– For those of you in the USA, please remember that a company should be very careful before terminating any employee who has an open workers compensation claim.  Doing so could greatly increase the cost of the claim.  If you feel compelled to terminate an employee with an open...

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

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...

OSHA started in 1971.  I’m old enough to remember what it was like “before OSHA”.  In the 1960’s I was a young man in junior high and senior high school.  I worked three different jobs:  construction, food manufacturing, and janitorial.  Back in then: I worked with dangerous chemicals, giant production machinery, and...

Each calendar year, from February 1 through April 30, USA employers must post their OSHA form 300A  (aka “Summary of Work-Related Injuries & Illnesses”).   Please remember that it must be signed by “an executive of the company”.  I have known of cases where employers were cited because the safety or...

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

I live in northern Wisconsin USA.  During January we had allot of snow fall.  Factories up here in the snow belt need to promptly remove snow from certain areas soon after a heavy snowfall.  Below are a few photos showing they types of hazards accumulations of snow can cause....