Housekeeping order is "maintained" not "achieved." Cleaning and organization must be done regularly, not just at the end of the shift. Integrating housekeeping into jobs can help ensure this is done.

While you may not work an industry such as healthcare where exposure to bloodborne pathogens is a major concern, you should still be aware of how to prevent exposure. Whether at home or at work, the potential to have to provide first aid or clean up potentially infectious materials in your lifetime is high. Protecting yourself from exposure to bloodborne pathogens needs to be your first concern when dealing with potentially infectious materials.

If we breathe silica dust and particles into our lungs often enough and long enough, we can get a disease caused silicosis.

Silicosis is a disabling, progressive, non-reversible, and often deadly lung disease. You may show no symptoms in the early stages and severe breathing problems in the later stages.

Exposure to lead is most common among plumbers, welders, painters, and demolition workers. You are most at risk when there’s lead dust, fume, or vapour in the air.

Severe lead poisoning may cause much more serious symptoms such as anemia and kidney, nerve, and brain damage. It has also caused miscarriages and stillbirths in pregnant women and reduced sperm count in men.

The best-case scenario is that you are never part of having to respond to an emergency or give assistance to an injured coworker. For many workers this unfortunately will not be the case. At some point it is very likely you will have to play a role in getting assistance for an injured coworker. Understand ahead of time what the plan is for different injuries. Make sure you have a backup plan if the go-to plan will not work. This knowledge can make the difference in saving a coworker’s life