begin with hierarchy of fall protection which shall be followed by the employers and workers to ensure their safety when working at height:   First comes elimination in the hierarchy of fall protection whether if we can eliminate being working at height, the first control is most preferable.

Construction plays major role in development of a nation, a large number of people commonly earn their butter and bread from construction industry and run their family expenditures. On one hand where it offers you lucrative jobs and salaries this sector requires extremely hard and perilous works where if safety regulations not followed one can meet with unpleasant moments including injuries or even death. What makes you safe while working on a construction site, we will be talking in next few minutes in our today’s blog:  Let's start with what you'll be wearing at construction site, you've got to be properly dressed at the worksite at a minimum that means hard hat long pants heavy-duty work boots with a non-skid sole a shirt with sleeves a safety vest or bright colored shirt and eye protection check your hardhat to make sure that's in good condition if there's tears in the suspension or holes in it you'll need a new one during the course of a normal work day y