Confined Space – How To Identify a Confined Space
VSC Sprinkler, Service, Inspection, and Alarm technicians may have to enter a Confined Space to perform various tasks. Confined Space can be immediately dangerous to workers leading to serious injuries or death! Hazards must be properly identified, evaluated, tested, and controlled prior to entering the Confined Space.
Effective: 05/29/2024
Preventing Exposure to Crystalline Silica
Effective: 05/29/2024
Job Site Safety Audits
Effective: 04/01/2024
Construction Site Emergency Evacuation
Job site with only a single ladder between floors can impede employee’s ability to exit and prevent prompt medical attention in case of serious injury and delay the administration of medical attention to an injured employee, particularly in the case of serious injury, where even a few minutes can make a difference.
Effective: 11/15/2023
Ladder Safety – Fall Off Ladder Injuries
There has been an increase of VSC accidents involving falls from ladder with injuries.
As of November 50%, of VSC injures for 2023 are due to unsafe ladder use. Injuries are broken bones, fractures, and strains! A total of 277 restricted workdays resulting from these accidents! That’s 92% of the VSC 2023 YTD recordable rate!
Effective: 11/10/2023
AED in the Workplace
An Automated External Defibrillator AED is a device used to treat victims of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). SCA occurs when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating, interrupting blood flow and oxygen to the heart and brain.
Effective: 11/06/2023
First Aid – Cold Weather Hazards
Hazard: Each winter VSC responds to customer’s frozen fire protection systems that require immediate repair. As a result, employees often come in contact with extremely cold water and cold air temperatures.
Effective: 09/30/2023
First Aid – Frostbite & Other Winter Weather Hazards
Hazards: Winter Weather creates conditions that can expose all VSC employees to illness and injury! Exposure to hazards include: Walking on ice & snow covered surfaces, contact with frozen pipes or extremely cold water, and exposure to cold air temperatures! These risks are encountered in service, installation, inspections and on construction sites!
Effective: 09/30/2023
Housekeeping – Storage of Oxygen and Acetylen cylinders
Hazard: There is a reoccurrence of Oxygen and Acetylene cylinders not stored properly in our warehouse facilities. This
is a fire and explosion hazard.
Effective: 09/30/2023
Impalement Hazard
HAZARD The vertical rebar protruding from this concrete formwork is an impalement hazard. This hazard can result in very
serious injury. VSCF&S workers had been exposed to the rebar and numerous trip hazards during installation of the
Flexible expansion loop. VSCF&S technicians notified the GC that there were no implement caps on the rebar, but no
corrective action had been taken.
Effective: 09/30/2023
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