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Our mission is to make safety training accessible and effective. This blog brings together the latest industry news, regulatory updates, best practices, and training insights to help employers and workers create safer job sites. Explore our newest articles below and check back regularly for fresh content.
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Proper Lifting Techniques for Safer Manual Handling
Lifting There is a variety of ways that an employee can overexert and get injured in the workplace. Each year there are around 264 million days of lost work in the American wo…
“OSHA-Aligned” Headphones: Do They Actually Exist?
Many worksites are noisy environments, to the point that this noise can cause long-term damage to workers hearing. It’s estimated that 22 million workers are exposed to potent…
How to Prevent Human Trafficking in Your Neighborhood
There is an estimated 25 million victims of human trafficking worldwide at any given time. Human trafficking refers to the act of exploiting people for forced labor or commerc…
Why is Rail Yard Safety So Important?
Since the beginning of railroads and locomotives, rail yards have been an essential tool to facilitate train travel. These depots allow trains to switch tracks, change their c…
What Is Mold?
Mold, we’ve all seen it growing on all old food or in narrow cabinets. But what exactly is mold? Mold is a fungus that grows in the form of multicellular filaments called hyph…
Arc Flash Requirements
The results from arc flashes are usually very violent when a worker is nearby and can cause serious injury or death. The serious threat arc flashes can make in a workplace, OS…
US Department of Labor Awards $3.3M for Women
On September 9th the US Department of Labor announced that $3.3 million would be granted to expand job opportunities for women. The purpose of the grant is to help recruit, tr…
Recording Injuries: When Do We Need To?
Your employee sustains a small cut on their arm while performing their daily work responsibilities. It’s work-related, but is it OSHA recordable? The short answer is no. Accor…
How Do You Rescue Someone from a Confined Space?
It was a routine day with the public works department. You and a co-worker were just asked to check out the sewer in a residential area. The neighbors were complaining about a…
Danger From Above! Dun dun duuuuuun!
Look up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a wrench your coworker dropped from the third floor of a building and it’s coming right at you! This object may not b…
360 Excavator: Recognizing The Top 6 Hazards
Why Safety MattersOn September 27, a falling tree crashed through the cab of a 360 excavator, killing the 47-year-old operator inside. While falling debris poses a major hazar…
Fatigue at Work: What You Should Know
Fatigue in Workplace The hour strikes three and you become exhausted either physically or mentally. We’ve all been there. Fatigue in the workplace is a real thing. Symptoms in…
