What Are You Going To Wear?
You may spend 15 minutes deciding what you're going to wear for a night on the town. But for a day on the job, safety dictates your wardrobe.

You may spend 15 minutes deciding what you're going to wear for a night on the town. But for a day on the job, safety dictates your wardrobe.

There’s hardly a workplace that doesn’t handle or store materials.

A moment of distraction is all it took for Terrence’s foot to catch at the walkway’s edge, causing him to stumble. He recovered his balance but it was a close thing!
Your workplace is most likely equipped with safety showers and eyewash stations and you may have used them. Not only are they used in emergency situations to wash away harmful chemicals or put out clothing

Maintenance employees are confronted with many hazards that can cause injury or death. One such hazard is exposure to asbestos.

We often hear about people being “in the wrong place at the wrong time.” While this saying often refers to people who have been victims of crime, it certainly applies to workers as well.
Thousands of non-disabling and disabling injuries occur annually from work with electricity and on average one person dies every day from an electrical incident on the job.

Read this Safety talk and learn how to avoid unsafe conditions which are a leading source of workplace accidents, with over 200,000 reported every year.
Silica causes lungs to scar and develop nodules which block extraction of oxygen from air. Each year more than 250 American workers die from silicosis, the disease caused by inhaling tiny silica particles. Silicosis has

If you aren't wearing the right protection your hands could be burned, frozen, cut, scraped or burned by chemicals. You could lose fingers, a thumb, or even your life. That's why you wear gloves.

Workplace safety can be a complex issue, but learning and adhering to a few safety basics can go a long way toward keeping employees safe on the job. Many workplace injuries and fatalities are directly related to either not knowing how to do something and attempting it anyway or committing unsafe acts through inattention or for other reasons.

Struck-by and caught-between hazards account for over 1,500 workplace deaths a year and are present in almost every industry sector.

Head injuries are one of the most serious types of injuries that can occur at work.
You must take steps to prevent equipment from becoming energized while it is being worked on. The energy can be pneumatic, electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, chemical or thermal. There can be other sources as well —

Your workplace probably has countless electrical tools and devices capable of delivering a fatal electrical shock.

A confined space is any enclosed or partially enclosed space with restricted entry and exit that is not designed or intended for continuous human occupancy. The word “confined” suggests “small” but many confined spaces aren’t small.
A grounds maintenance worker took pride in the corporate landscaping in his care. To keep the green lawns pest-free, he used chemicals freely.

A sawmill worker suffered multiple fractures to his right arm when it became caught in an edger outfeed chain and sprocket. For unknown reasons, he had lifted the guard to check the drive mechanism.

You might be the toughest roughneck around, but a good dose of heat stress can quickly tame anyone's bravado.

Hearing loss is one of the fastest growing chronic conditions facing today’s workers, affecting nearly 30 million people in the United States and Canada. While there are many causes of hearing loss, noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is one of the most common types and it can affect anyone who is exposed to loud sounds or noise over a long period of time, whether at work or during recreational activities.

Getting caught in machinery is every worker's nightmare, but you can prevent it from becoming yours with a little vigilance.

Anyone who has to move heavy objects, work in awkward positions, hold one position for a long time or perform certain tasks at a fast pace can get hurt. These tips will help protect your

How This Affects You: Your back is used in all you do, on and off the job, and hurting it can have severe consequences: a lifetime of pain, inability to work or play and reduced income.

Workers all have their areas of expertise and they develop impressive skills through years of experience. But being an expert machine operator doesn’t necessarily mean one is able to perform critical maintenance or repairs on that machinery.

Break time is your chance to break away from the routine and relax before heading back to work. But you can?t take a break from safety.