Between a 911 call and the arrival of paramedics and an ambulance, a crucial difference to an accident victim’s recovery on a construction site can be made by the immediate onsite availability of trained employee-responders with the right first-aid equipment and supplies.

Several factors go into the determination as to whether or not any given facility and/or job site requires an eyewash or shower system,” says Michael Pennington of Safety Management Group.

If the warning signs were present, why didn’t someone catch them?

The ease at which a person works with his rescue equipment should be comparable to the ease with which a person operates his car.

OSHA will continue to take strong enforcement actions to address combustible dust hazards.