#HazardSpotting

#HazardSpotting is a community safety initiative to help raise awareness about workplace safety violations. Our readers submit photos, and we write a post with special guest insight from featured safety experts.

Think you’ve seen an unsafe work condition? Whether it’s construction, manufacturing, or food safety, we’ll investigate the hazard. Snap a picture and share your story with us by sending an email to the editor at Krissa (at) Smartsign.com.

Record snow removal injuries call attention to proper safety measures

Record snow removal injuries call attention to proper safety measures

| March 6, 2015

This winter has been undoubtedly brutal and, unsurprisingly, has led to an uptick in snow- and cold-related injuries among workers. Snow removal in particular has taken a serious toll on workers’ lives, calling attention to the need to revisit proper severe weather safety procedures. In Massachusetts, which has experienced the worst of the winter snowfall, two workers died while […]

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Home ladder safety woes #HazardSpotting

Home ladder safety woes #HazardSpotting

| February 17, 2015 | 0 Comments

#HazardSpotting is a community safety initiative that helps raise awareness about dangerous workplace safety violations. In our 17th edition, we’re examining home ladder safety in a dangerous icicle-removal scene in Boston. Up and down the northeast, temperatures are dipping into the negatives. Mother Nature has unleashed foot after foot of snow on cities across New England. We’d like to remind you […]

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‘Tis the season for holiday safety! #HazardSpotting

‘Tis the season for holiday safety! #HazardSpotting

| November 19, 2014

#HazardSpotting is a community safety initiative that helps raise awareness about dangerous workplace safety violations. Our audience submits pictures, and we write an article with insight from featured safety professionals. In our sixteenth edition, we’re examining holiday safety in a dangerous holiday lighting set-up scene with guest insight from our friend, Frank Fox. We’re entering […]

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Fire safety on the mean streets of Brooklyn! #HazardSpotting

Fire safety on the mean streets of Brooklyn! #HazardSpotting

| October 23, 2014

#HazardSpotting is a community safety initiative that helps raise awareness about dangerous workplace safety violations. Our audience submits pictures, and we write an article with insight from featured safety professionals. Hazards come in all forms, shapes, and sizes. We’ve discussed several safety shortcomings involving fall protection and prevention, personal protective equipment, and slips, trips, and […]

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How many safety violations can you find in this construction site? #HazardSpotting

How many safety violations can you find in this construction site? #HazardSpotting

| December 12, 2013

#HazardSpotting is a community safety initiative that helps raise awareness about dangerous workplace safety violations. Our audience submits pictures, and we write an article with insight from featured safety professionals. Our fourteenth installment is large-scale construction project. Along with our anonymous tipster, we welcome two construction safety experts, Max Everett and Brian Bennett, who conducted […]

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VIDEO: Missing fall protection on a flat roof! #HazardSpotting

VIDEO: Missing fall protection on a flat roof! #HazardSpotting

| November 20, 2013

#HazardSpotting is a community safety initiative that helps raise awareness about dangerous workplace safety violations. Our audience submits pictures, and we write an article with insight from featured safety professionals. This thirteenth post was spotted pretty close to home, and we were lucky to have a friend in the construction industry here in Brooklyn take a […]

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What’s wrong with this compressed gas cylinder? #HazardSpotting

What’s wrong with this compressed gas cylinder? #HazardSpotting

| October 1, 2013

#HazardSpotting is a community safety initiative that helps raise awareness about dangerous workplace safety violations. Our audience submits pictures, and we write an article with insight from featured safety professionals. In our twelfth edition, we’re examining transportation and storage hazards of compressed gas cylinders with guest insight from Frank Fox. Some things you stumble upon […]

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Spot the high rise construction hazards on this rooftop painting site #HazardSpotting

Spot the high rise construction hazards on this rooftop painting site #HazardSpotting

| September 12, 2013

#HazardSpotting is a community safety initiative that helps raise awareness about dangerous workplace safety violations. Our audience submits pictures, and we write an article with insight from featured safety professionals. In our eleventh installment, we’re examining a painting jobsite on the roof of a high rise. It’s unique to get such a clear view of a […]

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What fixed ladder hazards can you see? #HazardSpotting

What fixed ladder hazards can you see? #HazardSpotting

| August 28, 2013 | 0 Comments

#HazardSpotting is a community safety initiative that helps raise awareness about dangerous workplace safety violations. Our audience submits pictures, and we write an article with insight from featured safety professionals. In our tenth installment, we’re highlighting the ladder hazards in a building’s fixed roof access. We’ve spent a lot of time here at MySafetySign concentrating on […]

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What safety hazards do you see in this urban construction site? #HazardSpotting

What safety hazards do you see in this urban construction site? #HazardSpotting

| August 13, 2013

#HazardSpotting is a community safety initiative that helps raise awareness about dangerous workplace safety violations. Our audience submits pictures, and we write an article with insight from featured safety professionals. In our ninth installment, we’re highlighting the sidewalk scaffolding hazards in an urban construction zone. A few years ago I worked on an urban construction housing […]

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What crane construction hazards do you see? #HazardSpotting

What crane construction hazards do you see? #HazardSpotting

| July 17, 2013

#HazardSpotting is a community safety initiative that helps raise awareness about dangerous workplace safety violations. Our audience submits pictures, and we write an article with insight from featured safety professionals. In our eighth installment, we’re highlighting the crane hazards in a building construction zone. Cranes often inspire passersby to nervously look up, but when we took […]

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