Essential Protective Items for Construction Sites
In the construction industry, loud noises, extreme heights and unpredictable hazards are part of the job. You may also have to fight...
Safety First: When Fall Protection is Needed
Sent to us by Maire Hunter: Many workplaces—including factories, warehouses and construction sites—have work areas and conditions that...
How to Stay Safe When Using a Mobile Elevated Working Platform
When it comes to working at height, people can be forgiven in thinking that there is a bigger risk to their personal safety due to the...
Unassuming Workplace Dangers: Protection Measures
Many industrial manufacturers did not understand for many years that there are more dangers in the work place than mere physical...
How to Prepare for Safety Inspections
Sent by Maire Hunter. Safety inspections can be intimidating for factories and other industrial work settings. A safety inspector wields...
Handling Wood Dust Hazards in the Workplace
There have been a lot of studies from all around the world looking at the hazards of wood dust in the workplace. The results are pretty...
Finding the Right Work Boots
For those working in a field like construction, proper footwear is not only recommended, but it’s a requirement to ensure comfort and...
Safe Working at Height
From Jason of riskatmedia.com There are particular hazards associated with working at height, some of these hazards accompany almost all...
Keeping the Construction Industry Safe
Construction is a notoriously dangerous industry. In the UK, where we are based, the industry employs around five percent of the...
Hot Works - Safe Welding Operations
Sent by Jason of riskatmedia.com There are particular hazards associated with hot works, which includes welding activities, the use of...
Protecting Your Most Important Tools - Your Hands
We all have a favorite tool, maybe it is that new Lithium-Ion powered cordless drill, it might be a new air compressor for powering all...
How Many Construction Workers are Injured by Speeding Drivers
Tall buildings and scaffolding often come to mind when people think of construction dangers, but there are other construction workers who...
Safe Access and Egress
Another great article send to us by Jason of riskatmedia Access and egress refer to the rate or means of entry and exit to a workplace...
Working by the Water: Five Rights You May Not Know You Have
Working on the water can be fun, adventurous and lucrative, but it can also be dangerous. As a result, the Merchant Marine Act, also...
What Should I Include in My Construction Site Safety Induction?
Sent by Jason of riskatmedia Every week at least one construction worker will die as a result of work-related injuries. Most of these...
Five Methods to Keeping Yourself Warm on the Job
While some types of construction taper off during the winter, other projects continue onward, despite cold weather and your wishes that...
Power Tool Safety
By Jason, from RiskAtMedia: All work activities carry the potential to cause harm to our own and others’ health and well-being, but we...
Metalwork: Cutting Out the Dangers
The market for welding equipment and profile cutters has broadened considerably in recent years as such machinery become more affordable,...
Workplace Safety: Don't Overlook These Commonly Forgotten Risks
By Maire Hunter Have you ever taken the time to consider the risks that surround you when you’re at work? Unless someone’s been paying...






















