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I know when I visit a company with a great lockout program because, when needed, it happens effortlessly.

Welders, cutters, solderers and brazers are exposed to a large number of potential hazards that pose a risk of injury throughout the welding process.

Millions of manufacturing workers — automotive, farm equipment, aircraft, heavy machinery or other hardware — are exposed to oil-based machining fluids every day.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the U.S. Since the primary cause of skin cancer is exposure to the sun

Keep knives sharpened, and let other staff know when knives are newly-sharpened.

Indeed all employers have the right to implement as strict a drug policy as they desire. Likewise, employees signing on with an organization know their responsibilities.

Noise control is difficult in refining and chemical plant environments. To mitigate hazardous noise, personal protective equipment (PPE), i.e. hearing protection, is often required.

In an effort to establish minimum performance and use requirements for emergency eyewash and shower equipment, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) created industry standard ANSI Z358.1 in 1981.

Today’s most successful occupational safety and health professionals arm themselves with a toolbox of information, innovations and resources to guide their mission.

Adding Inequality to Injury: The Cost of Failing to Protect Workers on the Job,” is a recently released 20-page OSHA report that has the agency jumping into the national debate about income inequality and raising the federal minimum wage.