Articles Tagged with ''workplace injuries''

    Oil and gas industry data shows increases in fatal accidents. Here are three areas that need attention.

If you’re in a leadership role, it’s essential to implement safety considerations that take age into account, so you can keep your employees safe on the job.

The need for a comprehensive and accurate evaluation of prospective employees has never been more crucial. The use of a Post-Offer Employment Test (POET) has increasingly become a critical component of many organizations' hiring processes.  

Amazon, Tesla, FedEx, Class I Railroads are among those cited. Data also shows that injuries and fatalities are on the rise as minority workers suffer highest rates of on-the-job deaths.

To prepare employees for a fall rescue scenario, it could be beneficial to develop in-house rescue policies and procedures.

The report compiled by the Strategic Organizing Center said the company’s injury rate was 6.9% in 2022, compared to 7.9% the year before

ISN analyzed more than 94,000 recordable incidents from 2017-2021 which showed more than 20,000 SIFs cases consisting of more than 17,000 hospitalizations, 2,773 amputations and 677 fatalities.

A stunning 91% of construction professionals report seeing others in the industry who previously didn’t use new technology on their projects starting to use it.

Disaster contingency planning helps offer clear instructions and an idea of how to react to sudden situations.

Sometimes, having a basic safety plan in place isn’t enough. No matter how much you plan, accidents still happen.