The lockout-tagout process will keep workers safe when maintaining equipment in the field. Use these steps to develop the proper LOTO procedure for your worksite.
National discount retailer faces an additional $1M in penalties, $15M since 2017
March 15, 2023
While it portrays its store chain as “America’s neighborhood general store,” Dollar General Corp. and Dolgencorp LLC – one of the nation’s largest discount retailers – continues to expose workers to unsafe conditions, this time at four Florida and Georgia stores.
Findings at Colorado Springs delivery station mark the 7th location found ignoring well-known hazards
February 23, 2023
Federal workplace safety inspectors, once again, found that the world’s largest e-commerce company exposed workers to hazardous conditions at one of its distribution centers.
Working with cutting tools is an essential and regular part of many workflows. While employees may feel comfortable handling these tools, it’s important to avoid complacency and emphasize the importance of cutting tool safety.
Acclimatizing our bodies to extreme cold fronts and heat waves can be helpful, but that is a gradual process. We must find ways to combat changing weather and working conditions so that productivity and safety aren’t compromised.
Federal workplace safety authorities have fined a central Pennsylvania confectionary factory more than $14,500 following an accident last year in which two workers fell into a vat of chocolate.