Safety Banners: Quality Banners for American Industry.

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Quality in the manufacturing process is an important cost saver and customer keeper. Safety Banners can help.

Quality is important to businesses but can be quite hard to define. A good definition of quality is:

“Quality is about meeting the needs and expectations of customers”

Customers want quality that is appropriate to the price that they are prepared to pay and the level of competition in the market.

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Key aspects of quality for the customer include:

Good design - looks and style

Good functionality - it does the job well

Reliable - acceptable level of breakdowns or failure

Consistency

Durable - lasts as long as it should

Good after sales service

Value for money

‘Value for money’ is especially important, because in most markets there is room for products of different overall levels of quality, and the customer must be satisfied that the price fairly reflects the quality.

Why quality is important to a growing business

Good quality helps determine a firm’s success in a number of ways:

Customer loyalty - they return, make repeat purchases and recommend the product or service to others.

Strong brand reputation for quality

Retailers want to stock the product

As the product is perceived to be better value for money, it may command a premium price and will become more price inelastic

Fewer returns and replacements lead to reduced costs

Attracting and retaining good staff

These points can each help support the marketing function in a business. However, firms have to work hard to maintain and improve their reputation for quality, which can easily be damaged by a news story about a quality failure.

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Safety Banners for Personal Protection Equipment (PPE).

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Safety Banners for Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) Use - Horizontal – Vertical – we do BOTH. SafetyBanners.Org is the ONLY safety banners manufacturer that offers PPE safety banners in BOTH Horizontal AND Vertical Format.

What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?

Personal protective equipment, commonly referred to as "PPE", is equipment worn to minimize exposure to serious workplace injuries and illnesses. These injuries and illnesses may result from contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards. Personal protective equipment may include items such as gloves, safety glasses and shoes, earplugs or muffs, hard hats, respirators, or coveralls, vests and full body suits.

What can be done to ensure proper use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?

All personal protective equipment should be of safe design and construction, and should be maintained in a clean and reliable fashion. It should fit well and be comfortable to wear, encouraging worker use. If the personal protective equipment does not fit properly, it can make the difference between being safely covered or dangerously exposed. When engineering, work practice, and administrative controls are not feasible or do not provide sufficient protection, employers must provide personal protective equipment to their workers and ensure its proper use. Employers are also required to train each worker required to use personal protective equipment to know:

When it is necessary

What kind is necessary

How to properly put it on, adjust, wear and take it off

The limitations of the equipment

Proper care, maintenance, useful life, and disposal of the equipment

If PPE is to be used, a PPE program should be implemented. This program should address the hazards present; the selection, maintenance, and use of PPE; the training of employees; and monitoring of the program to ensure its ongoing effectiveness.

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Safety Banners for Lifting Properly.
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Using proper lifting techniques prevents lifting back injuries! Safety Banners Can help.

Lifting properly is a very important aspect of preventing back problems. Preventing back injuries is a major challenge for employers. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than one million workers suffer back injuries each year. Typically, back injuries account for 20% of all workplace injuries and illnesses, and one-fourth of all compensation claims are a result of back injuries. The pain and discomfort of back injuries can have a dramatic change in employee productivity.

A Bureau of Labor Statistics survey shows that four out of five back injuries were to the lower back, and that three out of four occurred while lifting. This survey shows the importance of reducing back injuries caused by lifting. Although no approach has completely eliminated such injuries, a substantial portion could be prevented by incorporating an effective control program along with an ergonomics analysis and design of work tasks.

OSHA has evaluated ways to help prevent lifting injuries. They specify two types of controls: engineering and administrative.

Engineering controls are used to redesign the workstation to minimize lifting hazards. Administrative controls include carefully selecting and training workers, so that they can perform their jobs safely.

Suggested administrative controls include:

Strength testing of existing workers: Studies have shown strength testing can prevent up to one-third of all work-related injuries. Through the strength-testing process, employers can discourage employees from performing tasks that exceed their strength capacities.

Physical conditioning or stretching programs - - These programs are implemented to reduce the risk of muscle strain.

Training - - Employees should be trained to utilize proper lifting techniques that place minimum stress on the lower back.

How To Lift Safety:

Before lifting, take a moment to think about what you are about to do. Examine the object for sharp corners, slippery spots or other potential hazards. Know your limit and do not try to exceed it. Ask for help if needed. Or if possible, divide the load to make it lighter. Know where you are going to set the item down and make sure the destination and your path are free of obstructions. Then follow these steps.

1. Stand close to the load with your feet spread shoulder width apart. One foot should be slightly in front of the other for balance.

2. Squat down bending at the knees (not your waist). Tuck your chin while keeping your back as vertical as possible.

3. Get a firm grasp of the object before beginning the lift.

4. Slowly begin straightening your legs, lifting slowly. Never twist your body during this step.

5. Once the lift is complete, keep the object as close to the body as possible. If the load's center of gravity moves away from your body, there is a dramatic increase in stress to the lumbar region of the back.

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