Whether it is hauling bricks, sand, gravel, tiles or concrete, wheelbarrows are very helpful in carrying a small amount of heavy objects and materials and moving them from one place to another. Workers must be trained not only in the proper way to use wheelbarrows, but also in wearing the right kind of personal protective [...]

Bring out your respirators and gas masks, everyone! The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries recently warned the public about the threats of carbon monoxide (CO) at the workplace. The Department particularly called upon employers to reduce the hazards of CO poisoning. The message came shortly after the recent incident involving about a [...]

In the past month, we ran 13 articles that offer tips and safety measures for eliminating and controlling different hazards in the workplace. From blindness and bone fractures to impalement and explosions, the compilation of tips below can save you from almost every possible danger on the job. Just click on a title to [...]

Data from the U.S. Department of Labor reflects that women are more likely than men to get injured in tech workplaces. Women might consider wearing more comfortable shoes to work upon learning that many of the reported injuries involved strains, sprains, and bruises involving the floor and other ground surfaces. The data also showed [...]

We always stress the importance of training employees to maintain and improve their safety in the workplace. In the past months we’ve featured articles on training in heat stress prevention, operating forklifts, working around agricultural chemicals, arc-welding, responding to fall emergencies, etcetera, etcetera. But even “training” is too general a term.

Do [...]

North Georgia was the site of another fatality last Saturday after a man got trapped by lumber at a Rabbittown store in Hall County. Fire Marshal Scott Cagle said the 37-year old employee was pronounced dead at the scene after the shelf he was putting lumber on gave way.
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office determined the [...]

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. [...]

Train passengers and employees can now expect better safety with the much-awaited reforms on rail safety rules getting approved last Thursday. At least this is true for Los Angeles as the board of Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) unanimously approved the adoption of new safety measures.

The September 12 train crash that killed [...]

Just last week, another occupational accident left a worker suffering from severe burn injuries. This happened while he was filling a tank of a chainsaw at the Martin Luther King Jr. on Mesa Drive. The burns covered 50% of the worker’s legs. He was flown to the UCSD Medical Center right after [...]

Wednesday is voting day for Washington as the House is expected to finalize a deal that merges different rail safety bills passed by legislators. The deal would create the first major updates on rail safety rules since the adoption of the Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 1994.

A provision of the deal requires the [...]