Did you know that worker hand injuries account for almost one million medical emergencies across America every year?
There are additional steps companies can take to mitigate arc flash hazards and remove workers from harm’s way
A well-designed electrical safety PPE program can help mitigate injuries in the event of an arc flash.
It’s time for action on hand-impact injuries. Employers and workers alike need to use their heads and start protecting their hands.
A guide to updated ASTM safety requirements for footwear.
Appropriate base layers for electrical workers are a useful element in an AR/FR garment system.
Safely managing hazardous materials isn’t just a series of tasks for the crew at the receiving dock to complete.
Don’t neglect your feet when choosing safety footwear.
Steps can be taken to help protect workers’ hearing in a wide variety of industries.
This year’s NSC 2019 Congress & Exposition is less than a week away, and this year, it’s in San Diego! You can follow all the action from the show floor by visiting our Live From NSC 2019 social zone at https://ohsonline.com/live.
San Diego Convention Center will be the backdrop for this year’s NSC Congress & Expo.
OSHA cites Arbre Group Holding, or Holli-Pac Inc., for consciously exposing employees to multiple health and safety hazards.
After two employees were injured on the site of a movie filming, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) is stepping in and enforcing penalties.
Utility workers need garments that not only provide protection from arc hazards and foul weather, but also ensure that they can be seen by others, reducing the risk of visibility-related workplace accidents.
You should strive to select the best CPC for worker protection.
Especially in the summer months, employee comfort is a critical factor as wearer comfort directly impacts a user's want-to-wear experience.
One of the highlights is a June 12 panel discussion on how increased use and legalization of marijuana affect companies' efforts to maintain drug-free workplaces.
For the first time, U.S. physicians' rates of suffering needlesticks and sharps injuries exceeded nurses' rates during 2017, an International Safety Center presenter said during a "Biosafety Issues in IH" session at the AIHce EXP 2019 conference.
In a real-world fire emergency, chances are that workers will need to flee to safety, so it is critical that FR workwear continue to provide coverage and allow mobility to protect workers after a flash fire or arc flash.
It would be a terrible shame to put American workers at risk of catastrophic or fatal burn injury because of an outdated myth about PPE and heat stress.