September
2024

New Solutions at Work: LED Lights to Improve Equipment Visibility

What is it? Solutions-at-Work or “SAW” are individual ideas where a Member of the Mutual looked at an existing hazard and, through their employee’s years of experience, knowledge, or creativity, developed a Solution to the problem that eliminated or reduced the hazard to employees and the chance of injury.

Struck-by injuries occur from violent contact or impact between an object or piece of equipment and a person. Struck-by injuries can be fatal, and even when a worker is not seriously injured, these incidents can result in days off work to recover. Occupational struck-by incidents caused 150 deaths and 14,000 nonfatal injuries in 2020 across the United States.

Click here to read the entire SAW: LED Lights to Improve Equipment Visibility

The entire library is under the Safety Resources Library in the Safety Resources section.

If you have similar operations, please share this Operational Alert with operation managers, supervisors, equipment operators, and all affected employees. It is imperative that management, at all levels, review their operations for similar hazardous conditions, acts, and controls.

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