These scenarios play out again and again. A company sets a safety goal, achieves it, holds a drawing or raffle and selects a winner. When one person wins, everyone else loses. It’s true that prize ...

As the demand for these stone and engineered stone countertop products has risen, so has the need for more workers and more production. Moreover, not only does natural granite contain silica, but ...

A fire can ravage a business, as one startling statistic makes clear: more than 75 percent of businesses that suffer a serious fire go out of business within three years of reopening. Businesses that ...

Class 1 SLMs measure sound over a wider frequency range and meet the requirements of IEC 61672-1:2002 or its equivalent. Typically, they are used for environmental, building acoustics or road vehicle ...

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, of the 1.1 million occupational injuries requiring at least one day away from work in 2008, more than 70,000 were head injuries. More than 60 percent ...

The key to making new software rollouts successful is good training. Coaxing and coaching employees toward new tech tools is about more than just using the software well; it’s also about change ...

To support this wide range of applications, CEN (the European Standards body) has developed a corresponding series of standards. Use of these standards assists glove manufacturers and suppliers in ...

The nitrogen gas leak at the Foundation Food Group in Gainesville, Ga. caused 130 workers to be evacuated from the facility, while six people were killed and 12 others were seriously injured. The leak ...

Looking at OSHA regulations around energized work, standard number 1910.333 speaks to de-energized parts. Section 1910.333 (a) (1) states, in part, “Live parts to which an employee may be exposed ...

Three U.S. Department of Transportation units published requests for comments in January 2018, input meant to help DOT define the requirements standards needed for efficient, safe Automated Driving ...

Outreach efforts by the Mexican Consulate to local Hispanic media outlets have helped OSHA deliver important safety messages to more than 750,000 Mexican nationals, Hispanic workers and employers in ...

The photo is a time capsule, a snapshot of the past and a reminder of how work used to be done without safety in mind. As you can imagine, back in 1932, there was no Occupational Safety and Health ...