Here’s an archive of all of our past articles! They’re as timely today as when they were first published.
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 week articles are archived here. R […]
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 week articles are archived here. Incident […]
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 high pressure steam yet I received no safety training […]
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. Exit doors opening to the outside […]
– 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 week articles are archived here. […]
Pallet racks are typically not dangerous equipment in warehouses, but if handled incorrectly, they can be very dangerous. There are many factors that can cause pallet rack accidents to happen and most of them are human error. We have created the below infographic to help warehouse workers realize the dangers that can come from simple […]
At many companies, the main safety emphasis is “OSHA Compliance”. But is complying with these governmental standards enough? By fully complying with governmental standards are you are doing everything necessary to reduce “disabling injuries” to your employees? The answer to both questions is – NO! Liberty Mutual in their “Research To Reality” newsletter […]
In the past, OSHA inspectors were not allowed access to insurance company safety inspection reports. Well that’s all been changed by some recent legislation. Now, the courts have given OSHA the legal right to see insurance company inspection reports. This means your OSHA fines and penalties could significantly increase if OSHA finds the same safety […]
Every occupational safety and health practitioner in the U. S. needs to keep up-to-date on the latest changes to the federal OSHA standards. This is not as onerous as you might think. OSHA standards remain relatively stagnant from year to year. There are actually very few broad and significant changes in any given […]
The OSHA website, www.osha.gov , is both wonderful and confusing. Wonderful because it has lots of great occupational safety and health resources on it. Confusing because there’s far too much stuff on it (thousands of pages), and once you get familiar with it they seem to completely change it’s layout and navigation. I used to […]