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Modern safety management goes beyond covering traditional workplace accidents to now being equally concerned with illnesses caused on and even off the job. This section will explain what you need to know to avoid both injuries and illnesses, and to track your progress in reaching this goal.
With weather warming up and frost advisories fading into the distance, we’re entering peak growing season in the agricultural sector. These crucial months mean the bulk of revenue for farmers, but they bring with them a host of workplace safety issues. Now is the time to invest in both training and ergonomic monitoring measures to […]
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) continues to carry out inspections and issue citations to employers that expose workers to hazardous conditions. We’ve summarized some of the key enforcement cases from the past few months for a look at where OSHA is focusing its efforts. Food processor supplier fined $1.7 million An Ohio-based food […]
Thompson Hardwoods Inc., a Hazlehurst, Georgia, sawmill, is facing $267,327 in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fines after a 24-year-old employee suffered fatal injuries while working with a woodchipper, the agency announced July 2. OSHA investigators found that the worker suffered serious injuries when the equipment activated while he tried to clear a log jam. After coworkers […]
Back to Basics is a weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information that any EHS professional should know. This week, we examine how to maintain safety in a highway construction work zone. Highway and street construction workers face the risk of fatal and serious injury while on jobsites from passing motor vehicles, the movement of […]
NIOSH says ergonomic interventions can lower the physical demand of work tasks and decrease the number and severity of musculoskeletal injuries that result. Here’s what you need to know about ergonomic guidelines for safe lifting.
The National Safety Council (NSC) on June 10 announced the release of a report examining data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau showing that workers of color face more work-related injuries and illnesses, as well as contributing factors. The NSC report, The Intersection of DEI and MSDs: Ensuring Equitable […]
Crown USA Inc., a Woodbury, Georgia, plastic and resin manufacturer, faces a $98,699 OSHA fine after a 37-year-old employee suffered fatal injuries while performing machine maintenance, the agency announced June 20. The maintenance technician was crushed inside an unlocked hooding palletizer while servicing the machine, according to OSHA. Agency investigators determined that the employer’s violations […]
Doskocil Manufacturing Inc., an Arlington, Texas, pet products manufacturer and distributor operating as Petmate, is facing $278,851 in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) penalties after an employee suffered severe facial burns, the agency announced June 17. OSHA investigators learned that three employees were using a pry bar to break off excess plastic, called “drool,” […]
Back to Basics is a weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information that any EHS professional should know. This week, we examine how ergonomics can help reduce workplace injuries and the costs associated with them. Ergonomics are no big deal, right? There’s no federal standard for ergonomics or the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD). […]
Overexertion, falls, and being struck by objects or equipment were the top causes of employers’ workers’ compensation costs, according to Liberty Mutual’s 2024 Workplace Safety Index, released June 11. The report from the insurer’s Risk Control Services ranked the top 10 causes of the most serious workplace injuries—those causing an employee to miss more than […]