Articles Tagged with ''workplace safety''

Before he became an epidemiologist, Devin Lucas grew up in a fishing family. His grandfather moved to Anchorage in 1953 and purchased a commercial fishing vessel. Then his dad grew up in the business. So did Lucas and all his siblings. He fished for salmon off the Kenai Peninsula from the outlet of the Kenai River to the Cook Inlet of the Pacific Ocean.

Miller Electric Mfg. LLC announces the WE BUILD VIP Experience sweepstakes to recognize the mutual appreciation between Miller and welders who use Miller® equipment. It’s the second giveaway in 2018 as part of the WE BUILD campaign, which honors the many ways that welding makes our world a better place.

Tuesday was National Forklift Safety Day - but if you are anything like us at Rite-Hite forklift and pedestrian safety is top of mind every single day!

Avery Products Corporation, the world’s largest supplier of labels and short-run printing and software solutions, is proud to announce that the company’s Surface Safe Sign Labels were recently honored with the Reader’s Choice Award from Industrial Safety & Hygiene News (ISHN) magazine in the Signs, Labels & Tags category.

A National Safety Council (NSC) survey found 90 percent of America’s employers have been negatively impacted by tired employees, with half saying they’ve had an employee fall asleep on the job. Fifty-seven percent of employers have experienced absenteeism, and another 32 percent report injuries and near-misses due to fatigued employees, according to the survey released today.

OSHA issued a new policy document last week for its Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP), weakening measures taken in the last administration that were intended to restore the program’s integrity which had been threatened by uncontrolled growth during the Bush administration.

Workplace falls are one of the most common and often serious employee accidents. The reliability of SRDs (self-retracting devices) is a great concern to both employers and employees, which is the point of ANSI Standard Z359.14.