Tag: worker injuries
Five Steps To Improve Scaffold Safety
Facility managers can avoid costly injury claims in New York by making sure scaffolds are safe for construction workers.
Electrical Shock Prevention Needs A Jolt Of Change
Littelfuse survey highlights the need to shift from safety training to prevention through design.
OSHA Encourages Employers To Mark National Safe + Sound Week
Held August 10-16, Safe + Sound Week recognizes the successes of workplace safety and health programs and offers ideas on how to keep America’s workers safe.
Despite Training, Most Workers Experience Electrical Shock
Survey results help industry understand why worker injuries and fatalities occur each year from shock despite an electrical code being in place.
Failure To Conduct Arc-flash Hazard Assessments Endangers Workers
A global survey on electrical safety awareness by Littlefuse found that many facilities fail to conduct arc-flash hazard assessments, exposing workers to dangerous conditions.
OSHA Issues Final Rule To Protect Worker Privacy
The rule eliminates the requirement for establishments with 250 or more employees to electronically submit worker injury and illness information from two specific forms to OSHA each year.
New Report Examines Next Level Of Workplace Safety
Despite a notable reduction in total workplace injuries, worker fatalities are at an eight-year high, with 5,190 people dying in 2016.