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Category Archives: Workplace Safety & Health
Site Manager’s Role In Getting The Safety Message Across To Those Who Need It
Take a look at the site manager’s role in getting the safety message across to those who need it most at the job site. http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cygnus/ipaf_201208/#/10
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Tagged Construction Productivity & Capability Fund, Construction Safety, CPCF, fall prevention, galmon, International Powered Access Federation, IPAF, ministry of manpower, mobile elevated work platform, MOM, OSH, productivity, safety, safety message, safety precautions, safety tips, site manager, WAH, work at height, working at height, workplace safety, workplace safety and health council, WSH, wshc
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Make Good Health & Safety An Integral Part Of Your Organisation’s Culture This Year
A new year gets us thinking about a fresh start, doesn’t it. And invariably, it’s our behaviour that we resolve to change – living a healthier lifestyle, doing more for charity or setting more time aside to meet friends, for … Continue reading
Fall Prevention Plan
Implementing A Fall Prevention Plan A fall prevention plan is a site specific plan that is designed to be integrated into the Safety and Health Management System. It provides a systematic approach towards eliminating or reducing the risk of falling from height … Continue reading
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Tagged code of practice for working safely at height, competent person, fall prevention, fall prevention policy, fall protection plan, health management system, prevention plan, work at heights, workplace safety, Workplace Safety and Health, workplace safety and health council, workplaces, WSH, WSH Council
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15 Minutes to Protect Your Business & Save a Life
Article By: Michael Roth, mroth@rermag.com For the past four or five years we have devoted our March issue of RER to the topic of aerial safety, and we’re doing it again with this issue. Why the focus on aerial safety … Continue reading
Public Consult on Work-At-Heights (WAH) Approved Code of Practice
Fatal falls is the leading cause of workplace deaths in Singapore – with over 100 workers killed within the last five years. To achieve our vision of safe and healthy workplaces, preventing such falls is a critical link. Working at … Continue reading
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Tagged code of practice, competency framework, COP, CP, draft regulations, elevated work platforms, fall prevention, fall prevention plan, industry consultation, ministry of manpower, prevention plan, public consultation, roofs, WAH, working at height, working at heights, workplace deaths, workplace safety, workplace safety and health council, wshc
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Working At Heights Competency Framework to Enhance Industry Capabilities
Working at heights (WAH) has been a major concern in Singapore as it is the leading cause of workplace death. The last five years has seen more than 100 workers die from fatal falls and this year so far, 16 … Continue reading
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Tagged accredited training provider, ATP, CDA, competency training, curriculum development advisories, Dr Leong Chee Chiew, fall prevention, landscape, ministry of manpower, MOM, national competency framework, personal fall arrest, personal fall arrest system, PFAS, prevention plan, WAH Competency Framework, WAH Forum, WAH practices, work at heights, working at heights, workplace safety, workplace safety and health council, WSH
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10 Ways to Reduce Risk When Working in Confined Areas
Using Mobile Elevated Work Platforms (MEWPs) close to overhead obstruction involves additional risks that must be assessed and managed to keep operators safe. Her’s 10 ways to reduce risk when working in confined areas. 1. Plan your route, keeping a … Continue reading
Galmon is bizSAFE Partner
Galmon Singapore has been awarded bizSAFE Partner status by the Workplace Safety & Health (WSH) Council of Singapore. As a bizSAFE Partner, Galmon commits to motivate its vendors and contractors to improve their WSH performance by similarly embarking on the … Continue reading
Galmon is a WSH Advocate
Galmon has successfully implemented the WSH Advocate Programme!!! The WSH Advocate Programme is a voluntary programme which companies of any size can adopt in-house, to create support for workplace safety and health (WSH) across all levels of the company. Company which … Continue reading
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Tagged advocate, galmon, healthy environment, productive workplace, workplace safety, Workplace Safety and Health, workplace safety and health council, WSH, WSH advocate, WSH advocate programme, wshc
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Padding Your Odds of Being Safe
Using outrigger pads can help put a machine on firmer footing. Mike Larson explains more in his article in Lift and Access, September/October 2012 issue.
