Unfortunately, Canadian officials discovered startling statistics regarding fire, explosions, and employee injury and death. Recent reports show that of the many commercial fires occurring each year, a significant number of them resulted from ignited combustible or flammable liquids. This is a stark reminder of why it’s so critical to have a solid plan in place [...]
Initially, that question might seem silly. However, by breaking it down, you can better define a “safe working environment.” With that, you’ll gain new insights as to why it’s so critical. It doesn’t matter if you own a small company with 10 employees or a large corporation with 1,000 plus workers. The best thing you [...]
While it’s hard to admit, it often takes a devastating event for people to gain a new perspective about the importance of health and safety. Two recent examples are the COVID-19 pandemic and the Surfside condominium collapse in Florida. Not only did these events affect traditional households but also businesses stretching across multiple industries. Regarding [...]
Owning a business comes with tremendous responsibility. Whether a small family-owned operation or a large corporation with a board of directors, the goal is to create a safe, healthy, and productive work environment. However, that doesn’t occur by happenstance. For smart business owners, it starts with having a pre-start up safety review performed. What Is [...]
In Ontario, Canada, the Ministry of Labour requires companies to have a specific workplace health and safety assessment performed. This covers any equipment and processes that pose a potential risk. Keep in mind that the pre-start health and safety review covers virtually any type of danger or hazard. What’s Included As Part of the Pre-Start [...]
Ensuring safety in your facility should be a top priority. Besides the well-being of your workers, safety is a good business move. Accidents can be costly and take away from your valuable production time. Machinery can have more than one safety issue, and a Pre-Start Health and Safety review can catch these issues before [...]
It is imperative that you have the right safety solutions in your company. Not only will it keep you in compliance with the rules and regulations of your area, but it can also prevent costly accidents from occurring. Perhaps significantly, it will discourage the workers from suffering life changing injuries, such as amputations. You [...]
When a Professional Engineer conducts a Pre-Start Health and Safety Review he or she will make recommendations. This can profoundly affect the ultimate operational efficiency of the machine and therefore indirectly the factory. This is especially true when the Engineer conducting the Pre-Start Health and Safety Review finds that there are compliance issues to [...]
Much more complex machine, that needs to keep running, are notoriously difficult to effectively guard by using fixed guarding or continuously using lockout/tag out methods because the operator must frequently interact with the equipment. The CSA Z-432 Machine Guarding standard does allow for exceptions to locking out equipment if it is integral to the [...]
