In a perfect world, employees don’t have to worry about breaking their shoulder bone, falling off scaffolds, or catching a grave lung disease. They’d be provided with excellent training not only once but regularly.
Besides being comfortable and self-cleaning, their PPE could be worn in a matter of seconds and would have built-in [...]
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. [...]
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Those big moving monsters, called cranes and found in construction sites in the busy metropolis are safe. After all, they are huge enough to be held accountable for their performance. There are also highly intelligent engineers who check on them every time. So, yes, I’m sure they are safe. Crane operators are directed by federal [...]
As of April 30th, 2008 two new directors have been appointed to key positions with OSHA
Steven Witt was appointed Director of OSHA’s Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs. Witt has served and held several key positions with OSHA and the Department of Labor since 1972, most notably as the Director of the Directorate of [...]
NAOSH week was first launched in June of 1997; Canada has been running it 10 years prior to that. In 1997 the United States and Mexico joined in. Canada has been a great help to both countries in their support and experience in occupational health and safety. NAOSH week helps to bring safety and health [...]
A common mind set for many small construction companies and independent contractors is that they do not see a need for a safety program, because they have so few employees. Luckily every year OSHA Posts it’s compilations of top citations and dollar amounts per inspection. I want you to [...]
OSHA has launched a sub-site dedicated completely to providing safety information for the working teenagers of the US. What is already there is full of great information and it’s all posted in an easy to read format. The current content includes a Teen Safety Fact Sheet and an article on Building a [...]
I would like to talk a little about crane safety. I know that what I am enclosing is common knowledge to you, and hopefully they are things you use in your everyday duties. I just want to give you a refresher on some things, and maybe a few things you don’t know.
The hazards are many, [...]
Let’s go over a few things about the word “whistleblower”. Let’s look at the media; they portray it as David v. Goliath, the lowly hourly employee bringing down the big corporation. They make a big fuss; the poor person is paraded around like a circus clown, when he should be congratulated for a job [...]
