General Safety Topics

Slips, Trips and Falls on same level still leading The estimated direct U.S. workers compensation costs for the most disabling workplace injuries and illnesses in 2006 were $48.6 billion. This finding and many others are presented in the 2008 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index. Produced annually, the Workplace Safety Index identifies the leading causes of…...

Install. Inspect. Protect. Smoke alarms save lives. If your smoke alarm was installed more than 10 years ago, it needs to be replaced. Find Out More at the U.S. Fire Administration{apos}s web site. {amp}raquo;… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

I know that I was shocked when I learned that a cooling tower can BURN TO THE GROUND while it is in service.  I have even worked at facilities where I property insurer required us to install sprinkler systems INSIDE the cooling towers.  I know it is hard to imagine, but it happens…. Membership Required...

The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) is a non-profit organization dedicated exclusively to promoting electrical safety at home and in the workplace. Founded in 1994 as a cooperative effort by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), Underwriters Laboratories (UL), and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), ESFI is funded by voluntary contributions from electrical…...

Should standards be free? What if they are incorporated by reference into federal legislation, rules, or regulations? Should people have to pay for “the law?”… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

River Falls manager charged for negligently shooting employee after missing a bird at cookie-making factory… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

In July 2004, the AWS Safety and Health Committee engaged an outside independent expert, Woodhall Stopford MD, MSPH, of the Duke University Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, to review the literature of published articles related to the neurotoxicology of manganese, particularly including manganese found in welding fume…. Membership Required You must be a member...

Marking its 11th year, the annual Workplace Safety Index combines information from Liberty Mutual, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and the National Academy of Social Insurance to identify the top causes of serious workplace injuries…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

My newsletter this week has generated a lot of questions and feedback, both positive and negative.  Some of you thanked me for the ideas of what should be considered when looking at the design of your safeguards as it relates to the design of your process capabilities.  Most of the e-mails were surprised that we…...

I found this study to be VERY INTERESTING in that I have always said you line 20 of us and show us all the same photo and ask us, one ata time, to identify the hazards in the photo.  We all know how big a spread we would lie in!!!  In this study, 31 qualitative…...

Workers’ perceptions with respect to health and safety at work are rarely taken into account when considering the development of prevention programs. The aim of this study was to explore workers’ perceptions of chemical risks at the workplace, in order to investigate the prerequisites for a workplace health program…. Membership Required You must be a...