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OSHA requires a thorough hazard assessment before PPE is selected and assigned to employees. Find out more. If you were a NFL coach, you wouldn’t send your team out on the field without helmets and shoulder pads. If you were a NASA manager, you wouldn’t send an astronaut for a space walk without a space […]
Honeywell, which manufactures PPE, fire alarm systems, and other products, has opened a $3 million facility to demonstrate their safety products and systems and train people to use them. Honeywell Life Safety President Mark Levy says the company chose Houston for its new safety product showcase because of its concentration of global oil and gas, […]
Find out how to use leading indicators to improve safety performance and prevent accidents and injuries. Metrics like OSHA recordable injuries and workers’ comp expenses—known as trailing or lagging indicators—tell you what happened and how much it cost. But they don’t indicate how well you’re doing at preventing accidents. A new white paper tells safety […]
Save money and prevent workplace injuries right from the drawing board—that’s the principle behind “Prevention Through Design.” When OSHA first implemented the lockout/tagout standard in 1989, employers protested that compliance would be difficult and require extensive retrofitting because many pieces of industrial equipment had hazardous energy sources that were not “capable of being locked out.” […]
Cold and flu season is here so it’s a good time for wellness training on these perennial health issues. In today’s Advisor, we give you an overview of these two conditions. Colds are spread more readily when people are indoors, where the chances increase for physical contact with contaminated surfaces and inhalation of airborne viral […]