– Articles For HR Professionals With Safety Responsibilities These days, we often find that HR professionals also have safety responsibilities – At many medium and small-sized companies, managers will wear two hats.  For example, the HR manager may be responsible for both HR duties and administering the occupational safety...

Canada does not have an OSHA.  Canada’s workplace safety and health standards are very different then the OSHA standards here in the USA.  In fact, the Canadian workplace OH&S regulations (and their enforcement) are better and more effective than what the USA is doing with their OSHA regulations. To...

With much of the USA stuck in the middle of a heat wave, we wanted to remind everyone that Safety Awakenings has three articles (below) on heat stress prevention.  Please be sure to tell others who also have employees working in hot environments about these free resources! Heat Stress Tips Heat Stress...

  Workplace Safety Talks Lovetoknow.com is a fun website to visit.  They claim to have “everything you’d love to know”.  One of the many subjects that they cover is workplace safety.   Lovetoknow.com has about 70, short, free workplace safety talks on a wide range of workplace safety and health subjects. ...

Our friends at Eastern Kentucky University recently contacted me and asked if I’d share an infographic they developed with you.  It’s entitled “The Current State of Workplace Safety in the U.S.“. Below is this excellent inforgraphic for your review.  It’s well done and contains lots of great information. Eastern Kentucky University Online

Who Does Work Safety The Best – USA or Canada? I have worked in the occupational safety and health field for over 40 years.   I worked in the USA for most of that time, although I did work extensively throughout Canada from 2000 – 2007.  For about five...

Below is this week’s “Safety App of the Week“.  Every Monday we publish an article that reviews and rates a new workplace safety app.  Our testing is done on Apple iPads and Samsung Galaxy Tab 3s.  We rate each app from ♥ to ♥♥♥♥♥ (♥♥♥♥♥ is the best).  Prior app of the...