The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) wants to fine a Big Box retailer an additional $1.6M for violating federal workplace safety standards. Prior to OSHA’s recent [...]
As a business leader, you’re responsible for performing due diligence across the enterprise. You would know it if your books didn’t balance, so why risk an OSHA inspection for which you’re [...]
Download This Article In the fall of 2019, the accidental release of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) caused the deaths of two people at the Aghorn Operating Waterflood Station in Odessa, Texas. Hydrogen [...]
It took the local fire department nearly 16 hours to recover the bodies of two workers, aged 20 and 39, who died when an unprotected 20-foot trench collapsed. As heavy equipment removed thousands [...]
Are you ready for OSHA’s Safe + Sound Week? Each August, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sponsors a week-long, nationwide event to encourage employers to take a [...]
Download This Article Municipal workers face safety-related risks from activities such as trenching, plowing, and using heavy equipment for road repairs. Governments are reluctant to fine [...]
On a hot July day in upstate New York, a young construction worker collapsed on a job site and later died from heat illness. Tim Barber was just 35 years old, and it was only his second day on [...]
Cost-effective site safety leverages the knowledge of experienced safety professionals and the efficiency of today’s technology. By investing in smart safety management systems, business leaders [...]
Three years ago, a midwestern manufacturer mixed together two incompatible chemicals. The resulting explosion killed four workers and destroyed the company’s production facility. Chemical [...]
Construction safety is one of the top concerns for the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). In 2019, the last year for which data is publicly available, approximately 20% of [...]
