We are often asked what are our favorite workplace safety and health blogs.  In other words, when we visit other safety websites, where do we go?    Below are our eight favorite safety blogs. Phil La Duke’s Blog SafetyRisk.net HSE Updates DuraLabel’s Weekly Safety News Passion To Protect Advanced...

– 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...

  Don Merrell was a training manager and an EMT at a factory in Pocatello, Idaho.  He says that he wrote the poem, “I chose to Look the Other Way“, in an attempt to get fellow employees to take responsibility for both their own safety and also for the safety of others who work near them....

“Show Them You Care” Developing and maintaining a good working relationship with employees is an important part of every safety manager’s job. Employees don’t want to hear you talking about “reducing accident rates”, or worse yet “controlling accident costs”.  Such discussions will make them think that you only care about...

– Safety posters are a great way to remind workers of safety rules and  safe work practices.   To be effective: posters should be of  high quality, cover the same subject as your current safety meetings,  and not be left up for over a week or two.  If posted in a dirty area, have them...

Can you spot the safety hazards, unsafe acts, and OSHA violations in the below photo?   Jot down your answers, click on the photo, and compare your findings to ours.  – –Click here to view other “Safety Photos Of  The Week”

  If new employees will be operating machinery, tools, or equipment of any type, it is critical that the operating manual on that device be incorporated into the training curriculum.    Be sure to review an actual copy of the manufacturers operating manual with the trainee.   Often, operating manuals can be...