Toolbox Talks

Safety Meeting Toolbox Topics and Tailgate Talks

Housekeeping

You can tell how safe a work area is just by looking at the housekeeping. A work area that looks fairly neat and clean, with unused equipment, tools, and materials stored in its proper place is usually a safe work area. An we all know that a safe work area is an efficient and productive work area.

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Bee Stings

Nearly everyone has been stung by a bee sometime in his/her life. For most people, it's a temporary experience involving pain and itching. Only a very limited portion of the population is allergic or hypersensitive to bee or wasp stings – one or two people out of 1,000.

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Asbestos Awareness

Just 50 years ago, asbestos was known as the "magic mineral". It's amazingly strong and fireproof, which is why it was used in thousands of different products. All kinds of building materials, automobile parts such as brake linings and clutch pads, insulation, and mastics were comprised of asbestos and other materials.

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Other Resources

Electrical Safety - How About Your Workplace

The National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH), studies electrocutions occurring between 1982 and 1994. The NIOSH researchers analyzed 224 electrocutions that resulted in 244 workplace fatalities. The information they learned provides valuable lessons for everyone that works with or around electricity.