Let’s be real, safety is awesome, especially when it saves lives Forget the snooze-fest safety talks from orientation. Workplace safety isn’t just a corporate checkbox, it’s your backstage pass to a long, injury-free career. Whether you’re swinging hammers or crunching data near high-voltage panels, knowing how to avoid OSHA’s “greatest hits” of hazards is essential. …
Let’s get one thing straight, HAZWOPER isn’t just another government acronym collecting dust. It’s the reason people who deal with hazardous substances go home in one piece. OSHA enforces it, and if you’re working around toxic spills, chemical fires, or anything that can turn your lungs into a science experiment, you need this training. It’s …
A well-thought out and implemented workplace safety training program has benefits far beyond a reduction in workplace injuries. With fewer injuries comes fewer worker’s compensation claims, meaning less paperwork and lower insurance premiums. Worker morale improves in a safe environment and workplace productive increases. These are all excellent reasons for establishing your own training program, …
Check out this snazzy GHS infographic that gives you the lowdown on what’s shaking with the shift from the old MSDS to the new SDS under the Globally Harmonized System (GHS). This transition means that chemical safety info is now speaking the same language worldwide—thanks to the consistent use of Safety Data Sheets, chemical labels, …
With the new adaptation of GHS or a Globally Harmonized System, companies that deal heavily with hazard communication will need to convert. OSHA states that “the SDS includes information such as the properties of each chemical; the physical, health, and environmental health hazards; protective measures; and safety precautions for handling, storing and transporting the chemical. …
Slips, trips, and falls are a safety risk that are prevalent in most industries and workplaces. The severity of their danger depends on the industry and the job, but one small slip, trips or fall can cause a serious injury which leads to risks of legal liability, lost production time, and absences. On top of that, …
Workplace safety is not something that can’t be achieved, and it’s something that should be constantly improved so our workers return home safely at the end of each workday. Workplace safety starts by knowing just how important it is, which is broken down in the workplace safety statistics in this infographic. It states that: 66 …
Workplace injuries happen more often than we think they do. In fact, every 7 seconds, a worker is injured on the job. That’s a pretty daunting statistic and the more we neglect workplace safety, the more we contribute to those numbers instead of reducing them. The National Safety Council has derived this colorful infographic that …
Slips, trips, and falls are a safety risk that are prevalent in most industries and workplaces. The severity of their danger depends on the industry and the job, but one small slip, trips or fall can cause a serious injury which leads to risks of legal liability, lost production time, and absences. On top of that, …
