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NORM: Awareness
Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) includes all radioactive elements found organically in the environment. These materials exist in low, non-hazardous levels all around us. However, the extraction and production of oil, natural gas, or minerals may cause NORM to accumulate in hazardous concentrations. NORM: Awareness reviews the hazards and proper safety procedures associated with NORM.
Winter Storm Safety Checklist
Winter storms can range from a moderate snow over a few hours to a blizzard with blinding, winddriven snow that lasts for several days. Some winter storms are large enough to affect several states, while others affect only a single community. Many winter storms are accompanied by dangerously low temperatures and sometimes by strong winds, icing, sleet and freezing rain.
Best Practices in Wind Farm Safety
The wind energy industry is the fastest- growing segment of renewable energy production. Both wind turbine installation and turbine maintenance are high risk tasks and safety considerations must be a main priority.
Load and Transport
Volume 9 in Caterpillar’s Safety Basics video series, this 2007 video demonstrates the safest ways to load and transport Caterpillar machines.
Shell Safety Alert: Carson Terminal Crushed Finger
Lake Peigneur Disaster
Long Island Railroad Safety Commercial
Train Town Video Productions is proud to present a commercial by the MTA Long Island Railroad. We highly recommend all people to use caution around railroad crossing gates.
California DMV – Rules of the Road #2 – Vehicle Safety
Delta Safety Video for Air Travel
The dark side of solar and wind power projects
They can look benign from a distance — solar panels glistening in the sun or turbines gently churning with the breeze to produce electricity for hundreds of thousands of homes. But building and maintaining them can be hazardous.
ReadPreventing Harm from Sodium Hydrosulphide
BP Refinery Explosion Pics and Re-enactment Video
Hazards of Nitrogen Asphyxiation
Refinery Safety, Texas City BP Explosion
Hydrogen sulphide is a deadly gas
Boating Top 60 Safety Tips
California Aqueduct Safety
Coast Guard Beach Safety
Boating Safety Tips
Bike Helmet
Safety Tips for Boating
- Learn to swim. Sooner or later, you’re going in, and you don’t want to have to rely on a life preserver or a passenger. Read
Ethylene Oxide Explosion in Ontario CA
Deaf to the Danger: Packing Plant Scenario
Earbuds are not part of the job. They isolate you from your work environment and workplace hazards. This video demonstrates the dangers associated with wearing earbuds on the job in a packing plant. (1 min 25 s)
The fate of Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon Drill Rig in the Gulf
Tether or tie off objects that can swing
Tools at height can be lethal bombs
Wild Well Blowout
US Coast Guard sets fire to oil leaking in Gulf
Perilous business of offshore oil drilling
The explosion and fire this week aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico is a stark reminder of the dangers inherent in the offshore drilling industry. The BBC’s Daniel Nasaw examines the safety record.
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