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    This free “Risk Calculator“  uses exposure, injury history, and control effectiveness to determine the  “Probability”.    It then calculates the “Consequences”  based upon severity and contingency planning.  Finally, the “Probability” and ”Consequences” ratings are combined to produce an overall “Risk Rating”. This Risk Calculator will quantitatively measure the risk of any task or job.   You can use it to: compare the relative ...

    Below is our “Safety App of the Week”.  These weekly features are published every Monday.  New apps are tested on Apple iPads and rated from ♥ to ♥♥♥♥♥ (♥♥♥♥♥ is the best).  Prior app of the week articles are archived here.   LuxMeter   Official Description   “Sometimes you need to measure the illumination intensity ...

SafetyAwakenings.com has visitors from 157 countries.  We are pleased to announce that we just added a “Translator” button to our website.  With this new feature our visitors will be able to immediately translate our entire website into any one of 65 different languages!  Now – India visitors are able to view SafetyAwakenings.com in Hindi Eastern Canada visitors can read our articles ...

    Below are links to our favorite free on-line heat stress resources (posters, bulletins, videos, Power Points, apps).  You may want to incorporate into your employee heat stress prevention program.      OSHA’s heat safety app (Android, Blackberry, iPhone)      OSHA heat stress      OSHA heat stress evaluations      OSHA technical manual “heat stress” ...

    Below is our “Safety App of the Week”.  These weekly features are published every Monday.  New apps are tested on Apple iPads and rated from ♥ to ♥♥♥♥♥ (♥♥♥♥♥ is the best).  Prior app of the week articles are archived here.   NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards   Official Description   “The National Institute ...

    In the current issue of Safety + Health magazine, is an interesting article entitled “Safety in the Palm of Your Hand” by Kyle W. Morrison (senior associate editor).  In this article he addresses the question “How are safety professionals using mobile apps in the workplace?”. This is the best article we’ve seen on safety ...

    Comprehensive accident investigations are critical to preventing accidents from re-occuring.  Yet most accident investigation reports that I review are incomplete and/or poorly done. Improve the quality of your accident investigations by holding your investigators accountable for their accident investigations, and then evaluating and rating their accident investigation reports. Here’s a free Incident Report Evaluation form that you ...

    Below is our “Safety App of the Week”.  These weekly features are published every Monday.  New apps are tested on Apple iPads and rated from ♥ to ♥♥♥♥♥ (♥♥♥♥♥ is the best).  Prior app of the week articles are archived here.   Dräger – Gas Detection   Official Description   “The Dräger Gas Detection App ...

  – Below are 28 common sense safety rules that I share with all of my new hires.   Each rule was created in the aftermath of an on the job accident.  New workers, especially those right out of school, have little common sense (aka work smarts)  and need someone to tell them the below safety truisms before they ...

    Lots of companies are confused about how to comply with OSHA’s electric arc flash standards!  Some hire high priced consultants to help them develop their arc flash policies and procedures.   While I’m no arc flash expert, I have worked at companies where we developed our own arc flash programs in-house, without any outside assistance.  So far, each of these programs have passed OSHA’s scrutiny ...