Hazard Recognition
Weekly Toolbox Talk: Safety in Your Life 2021
MAREK hopes you had a great holiday season with your loved ones. Is now time to look at our road ahead and is important to remember that safety is our top priority. We need to remember that we are not getting any younger and that an injury can not only put us out of work but can also jeopardize your family’s wellbeing.
Weekly Toolbox Talk: War on Falls
The “War on Falls” was declared with only one thing in mind – to prevent injuries by eliminating fall exposures. Zero tolerance and suspensions are merely tools to deal with a violation after it occurs. The ultimate goal is eliminate the exposure in the first place. That can only be accomplished by each and every one of us understanding what is expected.
Weekly Toolbox Talk: Floor Openings
Safely covering a floor opening with a piece of plywood requires more than just laying down the material over the hole, or even nailing it down.
Total on the job safety means a total job of eliminating a hazard. Half a job or inadequate or incomplete jobs of covering holes in the floor. Why did it happen?
Weekly Toolbox Talk: COVID-19 Jobsite Guidance
This guidance is based on what we currently know about COVID-19 as provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There is currently no vaccine to prevent COVID-19. The best way to prevent illness is to avoid being exposed to the virus.
Everyday Prevention
• Wash your hands often.
Weekly Toolbox Talk: Material Handling and Hand Safety
Sharp edges and puncture hazards
Weekly Toolbox Talk: Material Handling and Hand Safety
Sharp edges and puncture hazards:
Weekly Toolbox Talk: Fall Protection - Equipment and Systems
An injury because of a fall is a major problem in construction. More than 20,000 people are killed every year due to a fall. Only traffic accidents cause more tragedy.
Falling hazards on jobsites are grouped into three general categories: