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The mining industry often uses shift work schedules with the intention to have a productive working mine around the clock. However, one potential side effect of operating on a 24/7 [...]

Where there are pallets, you almost certainly need pallet trucks. We look at what's on the market, and the features to look out for. PALLET MOVEMENTS are on the increase, [...]

Scientific research has provided little systematic information to guide efforts to facilitate emotional recovery in workplaces affected by disasters (North, et al., 2010). But without this knowledge, organizational mental health [...]

Without the guy in the field, the company goes down the tube,' said Charlie Campbell, the safety director for J.J. Kirlin Co. The Rockville, Md., mechanical contractor has 1,200 to [...]

Byline: David Learmount In the 22 years from 1992 to 2013, helicopter operators plying the UK sector of its offshore continental shelf (UKCS) in support of the oil and gas [...]

Byline: Zolfkhani, M. The impact of jet fires on process equipment is critical, and it is important to examine possible design considerations that can mitigate many of the jet fire [...]

HSE plans steps to cut waste and recycling trade accidents â âA five-pronged plan to reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured in the waste and recycling industry [...]

Equipment safety and the reduction of accidents, injuries and fatalities is one of the top priorities on any jobsite. According to the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association, the injury [...]

A study on worker deaths caused by their use of heavy equipment during construction works at excavation sites is discussed.

The Choices We Make Are the Chances We Take We spend most of our lives on cruise control, not thinking about the inherent dangers of everyday life. That mentality led [...]

Erick Ajax will never forget an explosion that shook his plant about 18 months ago. 'It went off like a bomb, sending pieces of shrapnel and steel flying at chest [...]

Relationships play a huge role in the culture of a workplace, especially when it comes to safety. Jill James, Vivid Learning Systems' resident safety consultant and former OSHA Safety Investigator, [...]

The human body has limitations. One is the body's ability to handle extreme heat even though there may be a wide range of heat tolerance between workers. When a body [...]

No, not me, I'm never a safety bully.' Oh really? Let's start this discussion of safety bullying by talking about discipline. I've met many managers who give a negative lecture [...]

Driven to Distraction at Work: How to Focus and Be More Productive by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., introduces the term attention deficit trait (ADT), which he feels people in all [...]

I have seen considerable resistance, even from safety professionals, when it comes to trying to instill an 'all accidents are preventable' culture. In spite of the resistance, I believe: 1) [...]

With today's advances in engineering and safety, why is it one maintenance person is either killed or injured each day in an electrically-related incident? In my opinion, it is possible [...]

There seems to be some confusion about the calibration of gas monitors. It's very simple, really. Gas monitors are life-saving devices. They are precision instruments that are intended solely to [...]

FIVE YEARS AGO, WHEN Maggine Fuentes joined Core Systems as HR manager, she knew she would have to make injury reduction her top priority. Accidents at the 500-plus-employee plastic injection […]

Zero tolerance. The National Labor Relations Board has determined that an employee who sent an e-mail to her colleagues regarding a possible anthrax threat could be terminated under her employer's [...]

SSGT AARON L. TAYLOR, 407 ELRS, 407 AEG, ALI BASE. SSgt Taylor's acute attention to explosive safety resulted in 90 MQ-1B Predator OIF combat sorties without mishap. He tirelessly ensured [...]

HATTIESBURG -- The employees of South Mississippi Electric Power Association (SMEPA) recently reached a new safety milestone--two million hours without a lost time accident. 'Our more than 280 employees deserve [...]

A year after a track worker was killed, Daytona International Speedway has committed to improving safety following a recent settlement agreement with the federal government. Track workers will now have [...]

How many hats do you wear at work? Safety supervisors can also serve as human resource directors, maintenance managers, shop foremen, or who knows what else. You might be squeezed [...]

'Out of sight, out of mind.' That old expression really applies to workplace safety! Most industrial accidents occur either when people take shortcuts and 'skirt' known safety procedures or when [...]

What a difference a year makes! In the last 12 months, Canada has gone from having next to no regulation of major accident hazards to having the basics. And depending [...]

In today's risk-management conscious industrial environment, the establishment of an industrial fire brigade has become a priority for many companies. Does your foundry need a fire brigade? Is There a [...]