We are sharing this three-part Stop Drops series from TOOLBOX https://toolbox.energyinst.org/about-toolbox as these are very educational videos tackling the different Drops hazards and risks; and
The eyes of an employee are one of the greatest tools in the injury prevention toolbox. With those eyes an employee can spot hazards and
Falling or flying objects on a worksite can expose workers to relatively minor injuries, such as cuts and abrasions, as well as more serious
The oil tanker was berthed alongside and discharging cargo. The chief officer was signing off the same day. His replacement had been sailing on
Falls from height account for a significant proportion of workplace and at-home serious and fatal accidents in many countries around the world. In this article
Dropped objects (DO) present significant safety challenges. Surveys have shown that these challenges relate to a number of factors, including work processes, behaviour, design, and the
Once a space is designated a permit-required confined space, it engages an extra level of planning and preparation to mitigate the potential hazards. Confined spaces
For all objects at height – including humans – the focus always should be on preventing things from falling rather than on catching objects, or
What happened? Workers were dismantling a scaffold. A worker was passing a 6 foot (1.8 metres) wooden board down to a colleague. He lost balance and