Occupational, Industrial, and Safety Shares for your company or organization

10/7/2019 One of the most common workplace injuries, especially in the construction field, are “strike-bys.” These injury-types are one of OSHA’s Construction Focus Four topics (along with falls, electrocution, and caught-in-between). Collectively these four hazards, year-after-year, comprise more than half the fatalities in the construction industry.  For 2016, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that contact with objects or equipment – known as “strike-bys,” caused 761 fatalities in the American workforce – and as their Read more…

10/14/2019 Once a year the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) presents its top 10; that is, the top 10 S&H regulations for which US businesses are out-of-compliance.  And over the years a definite pattern has taken shape, whereas the same regulations are constantly being violated and therefore, placing the American worker in harms way. Electrocutions, excavation cave-ins, falls from elevated heights, contact with heavy equipment are major conditions in which we see unfortunate outcomes Read more…

11/11/2019 Forklifts….we use these pieces of equipment (sometimes referred to as industrial trucks) for just about all types of field work.  They are excellent to move heavy items around. And while items are typically transported by placing them on tines (aka forks); either directly on the metal forks or using a pallet, under special circumstances, items can be carried by chains or slings, so the load is suspended.  This type of activity is often referred Read more…