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 [...]

Safety Services Company is proud to announce that we’ve been included among the 5000 fastest growing private companies in America. On Wednesday, August 20th 2008, Inc.com announced it’s annual list titled, “The Inc. 5000″. Safety Services Company was ranked 1,316.

Yesterday, we published an article about Cal/OSHA Chief Len Welsh’s clarifications on the Heat Illness Prevention Standard requirements. Providing enough water and adequate shade to employees seems simple but lately there has been a significant rise in the number of heat-related fatalities in California.
So far 11 farm workers lost their lives since the [...]

With the hot weather recently sweeping California, Cal/OSHA Chief Len Welsh advised employers to review and observe the requirements specified in the Heat Illness Prevention Standard. He also provided clarifications about the requirements as response to employers’ questions.
In 2006, the standard was codified as the new Section 3395 of Title 8 of the California Code [...]

Today comes a question regarding Sarcoidosis, I particularly like this question because, as you may have read in news recently, it is becoming more and more of an issue. TV and Movie Start Bernie Mac recently died as a result of struggling with Sarcoidosis. Wikipedia defines Sarcoidosis as: “an immune system disorder characterized by non-caseating granulomas (small inflammatory nodules) that most commonly arises in young adults.”

amantha Catalano from the Mesothelioma and Asbestos Awareness Center contacted me about some of the different resources and information they provide. The sites looks to be a great resource of information, namely the free informational packet they send out. Here’s some basic information for you.

Welcome to part three of our series on “Heat stress”. So far we have discussed what heat stress is, the various conditions resulting from heat stress, and what to look for if you’ve been in the sun too long. In this article I want to talk about prevention, as well as what to do if [...]

As the summer season approaches, those of you in the air-conditioning industry will be very busy, so I thought that I would do an article on “Legionnaires Disease”. It’s a very real hazard and potentially fatal if the proper precautions are not used. I know it’s not something that comes to mind as you go [...]

What is Carbon Monoxide and is it Poisonous?
We have all seen the news, or read in the papers, stories of people, entire families dying of carbon monoxide poisoning, their space heater had a leak and filled the home with the poison gas, the family was sleeping and never knew it. That is just one extreme [...]

Today’s blog entry comes from one of our in-house Safety Training and Injury Prevention Specialists, Patrick Brayton. Patrick has over 30 years of professional experience working in construction - and is one of our longest standing employees here at Safety Services.
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MRSA is becoming a workplace problem with increasing frequency. It needs to be [...]