Through an Alliance Program, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is set again to produce a series of training resources on motor vehicle safety, material handling, and slip, trip and fall hazards. The training resources will be specifically designed for employers and employees in the landscape services industry.
This project is a collaboration [...]
Whoever said shipfitting tasks are easy either knows nothing about the maritime industry or refers to creating mini vessels with Lego blocks. Like other workplaces, shipyards are the site of different accidents caused by shipfitting in vessel construction and repair.
Thankfully, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) launched its new resource especially for the [...]
A case study developed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and The Dow Chemical Company Alliance shows how Dow’s contractors reduced their recordable injury rate by more than 90 percent at Dow’s Freeport, Texas facility.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) expressed its concern about the increasing number of transportation accidents caused by fatigue. Just recently, they disclosed that fatigue was the probable cause of the 2005 Wisconsin collision that killed 5 people and injured 35 others.
Two Vehicles, One Major Collision
The collision involved a motorcoach and a truck-tractor semitrailer. [...]
Fall hazards topped the list of most cited violations in New York in a two-week enhanced enforcement effort performed by OSHA this past summer. By randomly selecting construction sites throughout the city, OSHA was able to achieve a cross-section of high-risk construction activities that included high-rise construction, steel erection, tower cranes, poured-in-place concrete [...]
Just two days ago, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) disclosed the two new modules in their Hospital eTool.
One is the surgical module which now provides updated information about laser safety, bloodborne pathogens, waste anesthetic gases, and other topics related to workplace safety and health in surgical suites.
The other is [...]
Machines account for hundreds of injuries in the workplace every year. For this reason, employees must secure machines to prevent them from causing injuries and fatalities.
No I’m not talking about using tagout, lockout and blockout procedures here. Instead, I’d like to discuss the importance of machine guards in the [...]
Searching for forklift safety guidelines does not have to be daunting. Just yesterday, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released the Powered Industrial Trucks (Forklift) eTool, their latest Web-based training tool. Now you don’t have to search the Internet over for information about forklift safety operations.
This eTool focuses on forklifts commonly used [...]
It seems even industrial giants such as Pepsi-Cola are falling victim to recent to the #5 most commonly cited violation : Lockout/Tagout procedures.
The Beverage Company based out of Pennsauken, NJ was recently given a hefty fine totaling in $195,000.
Everyone’s supposed to know how important it is to wear proper PPE in their work sites. But it seems that not all employers live this out. Many are still guilty of providing improper PPE to their employees or, worse, nothing at all.
Just last year, HEAD PROTECTION alone ranked 7th in the TOP 10 [...]
