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Five Safety Strategies for Avoiding Corporate Complacency
Complacency in the workplace has become a leading contributor to many injuries or illnesses acquired while at work. Routines develop and safety standards are slowly forgotten or replaced by shortcuts. This complacency is gradual enough that overseers and supervisors fail … Continue reading
Never Cut Corners When it Comes to Safety in the Workplace
There are always those employees who regard safety as a place to save time or cut down on their work load. These needless and oftentimes selfish risks are in reality major hazards that could cause serious injury to a number … Continue reading
Confined Spaces: Think Safety First
What should be the top priority of both workers and employers and most often mentioned part of the workplace? Safety! One of those potential dangers is confined or tight spaces. Confined Space is defined, by the Occupational Safety and Health … Continue reading
Drug Testing Necessary to Avoid Site Fatalities
On February 27, 2006, the Construction Safety & Drug Abuse Executive Roundtable convened to discuss employee drug use in the construction industry and how the effects of on-site usage impact the workplace. The event featured a panel of executives from … Continue reading
Do Not Use Construction Equipment without Safety Training
Although you may feel like an expert at operating the equipment you use each day at work, do you know the proper way to handle the equipment according to OSHA requirements? Do you know how to keep yourself, your coworkers … Continue reading
Pay Attention When Behind the Wheel
Over the course of decades, the purpose for which we use automobiles has changed considerably. When the first cars were rolling off of the assembly lines in the 1920s, they had one purpose and one purpose only: transportation, or simply … Continue reading
How to Create and Implement an Effective Safety Incentive Plan
Many companies are implementing safety incentive programs, hoping that by rewarding employees for good safety records, they will cultivate a safer work environment and reduce costly worker’s compensation claims. Some employers are concerned, however, that safety incentive programs can actually … Continue reading
Six Safety Hazards Every Contractor Should Control
When a construction accident occurs there are countless effects that interfere directly with the contractor’s business. Not only does it cause pain to those involved but also strikes a blow on the morale of the other employees, lowers productivity, adds … Continue reading
Watch Your Step: Avoid Injury from Slips and Falls
Steps are a simple part of life. The average person takes approximately 18,000 steps a day. Given that amount of step-taking are you so surprised that a few of those steps aren’t perfect? Some of those missteps can cause falls … Continue reading
More Workers’ Compensation Claims Made As the Result of Work-Related Traffic Accidents
According to the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety, both on- and off-the-job motor vehicle crashes cost employers $60 billion annually. The problem is so widespread, that in a recent study, the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc (NCCI) noted … Continue reading