Back Safety - Don't let it take you down 17. July 2006 Admin Safety Flash (0) Workers were in the process of laying a piece of duct work approximately 8' tall on its side. While doing so, one of the workers felt pain in his lower back. [More]
Sharp Edges on Ceiling Hatch Door Cuts Contractor’s Elbow 28. June 2006 Admin Safety Flash (0) An electrical contractor was working with his head and arms above the ceiling in a ceiling access hatch located in the basement hallway of a customer’s building, when he hit his left elbow on a sharp section of the hatch door while climbing down a stepladder. [More]
The Importance of Installing Proper Guard Railing Components! 28. June 2006 Admin Safety Flash (0) As the employee walked to the edge and speak to his ground man he brushed his forehead on the guard railing creating a 4” long laceration to the left side of his forehead. The employee received 12 stitches for this laceration. [More]
Protect Your Eyes From Injury 23. June 2006 Admin Safety Flash (0) After finishing grinding, an iron worker removed his face shield. Metal shavings fell from the top of his face shield into his face. A piece of debris fell behind his safety glasses and lodged into his left eye. [More]
Contractor Injured While Cutting Wire 23. June 2006 Admin Safety Flash (0) As the contractor was stripping the wire with a utility type knife, the blade slipped and cut his left thumb. [More]
Standing on a Moving Dock Leveler Causes Moving Company Employee’s Leg to Break 19. June 2006 Admin Safety Flash (0) A moving company employee was finishing loading his delivery truck at a customer’s dock equipped with a Rite Hite HD3000 SAFE-T-LIP® Dock Leveler when he got his leg caught between the dock leveler and the roll down door of his truck. [More]
Contractor’s Cart in Cafeteria Causes Customer’s Employee to be Injured 19. June 2006 Admin Safety Flash (0) The contractor stopped to talk to a co-worker following behind him, placing the cart in the middle of a high trafficked section of the service area. Approximately 5 feet from the cart one of the customer’s employees was selecting food items with their back to the cart. Shortly after the contractor [More]
Leveling Shim causes Severe Laceration 19. June 2006 Admin Safety Flash (0) While cleaning, the employee reached under a ledge of the platform and as he pulled back there was a leveling shim parallel to the working surface. The shim caught the employee’s wrist causing a severe laceration. [More]
Break Room Planter Causes Severe Back Strain 16. June 2006 Admin Safety Flash (0) After finishing buffing the floor, the employee started the process of moving all of the items back into the break room. As the employee started to lift the planter, he felt a slight pop in his back. [More]
Standing on a Moving Dock Leveler Causes Moving Company Employee’s Leg to Break 16. June 2006 Admin Safety Flash (0) A moving company employee was finishing loading his delivery truck at a customer’s dock equipped with a Rite Hite HD3000 SAFE-T-LIP® Dock Leveler when he got his leg caught between the dock leveler and the roll down door of his truck. [More]