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Asst Labor Secretary Responds to 2013 Workplace Injury and Illness Data
Statement from Assistant Secretary of Labor Dr. David Michaels on 2013 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Bureau of Labor Statistics reports steady decline in workplace injuries and illnesses WASHINGTON, December 4, 2014 – Dr. David Michaels, assistant...
Safety Challenges of Communications Towers
By Safety Management Group If it seems as though towers are sprouting out of nearby fields, industrial parks, and neighborhoods with increasing frequency, it’s not your imagination. Communications companies and others have been scrambling to keep up with the...
Accident Investigation Kits – What You Need to Know
By Safety Management Group You’re supervising a jobsite that’s two hours away from your company’s offices, and the unthinkable happens: one of your subcontractor’s craftspeople has been seriously injured. His coworkers are performing first aid, and you can hear the...
Working Safely With Industrial Vacuums
By Safety Management Group There are many hazards around workplaces that are all too easy to ignore, because they seem to be benign. One of those is the use of vacuum. Workers may encounter vacuums both in the permanently installed systems that are used in many...
Five Electrical Hazards Worth Remembering
By Safety Management Group Electricity is so commonplace in our lives and on our worksites that it’s easy to forget that it’s potentially dangerous. When most people consider the dangers of electricity, they think about the potential for being shocked or electrocuted....
Better Discipline for Safety Violations
By Safety Management Group Even if they were not mandated by law, workplace safety programs benefit workers and employers alike by reducing the number of injuries, enhancing productivity, and even improving the quality of work. When everyone knows and follows...
Ten Steps to Safer Operation of Cranes
By Dave Remter, Account Manager, and Mark Steinhofer, Ph. D., CHST, Account Manager Safety Management Group It happened again in September. A 25-year-old man working for a wireless tower installation company climbed behind the controls of a small crane in...
The Right Track for Railcar Safety
By Safety Management Group Trains have long fascinated and frustrated people. For every child who hypnotically watches a long train full of colorful freight cars roll by, there a driver who’s running late and wishes railroads had never been invented. Railroads play a...
The Hidden Dangers of Aerosol Cans
By Safety Management Group We use them around the house for everything from touching up patio furniture, to dusting furniture, to making the air (or people) smell better. You can find them on nearly every jobsite, in most work vehicles, and in offices. They’re small...
Identifying and Demonstrating the Value of Safety
By Safety Management GroupConstruction is an increasingly complex business. As buildings become more sophisticated and owners more sensitized to issues such as energy efficiency and “green” materials, and as organizations become smaller in an effort to “right-size,”...
