Workplace Safety

5 Most Common Workplace Accidents…and How to Prevent Them

The best way to protect your employees and help prevent accidents and injuries in your workplace is to take a holistic approach to workplace safety.

5 Best Practices to Prevent Workplace Accidents

Unfortunately, workplace accidents occur all too frequently and have a significant impact, with more than two million workers per year sustaining injuries so severe that they are unable return to their jobs and require ongoing medical care. As an employer or manager, it is essential to ensure your employees are kept safe from any dangers.

Near Misses

When it comes to near misses, there are several important things to keep in mind for the safety of your employees and the overall improvement of your company's safety culture.

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Top 10 Most Common Workplace Injuries

Of the 10 most common injuries on the job, the majority are those random incidents that can happen to anyone and at any time. Not only is it the employer's responsibility to ensure a safe work environment, each employee also has a responsibility to themselves to take caution when on the job.

Hidden Office Hazards: Steps to Keep Your Workers Safe

Even a job where most of the tasks are completed while sitting in a chair, in an office can still have a surprising number of hazards present. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics over 80,000 office and administrative workers suffer on the job injuries each year and a majority could have been prevented if the proper steps and modifications were taken.

Get a Handle on Hand Safety: 5 Keys to Prevent Workplace Injuries

While hand injuries are common and costly, they are also PREVENTABLE. By developing a proper hand safety program, you can ensure the safety of your employees and prevent these life-altering injuries.

A Close Look at Confined Spaces: 4 Steps to Protect Your Employees

Confined spaces present a unique challenge and can often be more hazardous than regular workspaces. It is important for you to take the necessary steps to provide your employees with the proper equipment, training and programs to ensure they stay safe.

Top 10 Workplace Safety Tips Every Employee Should Know

Workplace safety cannot exist on best practice guidelines and policies alone. A safe working environment is based on how well the people, in both management and on the factory floor, adhere to—and communicate about—safety standards.

Understand the Dangers of Hazardous Materials

It is important to ensure your employees understand the dangers of hazardous materials, know how they should be stored and wear the proper protective equipment when exposed to them.

HAZWOPER: What Is It and Who Actually Needs It

The Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response regulation 29 CFR 1910.120, or HAZWOPER, is the OSHA regulation employers, first response agencies and remediation crews must follow during hazardous materials releases and hazardous waste operations. There are many aspects, and even training levels, to the HAZWOPER regulation and it can be confusing for most, even for some within the response community.

Mythbusters: Breaking Down Common Workplace Safety Myths

Whether they are old beliefs passed down from traditional safety views, or based on pure misconception and ignorance, present-day myths abound concerning workplace safety. If you are laboring under any of these myths, you may be putting your business and your employees at risk.

Painful Statistics on OSHA’s Slips, Trips and Falls

According to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), most general industry incidents involve slips, trips, and falls—accounting for 15% of all accidental deaths, and are second only to motor vehicles as a cause of fatalities.