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"Safety First" reminder on the ladder of a railcar in the CPR Winnipeg Yard from the Slaw Rebchuk Bridge
This image is excerpted from a U.S. GAO report:
www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-330
WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH: Multiple Challenges Lengthen OSHA's Standard Setting
Note: For the purposes of this analysis, we considered a standard to be initiated on the date OSHA publicly indicated initiating work on the standard in the Federal Register, by publishing a Request for Information or Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. In cases where OSHA mentioned neither of these in the final rule, we used the date the standard first appeared on OSHA’s semiannual regulatory agenda. We considered a standard to be finalized on the date it was published in the Federal Register as a final rule.
aThese two health standards were wholly invalidated either by court decision or congressional action. Parts of other standards may have been invalidated but such analysis is beyond the scope of our review."
Use Brady’s ToughStripe corner floor marks to mark pallet storage areas. Corner floor marks are a 5S practice that indicate where items within a facility should be stored, or returned to, to maintain workflow. For areas with heavy traffic, using corner floor marks can outline a space but are less likely to be damaged by a forklift or pallet.
At the end of August, Minister of Labour, Citizens’ Services & Open Government Margaret MacDiarmid visited several businesses across the lower mainland to get a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by both workers and employers. Pictured here during a visit at Houweling’s Tomatoes in Delta on August 28th is Minister MacDiarmid sampling hydroponic tomatoes grown on the vine with President and CEO Casey Houweling.
Safety labels are visual signs that will show employees what to do, or where to go, in case of an emergency and also identify where emergency tools are located, like fire extinguishers and other firefighting equipment.
As part of the 5S workplace organization practice, Brady's experts suggest using black-and-white striped floor tape to mark areas to be kept clear for operational reasons. Black-and-white striped floor tape indicates areas that should be kept clear for operational purposes that aren’t related to safety and compliance.