Lock out /Tag Out Definition ((Affected person))
Agreed with the comments lock out tag out (LOTO) is very important safety procedure specially for electrical works.
View ArticleMarine Electrical Safety
I assume this was GFPE (30ma) and that will give you quite a jolt in salt water. I am not sure I would let anyone near that equipment while it was energized at all. The idea that these "pull boxes" had...
View ArticlePPE in Manholes
Have you performed a risk analysis?Are the conductors in or on grounded surfaces? If yes, can there be a shock hazard?Are tools being used which could compromise the conductor insulation? Are you doing...
View ArticleSafety at heights?
A lot of our workers come from south of the border where safety is an afterthought and they bring that culture with them. It is hard to get them with the program and unfortunately there were plenty of...
View ArticleYour biggest wake up call
M-m-maybe , but who hasn't shorted a circuit to find it HotOne?I was actually told to by the owner of a facility years ago , made it go 'boom', and out comes a gaggle of mad secretaries who lost all...
View ArticleProstate Cancer IS a thing.....
Tomn,Thank you for relating this. Just a question, if you don't mind me asking, you can choose not to answer it.How does life without a prostate gland compare to having one?I always thought that the...
View ArticleHi-Vis madness
Depending on how anal the safety dept is, I will add a high viz boonie hat (on locations not requiring a hard hat) and/or high viz pants to the hi viz shirt or vest.I even found on Amazon hi vis summer...
View ArticleEver been afflicted by Gout?
And gout is associated to kidney stones. I have had painful stones 2x and gout like symptoms a few times.
View ArticleWork Gloves?
Seems that I can't do anything anymore without gloves without wondering where all the blood came from.Shane
View ArticleOntario Electrical Safety Report
About the Ontario Electrical Safety Report:The Ontario Electrical Safety Report (OESR) is the only document in Canada and one of the few globally that compiles and publishes electrical safety data...
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