Avoid Placing Pipe and Other Material on MEWP Guardrails
Effective: 11/22/2024
Hazards of Fire Pumps
Effective: 11/21/2024
Electrical Safety-Cheater Cords
Effective: 09/06/2024
Prevent Hand Injuries
Effective: 07/09/2024
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