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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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Crystalline Silica: OSHA’s Final Rule
There are so many different standards that we may overlook, not by choice, but because of a lack of knowledge. Recently, OSHA created a final rule for crystalline silica, a ch…
Excavation and Trench Safety
OSHA Enforces Trenching Safety StandardsFollowing a series of three failed site inspections by OSHA between 2019 and 2020, the Wagner Construction company has agreed to pay a …
Hazard Spotting: Boom Lift, Fall Protection
Let’s take the time today to do some hazard spotting. Take a quick look at these photos, recently taken of aerial lift operators on the job. Here we have two workers on an aer…
Does NCCCO Certification Satisfy OSHA Training Requirements?
If I am NCCCO certified do I still need crane operator training? This was the question I was asked today. And after yet another conversation with that customer, it is clear th…
Ladder Training and the Belt Buckle Rule
It might surprise you to know that almost half of all fatal fall accidents within the last decade have involved ladders. Ladders are such handy and simple tools that are used …
FAA and the Balloon Accident
Safety procedures don’t just apply to construction. Every industry and every job needs to follow safety procedures in order to make sure that their workers are safe. Recently,…
Dump Truck: A Near Miss
In your workplace, how often is a dump truck used to accomplish a job? Can you think of a time when you were standing around, minding your own business, whether on the job wai…
OSHA investigates ‘preventable’ death
Accidents and neglect of principles; these are two things that can and have led to fatalities and injuries in the workplace. OSHA has put certain standards in place so that th…
Reactive Chemicals – Explosions to Die For
Chemicals are commonly known as dangerous substances. We label chemicals, we are wary around them, and we wear PPE around them to prevent burns. However, sometimes we don’t ta…
Heat Stroke & Illness At Work | Can’t Take the Heat?
What Is Heat Stress?Heat stress is what happens when one experiences excessive or elongated exposure to heat and humidity without relief or enough fluid intake. Heat stress co…
Electrocuted: Death by Wire
There are so many machines that present risks. Any time you put yourself on a piece of equipment, you are risking your safety, and challenging death. Fortunately, there are sa…
Meat and Poultry Workers
There are so many different kinds of industries that OSHA provides safety standards for. These standards are put in place for the very specific purpose of minimizing injuries …
