Injury prevention - Articles - Page 43

How to file a safety and health complaint

August 12, 2017

The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 gives employees and their representatives the right to file a complaint and request an OSHA inspection of their workplace if they believe there is a serious hazard or their employer is not following OSHA standards.

OSHA renews alliance to protect Colo. oil workers

August 11, 2017

OSHA and the DJ Basin Safety Council have renewed an alliance to provide oil and gas industry workers in northern Colorado with information, guidance, and training to enhance the industry’s safety culture.

Be a safe DIY-er - avoid electrical accidents when using power tools

August 9, 2017

Eager to get to that project you’ve been planning – the one that will require you to use power tools? In addition to the obvious hazards (saws cut off about 4,000 fingers in the U.S. each year, for instance), there are electrical hazards that you may not be thinking about – but you should be.

A FairWarning story

Unbelted rider in the back could kill someone in the front

Cheryl Jensen

August 4, 2017

People who don’t buckle up when they ride in the rear seat because they think it’s safer back there are wrong. Instead, they pose a serious danger to themselves and those riding up front, according to a new study and crash test video by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Industrial safety tips to help avoid electrical injuries

Ryan Bridges

August 3, 2017

Industrial work is somewhat known for its risk for injury. However, it's still not something people often think about when actually doing the work that risks so much injury in such a substantial way. There are various ways injuries can happen when doing industrial work.

A NIOSH Science Blog post

Opportunities for integrating safety and health into sustainable building projects

Have You Tried the Prevention through Design (PtD) Pilot Credit?

August 2, 2017

Ten years ago the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) launched the concept of Prevention through Design (PtD), which champions preventing and controlling occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities by “designing out” or minimizing hazards and risks.

How to reduce heavy lifting: Try this “soft sell” approach

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

July 30, 2017

To sell something, you often ease the customer into a buying mood. The following will help you convince management to adopt NIOSH’s 2013 Recommended Weight Limits.

New fall protection product from Honeywell reduces risk of severed lifelines for workers at height

New Honeywell Miller® TurboLite™ Edge Personal Fall Limiters are designed to protect workers in situations that involve an edge and require a foot-level tie-off

July 28, 2017

A new line of personal fall limiters (PFLs) now available from Honeywell is designed to prevent a severed lifeline and to protect a worker in the event of a fall, which could lead to severe injuries or death for construction workers and others working at height.

Modular construction can help reduce the fatal four accidents

July 26, 2017

The most common accidents reported from construction sites, named the “Fatal Four” by OSHA, were responsible for 64.2 percent of construction worker deaths in 2015: falls, struck by an object (“injuries produced by forcible contact or impact between the injured person and an object or piece of equipment”), electrocution, and caught-in or –between hazards (can-ins, pulled into machinery, crushed by two pieces of machinery, etc.).

Learning to construct a lean safety culture

July 25, 2017

The SafeBuild Alliance Lean Safety Subcommittee has a vision to create a partnered work environment that fosters collaboration, relationships and diverse ideas that provide the most efficient, effective and safest work environment.