Step up your game and check out iWorkWise.com who has a series of safety related podcasts online ready to download for your next commute to work. They cover everything from PPE and fall protection to lockout/tagout and MSDS right-to-know programs.
Take a look...http://www.iworkwise.com/podcasts_all.php
Here are the some of the possible answers to the WorkSafe Magazine chemical quiz.
• First, and most important, PPE or Personal Protective Equipment is not being worn. The worker is wearing a dust mask when he should be wearing a half-mask respirator with organic vapour cartridges, at a minimum. The proper respirator is hanging outside the spray booth (improperly stored). No gloves an improper footwear. Coveralls or paint suits should also be worn to protect the skin from many irritants in the finishing products. Hearing protection is not being worn. Finishing booths are loud; work in one for eight hours a day and you are sure to cause hearing loss over time.
• A number of fire hazards are present: the electrical cord inside the spray booth looks like it has been “patched up”
and is not safe to use. A pail of flammable material without a lid is near the work area. The sprayer cart contains a jug of
flammable solvent. There should be a chemical fire extinguisher nearby.
• Ergonomics is an issue: the worker is leaning over his work and using the wrong wrist position. Also, he is standing on the wrong side, so he is getting all the overspray and breathing it in and contaminating his clothing more than he needs to.
• The finishing booth filter is not properly inserted so all the contaminates are entering the atmosphere.
• The cardboard on the ground should be tapped down to prevent a tripping hazard.
• Small containers need to be labeled as per WHMIS regulations.
• The sign on the wall says MSDS, but no MSDS book.
Thanks for playing along, so how did you do?
A white paper was recently released by Miller Pierce titled the "Top Ten Trends in the Safety Industry" which while brief is extremely informative and a nice read that we highly recommend to you. Many of these trends are related to our mission at TSG and are addressed in the way we conduct business everyday.
- Trend #5: "PPE brands and styles are frustrating to re-order", which is why we developed iToolCrib and the My iToolCrib feature which makes re-ordering fast and easy.
- Trend #6: "Customers are clamoring for value-added services from their suppliers", whether it is VMI, JIT, or long-term inventory planning, TSG is always looking for ways to add value to your supply chain.
- Trend #7: "Safety Directors...rely heavily on manufacturers and distributors for knowledge transfer". At TSG, we are happy when we are called in to look at your PPE concerns. We understand your industry and know our products and can make informed recommendations to keep those OSHA recordables (see Trend #10) from ever happening.
- Trend #9: "Just-in-time PPE supply is critical", which is why we keep an extensive inventory of PPE in our Plymouth, CT warehouse. Many of our customers run "lean" operations and follow the Six Sigma model which we embrace. We have reduced customer inventories, reduced lead times to hours instead of days and in emergency situations our deliveries have been on trucks within minutes!
These are just 4 of the top ten trends so take a look at the rest of the paper and let us know what you think but posting your comments below!
