Safety

There’s a road construction project in progress in my neighborhood, with a crew replacing some storm sewer collection lines and resurfacing the...

Wildland firefighters. Air traffic controllers. Flight deck crews of Navy aircraft carriers. Operators of nuclear power plants and the national bulk electric...

Do you have an idea for helping workers stay safe in the heat? The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced...

In January 1986 a significant and tragic event happened that was completely preventable. The space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after taking...

Psychological safety is the new frontier in the field of occupational health and safety (OH&S), according to Kim MacDonald, founder and CEO...

OSHA audits can happen at any time, sometimes with little or no advance warning. Because you never know for sure when an...

Your tailgate safety meetings probably focus mainly on the major hazards involved with onsite system installation work, like operating heavy equipment and...

While workplaces across the country have introduced new safety guidelines and regulations in recent years to significantly reduce workplace injuries — down...

For many contractors, including septic system installers, working in the cold is a way of life. It’s not fun, but it’s something...

Every person on a job site is responsible not only for his or her own safety but also the safety of those...

There are many reasons that you might get a visit from an OSHA inspector. Primarily, if there is an accident that results in...

Access into septic systems is obviously required for inspection, maintenance and cleaning. However, with this necessity and aboveground access becoming more popular,...

A news brief outlining a fatal highway crash in North Carolina jumped out at me and I was momentarily horrified on behalf...

You know that good performance workwear and personal protective equipment is an investment. You wear these every day for hours on end...

Every year there are news accounts of adults, children or pets falling into a collapsed septic tank, cesspool or seepage pit, causing...

At 20 years old, Regina McMichael’s husband died after falling off a roof at a job site where he was working. That...

Bill the tree guy showed up at my house just like he promised — first thing in the morning and along with...