Tag: Workplace Injury

Most Common Workplace Injury

NSC Expands Grant Programs To Solve The Most Common Workplace Injury

National Safety Council has committed up to $535,000 in grants to foster development of methods to mitigate musculoskeletal disorders across a range of sectors and workplaces.
National Construction Week

Celebrate National Construction Appreciation Week

A personal injury lawyer shares advice for facility executives on how to protect construction workers from harm while on the job.
Workforce Drug Positivity for Marijuana

Workforce Drug Test Positivity Hits Two-Decade High

Post-accident workforce drug positivity for marijuana reached a 25-year high in 2022, finds Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index Analysis.
electric shock GFCIs

How To Keep Workers Safe From Electrical Shock Hazards

New technical paper from Littelfuse provides insights, data about electrical shock dangers and best practices to keep workers safe.
WaveCel hard hat

WaveCel Launches T2+ Line Of Hard Hats For Heavy Industry Workers

WaveCel hard hat protects workers in the construction, electrical, engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, mining, gas, oil, and forestry industries against TBI.

It’s National Safety Month: Here’s How To Make Each Week Count

The National Safety Council kicked off National Safety Month by focusing on musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), and will address other ongoing safety issues each remaining week in June.
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NSC And Top Industry Employers Pledge to Reduce Workplace Injuries

The National Safety Council (NSC) and partners pledge to reduce musculoskeletal disorders, the most common of workplace injuries.
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New ASSP Standard Helps Organizations Prevent Workplace Injuries

New American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) standard can help organizations keep workplace injuries, illnesses and other incidents from occurring in the first place.
Anti-Slip Products

How Anti-Slip Products Perform In the Real World

Falls, slips, and trips cause more than 33% of the top 10 most disabling workplace injuries, according to the 2021 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index.
ergonomic injuries

Multi-Sector Group Formed To Help Solve Most Common Workplace Injury

Cross-industry experts in safety and health join the National Safety Council and Amazon to invent new ways to prevent ergonomic injuries.
Form 300A

OSHA Reminds Employers To Submit 2020 Injury And Illness Data

Employers must submit calendar year 2020 Form 300A to OSHA electronically by March 2, 2021.
Workplace Eye Wellness

Vision Problems Cost Billions In Lost Workplace Productivity

March is Workplace Eye Wellness Month, so Versant Health has created an infographic to illustrate how to prevent eye injuries in the workplace.
workplace hazards

Top 3 Workplace Hazards: Existing Technologies Can Save Lives

A new National Safety Council report identifies the most relevant workplace hazards and maps more than 100 technologies to mitigate the risks.
Redner’s Markets

Pennsylvania Grocery Chain In Safe Floors Spotlight

In honor of National Safety Month, New Pig has launched a program to recognize the country’s safest floors and workspaces.
workplace safety

OSHA To Kick Off Safe + Sound Week

Over 200 organizations and businesses will partner with OSHA to promote the importance of workplace safety and health programs August 13-19.
tired employees

Most Employers Negatively Impacted By Tired Employees

An employer with 1,000 employees can expect to lose more than $1 million each year due to employee fatigue, according to new NSC survey.
exoskeletons

NCMS Report Finds Exoskeletons Prevent Injury

Productivity and safety improvements were revealed when the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences studied use of Lockheed Martin's FORTIS exoskeleton at a U.S. Navy shipyard.
workplace injuries

FM Alert: OSHA To Issue Work-Related Injuries Rule

The final rule will clarify the ongoing obligation to make and maintain accurate records of work-related injuries and illnesses.
Webinar, Facility Capital Improvements

Join Our Webinar! Maximizing Value For Facility Master Planning

A panel of Facility Management leaders will discuss long-term planning challenges and answer questions about maximizing the value of conducting a Facility Condition Assessments (FCA).
Fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) webinar

Did You Miss Our “Building Analytics, Skilled Labor Shortages & Decarbonization” Webinar?

View this free video webinar to learn how fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) has become a critical part of the resilient facility team’s tech stack.

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