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Annual Wind Energy Safety Campaign begins Oct 1 with Free Resources

by admin | Sep 17, 2019

As part of its annual monthlong Safety Awareness Campaign, The American Wind Energy Association will offer several free resources aimed at helping protect renewable energy workers from on-the-job injuries. The theme of this year’s campaign, Take a Hand in... Read more

OSHA Names Scott Ketcham Director of Construction Directorate

by admin | Sep 17, 2019

Scott Ketcham has been announced as the new director of OSHA’s Directorate of Construction. The announcement came in a press release by OSHA on Monday Sept 16 According to the Sept. 16 press release, Ketcham has been deputy director since February 2017. He also has... Read more

Gas dangers revealed at caravan site

by admin | Sep 16, 2019

A man with management responsibility of a static caravan site has been sentenced for failing to have gas appliances properly maintained and inspected and for failing to safely store Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders. Concerns were raised in April 2016 by North... Read more

NSC 2019: Managing Workplace Fatigue Risk?

by admin | Sep 16, 2019

At the just concluded 2019 edition of National Safety Council (NSC) Congress & Expo in San Diego, California, Emily Whitcomb, Senior Program Manager of NSC, and Lori Guasta, Vice President, Consulting Services and Research for Predictive Safety SRP, Inc., spoke... Read more

OREGON: Worker’s Compensation Cost is Dropping

by admin | Sep 14, 2019

Oregon employers should see an average decrease in their workers’ compensation costs for the seventh straight year, according to Oregon OSHA. Employers next year will pay an average of $1.02 per $100 of payroll for workers’ compensation insurance, down from $1.11 in... Read more

NSC 2019: OSHA Reveals Latest Top 10 List of Violations

by Patience Adagba | Sep 11, 2019

At the 2019 National Safety Council Congress & Expo in San Diego, California, Patrick Kapust, deputy director of OSHA’s Directorate of Enforcement Programs, presented the agency’s top 10 violations for fiscal year (FY) 2019 to a standing-room-only crowd of safety... Read more

Designing Safe Ladders

by Patience Adagba | Aug 28, 2019

Ladder Safety – Prevention through Design Ladders are used in many jobs for cleaning, painting, changing light bulbs, accessing storage areas, reaching platforms, and more. Because going up and down a ladder all day can cause fatigue, when performing these tasks... Read more

Wastewater Fundamentals – Wastewater and Stormwater Management

by Patience Adagba | Aug 28, 2019

Strategies for wastewater and stormwater mitigation are critical for larger industrial operations because of regulatory enforcement. Industrial process wastewater is wastewater generated during commercial or industrial activity, such as wash down or process clean-up,... Read more

EHS at Workplace; Employee Training Competency

by Patience Adagba | Aug 27, 2019

How Effective is EHS Training to Employees? Workplace training has evolved over the years. In time past, employees never benefited from any training. Once a new process was developed or a new machinery was bought, most organizations expect employees to learn as they... Read more

Predictive Analytics and Workplace Safety

by Patience Adagba | Aug 27, 2019

What if there was a way to accurately predict events or accidents prior to them occurring? What can organizations do to be proactive and not reactive to workplace incidents? Most companies are relying heavily on data to solve problems. Most organizations use leading... Read more