Top 10 Workplace Safety Tips Every Employee Should Know

Workplace safety cannot exist on best practice guidelines and policies alone. A safe working environment is based on how well the people, in both management and on the factory floor, adhere to

Angle Grinder

An angle grinder is a hand-held tool carried to the work, with the disc secured at an angle to the body of the grinder.

Hand-held angle grinders, which now are being

أخطار المناولة اليدوية (Manual Handling)، المخاطر والإجراءات الرقابية

معلومات رئيسة
· المناولة اليدوية هي سبب شائع لإصابة العضلات والعظام مثل:
- الإصابات في الظهر والأوتار والأربطة، و
- العضلات واضطراب الطرف العلوي ذات الصلة بالعمل (WRULD)

Hazards Related to Confined Space

 Confined Space Definitions

• Limited opening for entry and exit.
• Unfavorable natural ventilation.
• Not designed for continuous worker occupancy.
• Excavation deeper than 1.5 meter.

Fire Prevention- Extinguishers and Fire Types

The Fire Triangle:

The fire triangles or combustion triangles or ″fire diamond″ are simple models for understanding the necessary ingredients for most fires.

Eye Injuries

Eye-Related Injuries:

Most of the causes contributed to these injuries like;

• Use of inappropriate eye protection. 
• Neglecting Safety Rules and procedures, Improper guards and inspection. 
• Exposure to chemical products, Flying particles or slices. 
• Falling or misdirected objects that ejected by tools or blown by wind.

Excavation

 

Excavation is one of the most hazardous types of work that puts people at risk.
 
Excavation Main Hazards: 

• Contact with underground power cables/pressurized pipe.
• Excavations collapsing and burying or injuring people working in them.

Office Ergonomics

ERGONOMICS...

The term "ergonomics" is derived from two Greek words: "ergon," meaning work, and "nomoi," meaning natural laws. Ergonomists study human capabilities in relationship to work demands.

Hose and coupling

• Hoses and coupling are mainly used in Oil & Gas plant for: 

– Utility stations: supply water, plant air, steam and N2
– Hydraulic oil: torquing operation etc.
– Fuel and Chemical transfer

Loose-fitting Clothes & Jewelry

When you work in a manufacturing plant, personal protective equipment such as gloves can be a major safety factor. Gloves protect your hands from heat and other temperature concerns, chemicals, and cuts and bruises.