Eye Protection – Spanish
¿Qué hay de malo en esta imagen? El trabajador que usa la sierra circular tiene un juego de gafas perfectamente utilizables para proteger sus ojos de los escombros voladores. Lástima que […]
Fall Protection Gone Bad – Spanish
¿Puede decir qué acción peligrosa e ilegal está llevando a cabo el trabajador? La buena noticia: El trabajador que está escalando esta estructura elevada está usando un equipo personal de detención […]
Exit or No Exit – Picture This – Spanish
¡Decídase! Aparentemente, esta puerta NO es una salida. Pero la confusión del momento y la duda que estos mensajes mezclados transmitidos podría resultar mortal en un incendio. La moraleja: Según OSHA, […]
Do You Really Want Your Workers Breathing This Air – Spanish
¿Realmente quiere que sus trabajadores respiren este aire? ¿Qué tiene de malo esta imagen? Este conducto de ventilación polvoriento no es sólo una molestia para la vista, sino también un grave riesgo […]
Do Your Fire Exits Look Like This – Spanish
Imagine que usted es un trabajador dentro de este edificio contando con pasar por esa salida para huir de un incendio. Ese candado está sellando no sólo su salida de […]
Picture This: Unsafe Work Practices
Look at the image below of a workplace injury. There's a man unconscious and an array of debris around him. Notably, there is a hard hat, but it has been […]
Picture This: Hand and Power Tools – Close Calls
Among the dangers of tool use, is the risk of being shocked or electrocuted. The worker who submitted this photo did not check to see if the cable he was […]
Picture This: Shrubbery Balancing Act
https://i.redd.it/ceimh24gxo911.jpg Pros – He has on shoes and gloves. Cons – He should not be standing on the railing obviously. One wrong move and he could end up falling and cracking his […]
Picture This: Walking the Plank – Without Fall Protection
Ingenuity at its finest or accident waiting to happen? The walking space on the plank is limited and awkward which makes any movement dangerous. Reach back for the hammer, lose […]
Picture This: This’ll Just Take a Second
“Brian must be done clearing out the compactor, so I’ll just go ahead and turn it back on…” Meanwhile, back at the compactor Brian still appears to be very much into […]
Picture This: Four Reasons Inspections are Important
You probably looked at these pictures and immediately knew what was wrong and why each situation was unsafe. Unfortuntely, the hazards you face each day aren’t laid out neatly in […]
Picture This: Unsafe Outriggers
What we’ve got here are a few people who aren’t concerned at all about stability or gravity. My question is how did everyone/anyone on these sites let this happen? Even […]
Tool: High Risk Jobs for Eye and Face Injuries
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Picture This: Would You Know What to Do?
If you saw a co-worker showing any or all these symptoms would you know what to do? Do you have an idea of what might be happening? These are all warning […]
Picture This: Concrete Pumping Truck Dangers
This picture was taken by a reddit user. He stopped to take the picture because the crane appeared to be too close to the power lines. It is possible the […]
Picture This: Hazards of Working Alone
https://i.redd.it/0njj0vuioww11.jpg What do you see in this picture that could be dangerous if you were working in this space, particularly if you were alone? There are several unsafe conditions in this image […]
Picture this: You Make the Call
Pretend you’re the supervisor who instructed this chap to do this work. First, discuss what could have been done in advance to make this scene safer. Second, discuss what your […]
Picture This: Lift with…Care?
https://i.redd.it/kfsxkt04lhgz.jpg I’ll be the first to admit I’ve seen this image before, but I never gave any thought to just how misleading it is. Most of us know to lift with […]
Picture This: Racking and Stacking
Warehouse racks and material stacks are nothing to take lightly. A damaged rack can lead to hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost and damaged inventory. Then there are the […]
Picture This: Emergency Exit Nightmare
What a nightmare! Let’s start with the obvious hazard – a blocked emergency exit. Blocked by conveyors, carts, trash, and cardboard boxes. Speaking of cardboard boxes, in the event of a fire […]
Picture This: Domestic Violence – What Would You Do?
Supervisor Response How would you respond if one of your employees came to work with these bruises or other injuries? Does your organization have a policy and process in place for […]
Picture This: Not So Great Moments in Hole Covers
Open holes and openings have been to blame for countless injuries and deaths on the job. The only thing that is worse than an uncovered, unguarded, or unprotected floor or […]
Picture This: Trenching Tragedy in the Making
There are some obvious hazards in this picture that make it a great tool for training and learning. Share this image with your crew and see how many hazards they […]
Picture This: Fancy a Cuppa Kerosene?
A woman in Utah was at a BBQ restaurant when she took a drink of what she thought was sweet tea. She immediately spit the tea out and said, “I […]
Picture This: Orchard Workers are Ripe for an Injury
Here’s a great staged image from WorkSafeBC that shows a bushel of unsafe acts and conditions that could easily lead to a near miss, injury, or illness. While this shows […]