The LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation Law Center Powered by Larson’s recently announced the 2008 honorees for the LexisNexis Top 25 Blogs for Workers’ Compensation. The Safety Blog, published by Safety Services Company, was selected as a 2008 honoree.

Yesterday we talked about the first steps in eliminating and controlling electrical hazards in construction sites. This includes providing proper training and PPE to employees. We learned that ground fault electrical shock is the most common electrical hazard in construction sites. With grounding, you protect both employees and electrical equipment.

Are you an employee working in a factory or laboratory? Have you heard or encountered a Hazard Communication Program before? If so then you must be someone working with chemicals. Of course I’m not just talking about any kind of chemical here. I mean chemicals listed as hazardous substances. If you work with such chemicals, [...]

With electricity’s many wonders, jobs that usually take hours to finish can be accomplished in a matter of minutes. You can do anything from ironing clothes to washing dishes to preserving food. In worksites alone, electricity can be indispensable. It is used to drill holes, transport devices, weld metals, process food and heat chemicals. We [...]

Alright, time for a break from all the shocking news in the industry. Now I bring you another headline, banned OSHA videos from almost 30 years ago. We’ve always known OSHA as the official authority of safety and health in the U.S. But very few are aware of the fact that it produced and distributed [...]

The verdict is in. What used to be OSHA’s proposed penalty of $202,500 against two northwest Missouri companies is now a whopping $242,000. This is a result of an investigation initiated by OSHA after a worker of one of the cited companies died of asphyxiation. The companies cited for 42 safety and health violations are [...]

Just when you thought too many crane accidents have been happening recently, here comes another workplace incident making it to the headlines. This time, the site was a pump station in Dallas, Texas. The Crane Puzzle Last Thursday morning, a crane lowering a 9-ton pipe toppled, injuring two workers at Old Hampton Pump Station in [...]

There’s nothing charming about the number 5,488, considering that it’s the preliminary total of recorded fatal work injuries in the United States in 2007.  While it is one large figure, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) it’s a 6% decline from the 5,840 recorded fatalities in 2006.  It’s also the lowest annual fatality rate [...]