Tag: hearing protection

Business

Safety watch: Protecting your crews from hearing loss

Learn how to keep your crews safe with personal protective equipment and prevent hearing loss from job site hazards here on Total Landscape Care.

August 18, 2020

Business

Safety watch: Protecting crews from hearing loss

With "Better Hearing Month" being in May, landscapers are gaining a lot of attention due to their vulnerability to obtaining a hearing loss disability.

May 18, 2018

Business

3M introduces new wireless hearing protector for lawn and landscape crews

This hearing protector is designed to be lightweight and low profile, there are no cords or antennae, and it features a flexible headband to improve comfort.

September 8, 2017

Business

Don’t let crews laugh off the necessity of protective gear

For landscapers, though, using the right personal protective equipment (PPE) can go a long way toward mitigating the danger -- and OSHA requires it of employers.

January 7, 2016

Business

Contractors Rescued After Cave-In

While installing concrete fillings in Hope Hull, Alabama, Wednesday, two contractors became trapped under dirt when the area caved in. Rescue crews were able to pull the men out alive, and they have both been airlifted to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

April 25, 2013

Safety

Handheld Equipment

Smart ways to work with everyday tools. The accident: A landscaping crewmember using gas-powered hedge trimmers is clipping a shoulder-height row of bushes along a property line. Deciding to take a break about halfway down the row, he steps back and prepares to lower the trimmer, which feels heavy to him at this point.

March 2, 2012

Safety

Chainsaw Safety

Chainsaws can turn deadly if you don’t receive and follow proper training.

January 6, 2012

Safety

Safety watch: Hearing loss

Protect yourself from noise-induced hearing loss. The accident: A 28-year-old landscaper uses a chainsaw and leaf blower to maintain his client’s residential lawn and landscape. He normally wears hearing protection but forgets his earmuffs and spends an entire day working without them. That night he senses a buzzing and roaring in his ears.

September 1, 2011