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Fall Protection

What is fall protection? Fall protection system is the use of multiple, approved safety equipment components such as body harnesses, deceleration devices, shock absorbing lanyards, vertical lifelines, and anchorages, interconnected in order to stop a free fall. Each facility or factory must implement procedures to reduce or eliminate the risk of a fall or being struck by a falling object which must cover, as a minimum, the following: Full body harness is required for any unprotected height of 1.8 meters (6 feet) or greater. Fall protection equipment must be inspected before and after each use. Monthly fall protection equipment inspection. Proper maintenance, cleaning and storage of fall protection equipment. Proper use of fall protection systems. Proper handling, storage and securing of tools and material. Restricted access to areas where there is a risk of fall or falling material. Documented emergency procedures for removal of injured worker. Ladder safety must

Confined Space Procedure

Confined Space is any space that is large enough for an employee to enter, has limited means for entry and exit and is not designed for continuous employee occupancy (e.g. manholes, sewers, tunnels,boilers, storage tanks, pits). Confined space has 2 categories : A permit required confined space has one or more of the following characteristics: A potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere;   Material that can cause the engulfment of an employee;   An internal configuration that might cause an employee to be trapped or asphyxiated by inwardly converging walls or by a floor that slopes downward and tapers to a smaller cross section; or   Contains any other recognized serious health or safety hazard. A non-permit required confined space is a confined space that does not contain any hazard capable of causing death or serious physical harm, and has no atmospheric hazard, nor the potential for any atmospheric hazard. Confined Space Procedure : Each facility m

Bahaya Baju Baru

Mempunyai baju baru senang rasanya. Bagi anda yang baru membeli baju baru pasti rasanya mau langsung dipakai, tahukah anda bahwa memakai baju baru  yang belum dicuci berbahaya bagi kesehatan. Meskipun baju yang anda beli itu berasal dari mall yang mewah yang memang kelihatan bersihnya tetapi anda tetap perlu waspada dalam memakai baju baru yang belum dicuci. Apakah anda tahu bagaimana proses dalam pembuatan baju? Dalam proses produksi sebuah baju yang dimulai dari kapas yang kemudian diolah menjadi kain dan selanjutnya akan dijahit menjadi sebuah baju. Tetapi dalam proses tersebut banyak hal yang mempengaruhi kondisi baju tersebut sehingga bisa saja membahayakan bagi kesehatan. Sebelum di jahit biasanya kain disimpan di gudang, apabila dalam proses penyimpanan tersebut tidak baik maka baju kain tersebut akan menjadi sarang jamur yang tentunya akan membahayakan bagi kesehatan pengguna. Masuk ke proses menjahit biasanya baju dikerjakan oleh banyak tenaga kerja yang terkada

How To Create A Fire Management Plan

The basic goal of the fire management policies and plan at factory is to meet resource management objectives while safeguarding workers, stakeholder safety and private property. The step to create fire management plan is: Open a fire register Keep emergency contact no: Fire department, hospital, local police station. Also to be posted in a legible area of the office. Operations/administration- check equipments (expiry date). To be checked twice a year and updated in the register Form teams- fire fighting, evacuation, first aid (Manager to designate at least 2 people per team on a rotation basis of 6 months). Training – to be provided to all associates by local fire department or retired fire warden/marshal and/or Compliance team Conduct drill at least twice a year-register to be maintained. To inform Local Fire Department of due compliance. Means of escape- fire escape routes, location of fire equipment and aids to be shown to all associates and evacuation plan to be pos