The world's most dangerous road?

A Pakistani truck drivers faces death at every turn transporting goods across mountain passes on arguably the world's most dangerous road.

Free Workplace Safety Posters

OSHA Safety Posters Here is the official OSHA's posters designed for the workplace.

Say-It Has a small collection of free safety posters that promote safety in the workplace. These posters are written in both English and Spanish.

NYSIF Safety Posters Offers 40 free safety posters in several different categories: Tool Safety, Eye and Head Safety, Construction Safety, Ladder Safety, Safety at the Workplace, Driving Safety, Food Industry Safety, and other areas as well.

Printshop101 Has six different free safety posters for the work environment.

Vermont SIRI Safety info There are several different safety posters available here on a variety of different subjects like: construction safety, home safety, health and fitness, driving safety, electrical safety, and many more.

Agric.gov Here are some great cartoon safety posters available for download.

Electrical safety shocker!

It was reported that power to this extension lead was still on when it was found. It would appear that the end of the lead had been hung across the noggin when work finished and then has fallen into the bucket. Hopefully, nobody would be stupid enough to drop it into a bucket of water intentionally.

Electric shock is one of the top four killers of construction workers. Always treat electricity with respect as you cannot see it, smell it or hear it and sometimes the first indication that something is not right is an electric shock.

Workplace Health and Safety History WWII to OSHA

A short history of Occupational Health and Safety in the U.S. from after WWII to OSHA's creation in 1970. Clipped from the 1979 film, Can't Take No More, produced and distributed by OSHA, narrated by Studs Terkel.

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We have just reached 2500 subscribers on our YouTube Channel!

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Donald Duck's 'How to Have an Accident at Work'

J.J. Fate again shows us how accidents aren't his fault, but instead are the result of carelessness. Donald is Mr. Careful at home, but at work, he starts right off by falling down the stairs. He has run-ins with a punch press, flammable paint, a conveyor belt, loose clothing, a monkey wrench, and other problems

What's wrong with this picture?

What's wrong with this picture? Maybe that should be 'What's not wrong with this picture?'

Walking the plank?

Piracy is much in the news these days, which brings to mind classic tales of Blackbeard, memories of reading “Treasure Island,” and watching “Peter Pan.” Seems like the pirates were always making prisoners walk the plank, usually by threatening them with vicious swords.

Which makes you wonder why this guy is doing it on purpose.

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Safety Quotations and Sayings

Here is a small collection of safety quotations. These are little sayings that remind us of the importance and real reason we invest in safety.

For safety is not a gadget but a state of mind. Eleanor Everet

Better a thousand times careful than once dead. Proverb

Know safety, no injury. No safety, know injury. Unknown

Tomorrow - your reward for working safely today. Unknown

Safety isn't expensive, its priceless. Unknown

Happy New Year 2012!

Here's wishing all of our friends and clients a happy and safe 2012. Cheers!

Happy Holidays from Safetycare!

To all of our Blog readers, we wish you a happy (and most importantly safe!) holiday period. Thank you for your support in 2011 and we look forward to seeing you in 2012! From the team at Safetycare.

Scaffolding platform shocking photo

The use of barrels to hold up this scaffolding platform is another example of poor planning and dangerous innovation. The barrels are not suitable scaffold foundations and simply cannot support the weight of the scaffold and loads on it, such as bricks and people.
Other bodgey extras include:
• welded barrels
• loose bricks around the site
• unsecure ladder
• single-plank working platform
• no fall protection/guardrail
How hard can it be? Take time and organise the right equipment for the job prior to starting work.

Grinder Shocker

Thought you’d seen the last of these killing machines? This had numerous faults including:
- No guard
- The second handle had been removed
- The manufacturers plate could not be read, so we do not know the correct RPM of the grinder
- The cable was damaged and taped over
- The unit was not tagged and tested
- The body of the unit was damaged and the front and rear sections were twisting all over the place.

Workplace Health and Safety History to the 1920's

A short history of workplace health and safety in the United States, up to the early 1920's. This was taken from the 1979 film, "Can't Take No More," from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Safetycare DVD Multi Packs

Along with the launch of our new website last month, Safetycare also released 'Multi Packs'. Multi Packs are a themed DVD bundle offering you a total training DVD solution, as well as a substantial saving. Take the Office Safety Multi Pack shown above. With this pack you cover the following office OHS areas:

• Manual Handling


• Dealing With Office Fires


• Portable Fire Extinguishers


• Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls


• Safety in the Office

The Office Safety Multi Pack saves you $125, and has all of your office safety issued covered! Click the image above to find out more!

Scaffold / Heights / Ladder Safety Shocker!

Need we say more . . . . . . At least he's happy, for now . . . . . . .

African Death Ladder

Possibly one of the craziest safety shockers we have seen in some time! The men are painting the church clock tower in the northern town of Mussina, (previously Messina) South Africa on the border with Zimbabwe.

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Happy Thanksgiving to all our American readers!

From all of us here at Safetycare, have a happy but most importantly safe Thanksgiving.

What's wrong with this picture?

There’s nothing quite like that warm and fuzzy feeling you have when you know that, in an emergency, you’re covered.
You own several kinds of insurance. You wear a seatbelt in case the person in front of you slams on his brakes.
And in case a fire breaks out, you have a fire extinguisher, and you know right where it is. All you have to do is find that key.


Our Portable Fire Extinguisher Training Pack is perfect for your organisations Fire Extinguishers safety training. It's current, straight-forward and will prevent silly things like this happening in your workplace. CLICK HERE TO GET IT!!

Funny lawn mower pictures

Below are a few 'innovations' around the humble lawn mower. As is so often the case with do-it-yourself innovations, safety is disregarded!

The Importance of Hearing Conservation

Our ability to hear is important to us in many ways. By far the most important aspect of our hearing is the ability it gives us to hear other people speak. It enables us to interact with people, to listen, to learn, and to easily communicate. This program covers:

• Causes of Hearing Loss
• Noise Induced Hearing Loss The basic facts
• Noise Induced Hearing Loss What damage is done to the ear
• Basic Facts about Sound and Noise
• The Hearing Test & Audiogram
• Noise Control Measures
• Hearing Protection
• PPE

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