Its interesting to note that 100 employees are killed and over 95,000 are injured while operating powered industrial machinery such as forklifts and heavy machinery. Forklift turnovers alone account for a significant number of these fatalities.Most of these fatalities and injuries happen from playing around with the heavy machinery while on the job site. Heavy ...
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Forklifts and Heavy Machinery: Safety Tips and Statistics
May 2, 2012
Posted by Tool Up on May 2, 2012
http://www.toolup.com/blog/forklifts-heavy-machinery-safety/
Scaffold Safety
April 30, 2012
Every single day 2.3 million construction workers are working on scaffolds, thats a whopping 65% of the construction industry! Proper safety measures would prevent the estimated 4,500 injuries and 50 fatalities each year. ” 72% of workers injured in scaffold accidents attributed the accident either to the planking or support giving way, or to the employee ...
Posted by Tool Up on April 30, 2012
http://www.toolup.com/blog/scaffold-safety/
