Adopt a risk mindset to create safe workspaces
- March 21, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
No CommentsI would like to commend The Straits Times for highlighting the importance of workplace safety (Taking workplace safety personally; March 16). Vision Zero – the mindset that in which all injuries and illnesses are viewed as preventable – cannot be achieved without the active involvement of all parties, including leaders, managers, supervisors, unions, employees and
New safe riding guide for food delivery riders
- February 13, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – Install speed limiters, wear bright clothing and stop work during heavy rainfall. These are among the recommendations made in a new guide launched by the Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Council which aims to keep Singapore’s food delivery riders safe. With demand for take-away food expected to be high over the Chinese New Year period, riders will
Campaign to keep hands and fingers safe in workplace
- January 18, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
Every three days, the hand or finger of a worker is amputated because of an accident at work, a trend the authorities hope to reverse with a campaign. These hand-related amputations form 94 per cent of the 125 amputation cases reported last year, said Minister of State for Manpower Sam Tan yesterday when he launched
Look for safe way to ferry foreign workers to work
- November 1, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
An accident on Monday morning involving two lorries resulted in a fairly large number of workers becoming injured (26 people injured in accident involving two lorries in Tuas; ST Online, Oct 30). Four of them were hospitalised. On Oct 28, there was another accident involving a lorry ferrying workers. One of them is understood to
All in a safe day's work: SMEs’ efforts crucial to ensuring safer workplace
- September 24, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
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Workplace Safety & Prevention Services Celebrates 100 Years of Keeping Ontario Safe
- July 20, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
Mississauga, ON, July 17, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS), the oldest and largest health and safety association in Ontario, is today celebrating its 100th anniversary as a committed leader to enhance workplace safety culture. Established as the Industrial Accident Prevention Association (IAPA) in 1917 to give voice to workers in
AIRIS Promotes Workplace Safety During “Safe + Sound Week”
- June 17, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
TULSA, Okla., June 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — AIRIS Wellsite Services is committed to the mission of a harm-free work environment. With a first-to-market solution for the hazard of respirable silica dust at frac sites, AIRIS lives its mission by assisting wellsites achieve compliance with health and safety standards. AIRIS is proud to participate in “Safe +
AIRIS Promotes Workplace Safety During “Safe + Sound Week”
- June 17, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
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Workplace Health and Safety Queensland issues reminder on safe use of aluminium phosphide fumigants
- June 16, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
High levels of phosphine gas have recently been detected in grain consignments at the Port of Brisbane. According to Workplace Health and Safety Queensland, this indicates incorrect use of aluminium phosphide fumigants. If manufacturer’s directions are not followed, the chemical can be harmful to users as well as those who transport or store the grain
Inaugural Safe + Sound Week to Raise Awareness of Workplace Health and Safety
- June 8, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
OSHA has designated June 12 through 18 as Safe + Sound Week in a nationwide effort to raise awareness of the value of workplace safety programs. More than 85 trade associations, industry and professional groups are partnering with the agency in the initiative including the National Safety Council, American Industrial Hygiene Association, American Society of
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