Imagine living in the age of holos where you have the option to work from home every single day of your life. Of course you can travel and go on a vacation anytime because you’d always be virtually “on the field” or present wherever it is that you have to work. Just think about [...]

Something’s brewing again within the four walls of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This time it concerns the proposed rulemaking on electric power generation, transmission and distribution work, as well as electrical protective equipment. But this process is not exclusive to OSHA members and officials.

The agency recently invited the public [...]

Good news for everyone in the safety industry! The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently reported that there was a decline in the rate of workplace injuries and illnesses in the private industry for 2007. This is the fifth consecutive year that the safety industry saw a decline in this significant figure.
According [...]

Safety professionals, listen up! Here’s an opportunity to share your knowledge about occupational safety and health to the world. The International Labour Organization (ILO), a UN specialized agency, is compiling the fifth edition of its “Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety”. They are currently in need of thousands of safety professionals who can help them [...]

The year 1988 saw the ratification of the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. This act requires all states to have a written emergency operations plan (EOP) to qualify for some federal funding.

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But after 20 years and amidst all the fatalities swamping workplaces across the country, nearly half of [...]

Every workplace has its own battles. A misconception among some employers, though, is that there’s a battle between safety and profitability in every company. Believe it or not, when times are tight, cutting down training budget is the first option of some employers.
But this belief is nothing more than a misconception. Just [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Just yesterday, another company was cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for multiple violations. The company is East Syracuse, an automotive parts manufacturer in New York.

OSHA proposed a penalty totaling to $145,350 for 65 alleged serious violations of safety standards. Two among these alleged violations are missing or unlit [...]

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 [...]