Ten Often-ignored Office Hazards

Ten Often-ignored Office Hazards

Written By: Daniel Scott When most people think about industrial safety, the images that come to mind are of massive machinery in factories, the inherent dangers of construction sites, or the destructive potential of power tools. By comparison, office environments...
Safer Strategies for Excavations Around Underground Utilities

Safer Strategies for Excavations Around Underground Utilities

Jordan Hollingsworth, CSP, CRIS, CHST, CHSP Safety Advisor Nothing brings construction projects to a halt faster than the discovery of a gas pipe, electrical line, sewer tile, or water pipe that nobody knew was there. A crew with a backhoe is digging a trench and...
Budgeting for Safety Shouldn’t be an Afterthought

Budgeting for Safety Shouldn’t be an Afterthought

Written By: Travis Spotts This is the time of year when most companies are trying to project next year’s costs and revenues. While nearly all of them attempt to forecast as accurately as possible, far too few give a great deal of thought to safety. Safety affects the...
What Exactly is a Qualified Electrical Worker?

What Exactly is a Qualified Electrical Worker?

By Safety Management Group State and federal regulations regarding workplace safety can often be confusing or ambiguous. But whether a company fully understands the rules, it is expected to fully comply with them. One area that raises many questions involves the need...

Video: OSHA Rules for Tractor Operation

A training video for farm workers on the OSHA safety rules for operating tractor equipment. Produced by Compel Media, LLC. Compel Media is a social media video production company, helping its clients produce compelling media for their web sites, YouTube, Facebook, and...