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Job hazard Analysis

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Job Hazard Analysis Hello there, welcome to December. This is Goke Akingbade ( your Safety Guide) here with another interesting topic to dwell on. We will discussing about a very important aspect on occupational health and safety. If the operational activities of your organization put your employees at risk or exposed them to hazardous Job tasks, then you need to conduct Risk assessment of the work. One Risk assessment tool is a Job Hazard Analysis. A job hazard analysis is a risk assessment tool that screens job tasks by breaking the work into key steps, identify potential hazards and prefer safe work procedures to control risk that is associated with the inherent hazards. Any non routine work that poses high risk, any task that can lead to worker injury or illness, any hot work task need a job hazard analysis to be conducted before embarking on it. You can get information about such job task from your accident reports and workers compensation claims. Any job task that has the
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The Space in between us

THE SPACE IN BETWEEN US “All I really wanna do is to fall into the emptiness, that is the space in between us, Erase it and bring us together again”. Those words spaned the airwaves in 2004, from the lyrics sang by the Christian Rock Band “ Building 429. The track “The Space in between us” is one of my favourite tracks from the album.                                                                                                                                                                     The lyrics of the song focusses on the gap that man causes to come between him and God. God loves man so much that He sent His Son , Jesus Christ to come to this world and die for mankind, in one of the most horrific deaths in the history of humanity( death by crucifixion) .         The Roman Empire executes criminals using this form of execution by nailing the criminal on a cross made from wood. Jesus was not a criminal but was given the death penalty masterminded by the Jews and Religious
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Invest 18 dollars and earn residual income

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Invest just 18 dollars and make residual income. Four Corners Alliance Group is setup to be a one size fits all, everyone get in the door ‘wealth creation opportunity’ that’s been causing quite a stir as of late amongst online business gigs. Our goal is to give you a no-non-sense approach and appraisal of the buzzing affiliate program like this that will further help break down the business inside and out. Four Corners was started by David Harrison and was meant to attract the attention of everyone who is interested in immediate cash flow using the phraseology “money in, money out”. Let’s dig a little deeper into an up and coming MLM scheme to see if this is spam scam or a worth while deal. What is Four Corners Alliance Group? 4Corners Alliance Group  is a new matrix MLM that offers a way for you to  make money online . The company has recently become popular in the world of network marketing for its universally applicable and flexible compensation plan that gives on loo
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ELEMENTS OF AN EFFECTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.

ELEMENTS OF AN EFFECTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. In the bid to maintain a safe and healthful workplace, it is very important that employees are held accountable in engaging in safe work procedures after being provided with all the tools and resources needed in achieving this.                                                                                                               When an individual is held accountable, his or her performance is (1) evaluated with respect to formal standards and  (2) results in the application of positive or negative consequences. ELEMENTS OF AN EFFECTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM The condition of accountability in the workplace doesn't just happen. To be effective, accountability requires careful design and performance of a supportive accountability system.                                                For an accountability system to be effective, it must possess the following elements: (A)Established standards: in the form of company p
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SAFETY SIGNS

SAFETY SIGNS Hello there, this is Goke Akingbade( your safety guide) here again to update you on health and safety issues. Today we will be discussing about safety signs.In the Health and Safety profession, we deal with the use of a lot of signs.A safety sign is defined as a sign providing information or instruction by means of a notice, sign board or colour used to create awareness about safety. Safety signs fall into four groups, namely: (1) Mandatory signs. (2) Prohibitory signs. (3) Hazard or Warning sign. (4) Safety information sign(Emergency Exit and First Aid). So let’s go through them one by one.                             (1) MANDATORY SIGN : This is a sign providing information about specific behaviour or action which must be complied with (‘e.g hard hat must be worn or safety boots must be worn’).                               THE FEATURES OF MANDATORY SIGNS (a) Round shape. (b) A white pictogram on a blue background(with the blue part taking up atleast 50% of th
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SAFETY SIGNS

SAFETY SIGNS Hello there, this is Goke Akingbade( your safety guide) here again to update you on health and safety issues. Today we will be discussing about safety signs.In the Health and Safety profession, we deal with the use of a lot of signs.A safety sign is defined as a sign providing information or instruction by means of a notice, sign board or colour used to create awareness about safety. Safety signs fall into four groups, namely: (1) Mandatory signs. (2) Prohibitory signs. (3) Hazard or Warning sign. (4) Safety information sign(Emergency Exit and First Aid). So let’s go through them one by one.                             (1) MANDATORY SIGN : This is a sign providing information about specific behaviour or action which must be complied with (‘e.g hard hat must be worn or safety boots must be worn’).                               THE FEATURES OF MANDATORY SIGNS (a) Round shape. (b) A white pictogram on a blue background(with the blue part taking up atleast 50% of th
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THE RELEVANCE OF ERGONOMICS IN THE WORKPLACE

THE RELEVANCE OF ERGONOMICS TO THE WORKPLACE. Hello there, this is Goke Akingbade (your Safety Guide) welcoming you into the year 2014.                 Today we will be discussing about a very important topic as regards workplace safety and health. This article is about Ergonomics. Ergonomics is a system of designing workstations, work practices and workflow to match the abilities of the worker. It is important that your organization consider implementing an ergonomics program which will reduce the risk factors that your employees might be exposed to as a result of the kind of work they do.                                                                                                                                              Ergonomics can simply be defined as the science of fitting the job to the individual worker, also bearing in mind his work environment.                                                                                                                        
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