TagSafety

hump

hump  v.— « Some railroad workers don’t appreciate the general public wandering around in their yards. There’s a good reason for this. Quite a few idiots get killed every year when they wander behind or under a train while the cars are...

pour-over will

pour-over will  n.— «What your attorney probably has suggested is that you execute what is known as a pour over will. A pour over will essentially leaves all your property to your trust. The pour over will is sort of an estate plan’s...

sheetrockero

sheetrockero  n.— «It may be necessary to use spanglish if that is what workers use (e.g., sheetrockero, for a person who works with sheetrock).» —by Committee on Earth Resources National Research Council of the National...

bye-bye syndrome

bye-bye syndrome  n.— «Alec and Cameron are just two victims in what parents and child safety advocates call a growing trend of children being killed and maimed by vehicles—often their family’s own SUVs and minivans—backing out of...

hot work

hot work  n.— «The January 2006 explosion at the Bethune Point Wastewater Treatment Plant might not have happened if the city had a safety program specifying when “hot work,” using flames such as welding or torch cutting, could...

blisk

blisk  n.— «Aircraft engines can be damaged by foreign objects entering the engine and hitting the fast-spinning airfoils. Modern jet engines use integrally-bladed rotors, often known as blisks, which are made using materials of the...