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A company that solely tracks lagging KPIs and has low incident rates, while positive, leaves the organization with very little data to analyze and help predict future decisions.

Why the Construction Industry Needs to Adopt Leading Indicators

Continuous improvement and evolution of leading indicators will help your organization continuously improve safety records and reduce risks.

For a company to provide a proper rescue plan, one must first look at the rescue considerations provided by OSHA

A Fall Protection Guide to Working at Heights

Waiting until the victim has fallen and is waiting to be retrieved is the wrong time to be making decisions about how to safely get the worker down.

In general, extension cords should not exceed 100 feet in length. If the job requires more than a 100-foot distance, a temporary power distribution box is required. (Tower Manufacturing Corporation photo)

Five Simple Extension Cord Rules to Improve Work Site Safety

Identifying GFCI use with extension cords is one of the best and easiest steps when inspecting a job site for safety.

Why So Many Dog Attacks?

State Farm paid more than $118 million as a result of 3,181 dog-related injury claims in 2015.

Working at height, lone workers who fall and are unable to self-recover have a poor chance of a good outcome if they are undetected. (Fall Safety photo)

What Happens After the Fall?

In the absence of automated fall detection, a buddy system, along with a mindful approach where workers remain aware of each other, is called for because an undiscovered victim is a tragedy in the making.

Because faces come in many shapes and sizes, workers may need to try on a variety of models and/or sizes for their PPE in order to find a combination that is acceptable. (3M Personal Safety Division photo)

Understanding Requirements of an OSHA Respiratory Protection Program

If there is no way through engineering or administrative controls to get exposure to acceptable levels, respiratory protection must be provided.

This photo from the final report of the Major Incident Investigation Board shows the Buncefield depot after the explosion. (Photo is © Chiltern Air Support)

Texas City and Buncefield: Will We Ever Learn?

These incidents evoked a paradigm shift in organizational behavior and influenced the creation and enforcement of new legislation to prevent similar situations from happening.

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Six Tips for Health Care Facilities and Labs to Ensure GHS Compliance

Flexible, lower-cost options enable printing durable, appropriately-sized GHS, HMIS, NFPA, or hybrid labels on demand for smaller “down-packed” chemical container labels.



Reducing the hazards of working at height starts with the correct personal fall protection equipment, combined with the proper training, risk assessment, and safety culture required to form a complete fall protection safety system for both the work application and environment. (Honeywell Industrial Safety photo)

Working at Height: Fall Protection Safety Starts with the Correct Equipment

Tempting as it may seem in the “real world,” fall protection choices should never be influenced by convenience alone.

The July 2014 explosion of a propane tank on a food truck in Philadelphia prompted passage of the new Washington state permit and inspection law.

Washington State's Food Truck Permit Law Now in Effect

Beginning June 21, 2016, food trucks in the state need to have a permit and inspection from the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries.

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