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Safety First “ Safety must always come before the work”
If vehicle safety practices are not observed at your site, you risk being pinned between construction vehicles and walls, struck by swinging backhoes, crushed beneath overturned vehicles, you risk being struck by trucks or cars.
How Do I Avoid Hazards?
# Check vehicles before each shift to ensure that all parts and accessories are [...]
Due to the dynamic, rugged nature of construction work, normal use of electrical equipment at your site causes wear and tear that results in insulation breaks, short-circuits, and exposed wires [for [...]
Two men die after falling from ladders while working on Forth bridge and Tay rail bridge
Two workers have died after falls from the Forth Bridge and the Tay Rail Bridge, in unrelated incidents last night and this morning.
A man died around 6:40 this morning after a fall while working on the Tay railway bridge.
According to [...]
An innovative cardiac scanner will dramatically improve the process of diagnosing heart conditions. The portable magnetometer* is being developed at the University of Leeds.
With its unmatched sensitivity to magnetic fluctuations the device will detect a number of conditions, including heart problems in the fetus earlier than the diagnostic techniques currently available, such as ultrasound, ECG [...]
Researchers at the science of Earth Observation (EOS) group based at the Center for Space Research at the University of Leicester have published satellite images of the United Kingdom for a week in which most areas have been covered by snow.
The images were captured by the Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) on board the ENVISAT [...]
“Confined space” means an area which typically has limited openings for entry and exit, unfavorable natural ventilation which could contain contaminants from the air or produce dangerous and not for the continued occupation of employees. Confined spaces include but are not limited to storage tanks, compartments of ships, process vessels, pits, silos, vats, degreasers, reactors, [...]
Increased breast size is one thing some women report when they take estrogen in the form of birth control pills, estrogen replacement therapy or natural supplements. Since estrogen is the major feminine hormone in the human body, it may seem to make sense that taking more estrogen should cause breast growth. But as with other [...]
Natural disasters such as hurricanes and floods, can leave much debris. Some of this debris may be burned during cleaning. Smoke from these outdoor fires is unhealthy for you to breathe.
Smoke you may cause coughing. It can cause shortness of breath or chest tightness. It can also lift your eyes, nose or throat.
These problems [...]
Dioxins are a group of several chlorine based synthetic chemicals that exist in high levels of concentration in our environment. Our air, water and food supplies are just a few ways that dioxins get into the human body. Dioxin testing is an expensive complicated procedure, however If left untreated, these toxic compounds can cause a [...]
This Hummer got messed up. Barrelling over hilly dirt roads at high speed in a seemingly invincible truck you can roll! Hummers are supposed to be very hrda to roll, but these guys managed! The truck looks like it held up pretty good though.
