Using a Crane? Asses the RISK - Stop & Think

Injuries – Causes and Prevention 

Understanding the Risk

The risk of injury and damage in a crane accident is high because :

•  Working at heights involves potential energy . This is energy which something has because of its state. A load up high can turn its potential energy into Kinetic energy when it becomes a moving object if it falls.

•  Cranes overturn due to excessive moment..

Under European Directives, employers ( in concert with the work force) have to undertake a general review of the work site risks and control them as much as possible. This applies to cranes; just as it does to static plant. Normally five steps are taken:

1. Identify the Hazards (things which can cause harm)

2. Identify who might be harmed and why.

3. Evaluate the risks (the chance of hazard)& take precautions.

4. Record the findings.

5. Review the situation from time to time.

Causes of Injury

Most people are injured by being:

•  Run over by mobile cranes.

•  Struck by things falling off cranes.

•  Crushed when cranes topple.

10 Commandments of safety on site

Everyone is responsible for his/her safety and the safety of others. We should NEVER assume that our responsibilities are other peoples responsibility. we should always play our part in ensuring that we have  safe work place.

It only takes a Second.....

In Safety, we have a whole lot of regulations that provide for, Guide, Restrict, back, and so on, all in the name of ensuring a safe working environment for human, asset intergrity and safe work procedure.

But Regulations and Legislation's will not work by themselves, its a call to all of us, to put into practice those regulations.

It only takes a second for an accident to occur... want to be safe? safe guard yourself first

MDGs post 2015 Forum

Populary known as MDGs, the Mellinium Development Goals for kenya to be achieve by 2030, is still in its initail stages and in great hope of achieveing the vision 2030.

Maybe we should shed some light on what the MDGs Forum haboured.

The following are the MDGs:

MDG 1: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER
Recently, the Government elaborated a new development blueprint, the Vision 2030 that aims at making Kenya a newly industrializing, middle income country providing high quality of life for its citizens by the year 2030, through its Economic Social and Political Pillars. poverty reducing by 17% point decline in poverty.

MDG 2: ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
Free primary education saw the National Gross Enrolment in Primary School rise from 93% in 2002 to 107.7% in 2007 while the Net Enrolment Rate for 2006 was 86.5% attributed to the introduction of free primary education.

MDG 3: PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN
Policy and institutional arrangements have been strengthened in the gender sector to promote women participation in development, including the establishment of the ministry and commission in charge of gender issues. Affirmative action has also been introduced in the recruitment and promotions of personnel in the public sector

MDG 4: REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY

MDG 5: IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH

MDG 6: COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES

MDG 7: ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

MDG 8: DEVELOP A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT

Ergonomics

Ergonomics is the science of fitting the workplace conditions and job demands to the capabilities of the working population.

 Most students will often do this

Managers carrying assignments Home

Safe working posture

The goal of ergonomics is to make work more comfortable and to improve both health and productivity. To meet these goals, the capabilities and limitations of workers and their tools, equipment and furniture are considered in conjunction with how they relate to particular tasks.