Bee stings are of course a common outdoor nuisance. Outdoor workers are at most risk of being stung on the job, but all workers become targets in the warmer months. In most cases, insect stings are simply annoying, and home treatment is all that’s necessary to ease the pain.

Regular laceration injuries in the workplace continue to make a compelling claim for adequate cut protection. In 2016, the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed cuts, lacerations and punctures were a leading cause of days away from work due to injury.

Speakman Company, a Delaware-based showering, commercial plumbing and emergency equipment manufacturer, will offer complimentary facility evaluations in recognition of National Safety Month. The evaluations include surveys to determine if your facility is up to code and completely ANSI/ISEA Z358.1 and OSHA 1910.151(c) compliant.

The Rhode Island General Assembly approved a bill last fall mandating that public places in Rhode Island capable of holding 300 or more people have an automated external defibrillator (AED) and a qualified person to administer it.

Most U.S. employees are not prepared to handle cardiac emergencies in the workplace because they lack training in CPR and First Aid, according to new survey results from the American Heart Association (AHA), the world’s leading voluntary health organization devoted to fighting cardiovascular disease.

Workplace success stories with AEDs are nothing new. Take for example ArvinMeritor, Inc. , which manufactures integrated systems and modules for passenger cars and light trucks. It has 150 manufacturing facilities worldwide. Many of these facilities are in very remote areas. After experiencing five sudden death cardiac arrests in recent years, ArvinMeritor, Inc., in 2005 initiated a Cardiac Arrest Response System (CARS) that includes placing Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in all 150 of the company's manufacturing sites worldwide.

Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are an important lifesaving technology and may have a role to play in treating workplace cardiac arrest. Most sudden cardiac deaths occur outside of the hospital. It is estimated that 5 percent or less of victims of sudden cardiac deaths are successfully resuscitated and discharged alive from the hospital.

National CPR and AED Awareness Week is June 1-7, and the American Red Cross encourages people to get trained in CPR and how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED). Jenifer Fox, a recent University of Washington (UW) graduate, knows first-hand how CPR can save a life.

On any given day, educational institutions house more than 20 percent of the U.S. population. As such, educational settings are ideal locations for AED deployment. In the past, concerns regarding legal liability and litigation have been perceived as a barrier to purchasing and deploying AEDs.

Generally, Good Samaritan immunity laws are enacted by policymakers to encourage particular types of conduct. For example, the first Good Samaritan law, enacted in California during the 1950s, offered immunity to physicians who voluntarily stopped to render aid to accident victims. The goal of this approach was to encourage physicians to act by reducing the risk of negligence lawsuits.