High-Visibility Safety Apparel is Critical in Work Zones Since SLS has recently offered all of us the opportunity to order High Visibility Safety Apparel, I thought the following article would help explain why SLS is concerned about your safety and wants to keep you safe. Bob (480) 651-3977 View All Posts
Lessons Learned If you don't think it's right, it probably isn't. View All Posts
Seven Basic Safe Rigging Practices Pre-planning your lift with everyone involved will ensure proper equipment and personnel are in place to make a safe lift. Always use proper rigging techniques when lifting loads. Rigging training for your operators is important. Rigging handbooks and proper equipment should be readily available. If there is any doubt about the safety of your equipment or lift, stop the hoist, lower the load, and report the condition to your supervisor. Conduct all lifting operations so that no one will be injured in the event of equipment failure. Use proper hand signals and communication with all workers involved with the lift. View All Posts
Consider These Risks When Driving A Crane or Hauling Heavy Equipment Safety procedures and best practices cannot just be limited to the construction site, you need to ensure safety even when on the road, hauling your expensive heavy equipment. View All Posts
Preventing Seasonal Flu is Easy with an Annual Flu Shot More19Flu shots are available at most Walgreens and CVS. Walk ins are usual accepted. If you have time in your schedule and you’re driving by one, run in get your shot. View All Posts
SLS Receives Safety Award Smiley Lifting Solutions has been awarded HIGHWIRES Gold Safety Award for being one of the safest companies in our industry. Highwire is a third-party safety compliance company that represents companies such as SRP, Amazon and large companies like them. Thank you to all of our employees for their diligence to make sure we all work safely. View All Posts
Safety Topic of the Week: Deep Frying Turkeys So you want to deep fry a turkey... View All Posts
Hands Down: Hand Safety Tips You Need to Know We have had a couple of hand injuries lately. Please review the article below for some helpful tips to prevent this. Cuts, sprains, strains, fractures, burns, amputations—these are all injuries that can occur on hands. How do you ensure that your workers protect their hands when performing their job duties? Do you encourage the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)? How else do you promote hand safety on the job? Because our hands are so important for work and for life, it’s important that your workers take the proper precautions to protect their hands from various hazards in the workplace. The Center for Construction Research and Training (CCRT) offers these safety tips: Always stay alert and focused on keeping your [...]
First Aid Basics That Provide a Good Safety Foundation OSHA does not strictly require every workplace to conduct first aid training, but they do strongly recommend that at least one employee be properly certified in first aid procedures, including CPR on adults. First aid training is available. If you want to take the class, contact Bob Haskins View All Posts
Drivers Vehicle Inspection Reports It's possible that most drivers have never read the guidelines associated with the requirements of the DVIR. The completion of this daily documents is not an optional item. The daily completion of this documents is a ADOT law and a SLS requirement as part of every driver's employment. Please read the guidelines below. If you have any questions, please call me. Bob Haskins (480)651-3977
