With all the attention to complying with OSHA regulations, it’s easy for employers to lose sight of a very significant statistic – six times as many work days are lost due to off-the-job injuries as on-the-job injuries. What’s more, less …
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Attorney Mark Shaye, who has extensive experience representing clients in health and safety matters, presents four case studies to examine preventability of accidents. Read the full article.
Employers can keep productivity and profits high through off-work safety initiatives, writes Mike Taubitz, Senior Advisor to FDRsafety. Read the full article.
A recent report from Purdue University and a new hazard alert from OSHA point up the wide range of safety threats to workers if adequate precautions are not taken when working in grain handling. The Purdue report says that 26 …
I’ve asked Marc Shaye, an attorney with more than 30 years experience in health and safety matters, to be a guest blogger this week. Here’s Marc’s take on why it takes more than doing the minimum to achieve a safe …
Parents spend endless hours worrying about the safety of their children – doing everything from “baby-proofing” the house for a toddler to giving stern lectures to new teen drivers. But recent research published in the “Journal of Adolescent Health” and …
It’s been a little over six months since the USDOT launched the public availability of its new truck and bus safety measurement system and some motor carriers are reporting unpleasant surprises. You may recall that this new enforcement regime referred …
Petzl America is recalling approximately 375,000 shock-absorbing lanyards that it has sold since 2002 because of a problem that could cause a lanyard to separate from a climbing harness, posing a fall hazard. The Scorpio and Absorbica lanyards are missing …