Washington State is honoring 17 workplace heroes who saved lives while they were on the job. The annual Lifesaving Awards are scheduled to be presented Sept. 28, 2023, during the opening ceremony of the state’s Governor’s Industrial Safety and Health Conference “When faced with a life-threatening situation, these ordinary people took extraordinary measures to rescue […]
Advanced technology is capable of helping safety professionals make a safer workplace, but it is by no means a silver bullet that, by itself, will make jobsites safe. Augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI) are gaining traction in the workplace as companies use this technology as they seek to become more […]
A heavy equipment operator was killed when the excavator he was operating became engulfed in lime kiln dust that was being removed under a newly developed process that workers expressed safety concerns about. Workers spoke up about the process at safety meetings, and while the mine operator said it would keep an eye on things, […]
This may feel like it doesn’t need to be said but if a piece of equipment is in need of maintenance for safety reasons then it needs to be fully taken out of service until it’s fixed. Otherwise, it could have fatal consequences. Safety professionals, supervisors, managers and even workers know this, yet injury incidents […]
June is National Safety Month and the National Safety Council (NSC) will be doing weekly promotions to raise awareness on the more than 4,100 preventable workplace deaths and 4 million injuries that occurred in 2020 alone. NSC President and CEO Lorraine Martin said safety professionals and workers are “up against some of the same safety […]
Supervisor buy-in to a safety program is important to a company’s overall safety culture. Period. If supervisors fail to follow safety rules or prioritize production over safety, then employees are going to be much less likely to take the program seriously. And sometimes in these cases, supervisors failing to follow safety rules can lead to […]
The owner of an excavation company can’t be sued by his employee over injuries sustained in a trench collapse. Why? Because, despite failing to use a trench box, the court found he didn’t intend to harm the employee. Workers’ compensation and other laws are in place to protect employers from lawsuits and keep the courts […]
A chemical plant owned by the federal government violated OSHA’s process safety management (PSM) standard in multiple ways! If it was a privately owned business the facility would be paying more than a million dollars in fines, but instead it gets off with just having to correct its violations. What happened: The Cliffside Helium Enrichment […]
Newly proposed regulations relating to the New York HERO Act’s workplace safety committee requirements offer some clarification on what’s expected from employers and when they are required to institute a committee. Under the Act, the state’s Department of Labor will require employers with at least 10 employees to allow those employees to establish a workplace […]
