How to Protect Your Workers from Accidental Hand Sanitizer Burns
Most people don't associate hand sanitizer with danger, but in the right conditions, it can be — especially handmade hand sanitizers that contain higher alcohol content. And in the age of COVID-19, hand sanitizer use in the workplace is more prevalent than ever. As...
Business Re-opening Consulting Now Available
Many states are now exploring partial re-opening, allowing several categories of businesses to open. Over time, more categories of businesses will also be encouraged to open. But re-opening doesn't mean a return to what we used to consider normal. The pandemic is...
Assessing Workplace Risk for COVID-19 Exposure
As COVID-19 infections continue to swell across the country, employers are becoming increasingly concerned with managing the risk of workplace infection. While not all workers are exposed to the same level of threat, understanding where your general industry and...
Resources for Providing COVID-19 Safety
COVID-19 has swept across the country at an alarming rate, sickening nearly half a million people in just a few months. The fallout has been swift, with thousands of non-essential businesses closing and those workers considered critical to the fight against the virus...
OSHA Issues New Temporary Guidance on Enforcement of Respiratory Protection Standard
Because of the current shortages and the dire need for access to N95 respiratory protection, OSHA has issued temporary guidance designed to get more masks into the hands of healthcare workers. Healthcare employers should provide employees caring for patients with N95...
OSHA Guidance on Preparing for COVID-19
As the number of active cases of the Coronavirus rise, business owners and management are thinking about how to protect their workers and keep operations running as normal. Many companies have encouraged employees to work from home, but other businesses don't have the...
How to Measure Safety: You Can’t Evaluate What You Don’t Measure
In order to know if your safety program is working, you've got to measure it. In this post, we’re going to take a look at how to measure safety and the effectiveness of your safety programs and how to communicate losses and achievements to your workers. How Do You...
Carbon Monoxide Safety: How to Avoid The Silent Killer At Work
When most of us talk about carbon monoxide poisoning we're more familiar with risks in the context of the home. Images are rife of the "silent killer" afflicting unfortunate families who've had their whole house furnace or gas stove malfunction or perhaps some who's...
How to Bring Ergonomics Safety to the Factory Floor
Many of the injuries in manufacturing are musculoskeletal disorders caused by cumulative trauma — repetitive motions, high forces, awkward postures, and vibration exposure. The end results are carpel tunnel, arthritis, back pain, hernias, and other injuries. If a...
How to Use Fall Protection the Right Way to Prevent Injury
Many supervisors and workers assume they’re safe if they’re wearing fall protection. But to actually prevent injury, the right type has to be used in the right way. Here are OSHA’s guidelines for how to use fall protection, and a few thoughts of our own on factors to...
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