Safetycare has just reached 2500 YouTube subscribers!

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.

2.5 Million views on YouTube!

Safetycare has just reached the milestone of 2,500,000 views on YouTube! Thanks to all of our customers and subscribers for your ongoing support. You can visit our YouTube Channel by clicking the image above.

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

Visit our YouTube Safety Channel!

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Remembrance Day in Commonwealth countries 2011

Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day, Armistice Day and Veterans Day) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth countries since the end of World War I to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty. This day, or alternative dates, are also recognized as special days for war remembrances in many non-Commonwealth countries. Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the official end of World War I on that date in 1918; hostilities formally ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month" of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice ("at the 11th hour" refers to the passing of the 11th hour, or 11:00 a.m.)

Transparent Car Factory

Transparent Factory is the English name of an automobile production plant owned by German carmaker Volkswagen, designed by architect Gunter Henn, and opened in 2002. The original German name is Gläserne Manufaktur (factory made of glass, literally vitreous manufactory). Both the German and English names are a word play on the double meaning of transparent and glassy, referring to both optical transparency and transparency of the production process.

Online Workplace Safety Discussion Forum

www.thesafetycafe.com
The meeting place for Safety Professionals

Please join us at the The Safety Cafe! Registration is free, and it's a great place to chat about safety, ask questions, share ideas etc. A really friendly place to talk safety, so please introduce yourself in the 'Introduction' section. Here is a screen shot below. Click on it to be taken straight to the Safety Forum!

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New release DVD - The Safe Use of Ladders

Falls represent the largest single cause of accidental death in the workplace.

About 40% of these falls result in falling from one level to another, many from ladders. Many of these falls are serious, but more importantly, many could have been avoided if safety procedures were followed. This program looks at the selection and safe use of ladders in the workplace.