Across all industries, different mechanical components and materials need to undergo rigorous testing to ensure they won’t fail when being used. If they do, further developments need to be made to ensure the next round is successful.
The U.S. DOL’s OSHA, Illinois On-Site Safety and Health Consultation Program, Lakeside Alliance and key participants have signed a strategic partnership to prevent serious hazards and enhance workplace safety and health practices.
OSHA cites Dunaway Excavating Inc. for four violations and proposes $208K in penalties.
Some industries are inherently more dangerous than others, employers need to do all they can to make their workplaces safe.
OSHA finds three willful, two serious violations and proposes $212K in penalties.
Let’s take a look back at all the National Fire Protection Association has done to advance worker protection in the past 125 years.
Episode 103
Editor Sydny Shepard lays out the latest information shaping OSHA's Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards for fiscal year 2021.
OSHA has announced the Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards for FY 2021 at NSC.
Episode 100
We are switching things up for the 100th episode of the podcast! This time around, OH&S Content Editor Shereen Hashem interviews Editor Sydny Shepard about the evolution of the podcast, covering COVID-19 and worker safety and wellness.
Construction workers encounter multiple hazards on the job, but, more often than not, noise is not considered as critical as some of the other present dangers.
Episode 99
Looking into your safety career future? Columbia Southern University can help. Listen in as editor Sydny Shepard talks with CSU representatives Paul Radke and Ernie Smith about how higher education can help advance your career.
When you are wearing safety shoes, you are more likely to be protected from common hazards.
While proper maintenance and care can extend the lifespan of footwear, there will still ultimately be a time when every work boot meets the end of the road.
Normalization of deviance is a phenomenon by which individuals, groups or organizations come to accept a lower standard of performance until that lower standard becomes the "norm" for them.
These grants focus on training, awareness and safety programs.
Episode 98
Join editor Sydny Shepard as she lays out why it is so important to keep workers in the construction industry safe from the top four most fatal hazards on the job.
RM Masonry and Stucco exposes workers to unsecured scaffolding repeatedly.
The contractor was cited six times in five years for ignoring the industry’s deadliest hazard.
OSHA requires that head protection must be worn whenever working in an area with potential injury to the head from falling objects.