The state of Minnesota is implementing a new set of standards to reduce on job risk for window washers. The standard requires employers whose workers are suspended more than 14-feet above grade to have a comprehensive written safety plan and provide employee training for window-washing and building-maintenance activities. It also addresses and outlines worker safety [...]

Regulators issued 19 citations after an August fire and explosion left three workers dead and 10 acres burned in east Wyoming, the Associated Press reports. The explosion happened Aug. 29 as workers James Turner, Llewellyn Dort and Gerardo Alatorre, were installing pipe between storage tanks and a heater treater at a Samson Resource Company-operated oil [...]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed $318,000 in fines against Jenny-O Turkey Store, concluding the company was not doing enough to protect the safety and health of its employees after one worker severed his arm at the company’s Barron, Wis., turkey processing facility. The fines against Jenny-O, a Hormel subsidiary, come as a result [...]

We hear a ton of safety myths everyday that have no basis on research or facts. These consist of things that sound great that people say to get our attention. In many instance the people spewing these fantasies may even believe them themselves. However, as safety professionals we can’t live in a fantasy world, we [...]

A study of workers compensation claims across 38 states shows the average cost of a fall for roofers and carpenters is more than double the average cost of all other occupational classifications. The OSHA study, which looked at data from 2005-2007, found the average cost of falls from elevation at $106,000 for roofers, $97,000 for [...]

Ever since man picked up a rock more than 2 million years ago and used it break apart wood, bone and other objects the hammer was destined to become an integral tool in the construction of human society. Yet despite more than 2 million years of experience using hammering devices, mankind still suffers from hammer [...]

The United States Department of Occupational Health and Safety (OSHA) recently released a white paper affirming their belief that requiring all employers to maintain an Injury Illness Prevention Program (I2P2) will lead to both a decrease in occupational injuries and death and a cost savings for employers. To substantiate these claims the paper pulls from [...]

The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced the minimum hourly wage rates employers must pay H-2A workers in order to ensure wages of similarly employed U.S. workers are not adversely affected. The H-2A adverse effect wage rates are calculated for each occupation and location using the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s annual wages rates from its [...]

To facilitate the resolution of legal challenges filled against its new posting requirement, the National Labor Relations Board is postponing the effective date until April, 30 2012. The delay is the second in the past three months to a posting approved in Sept. 2011 that would require more than six million private-sector employers by the [...]

As the winter season progresses falling temperatures leave many workers across North America exposed to cold stress related injuries. These potential injuries include Hypothermia, frostbite, Trench Foot and Chilblains. To help your company prevent these injuries follow these simple tips. Ensure your employees wear loose-layered clothing to insulate the body and promote circulation. Make sure [...]