Do you have concerns about increasing workplace injuries in Canada? and want to know the ways these can be reduced or eliminated? If yes, this article is for you.
Unfortunately, Canadian worker’s compensation boards reported that 1027 workers died due to work-related fatuities in 2019 alone and over 150,000 workers got non-fatal injuries. Undoubtedly, the figures are alarming and need to be addressed.

To avoid all such accidents, it is important to use safety equipment on the sites. Firstly, one should have the realization that as a doctor, engineer, or factory worker, he should always be careful about safety otherwise the results can be dangerous. This is the reason experts suggest the use of different personal protection equipment. In this article, Q14 Collection has brought you the safety products a person needs to have at a job site to avoid any accident and damage.

1. Safety Shoes
It is very important to wear safety shoes when working on any site. Safety shoes make it easy for you to walk and keep your feet safe. Unfortunately, most of the injuries occur due to slipping and tripping. Proper footwear provides extra grip and prevention against heavy falling objects.

2. Safety Helmet
How often does it happen that things fall from a height and cause severe damage to the head of a person walking down? Wearing a safety helmet keeps you safe from falling objects from a height at the job site.

3. Reflective Jackets
One of the common causes of injuries and fatalities on-site is that the staff working at the scene of the accident do not receive timely notice of the accident. Therefore, always use high visibility reflective jackets so that you can be seen from a distance and you can be easily alerted.

4. Safety Gloves
Safety gloves are the basic need when you are welding or working on grinding machines, cutting machines, gas cutting machines. They provide you protection against vibrations, cuts by sharp, cold, and heat, bacteriological risks, and splashes and dilute chemicals.

5. Safety Glasses
The eyes are the most sensitive and fragile part of our body. Each day more than 500 workers sustain eye injuries worldwide. These injuries can be prevented by wearing proper safety glasses that can prevent brighter lights, radiations, and harmful particles during welding and other cutting and grinding operations.

6. Ear Plugs
Every year hundreds and thousands of workers lost their hearing just because of not using safety equipment. Always use comfortable earplugs and they will save your ears from unnecessary noise at the workplace and make it easy to complete your task efficiently.

7. Respiratory protection equipment
The need for respiratory protection equipment has never been that important in the past as it is today. The Corona Virus pandemic has multiplied its importance. During work, Dust particles and other harmful substances can cause irreparable damage to the body. So make it mandatory to use masks that can prevent you from both dust and Viruses and bacteria.

Author's Bio: 

Neil Smith is an experienced graphic designer, currently living in Ottawa Canada, who tries to bring a range of art and design disciplines to every project he works on. He has a bachelor’s in fine arts degree in graphic design from Carleton University. He loves fusing smart concepts with creative, and standard-based designs.