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At least 1.7 million U.S. workers are exposed to respirable crystalline silica in industries and occupations including construction, sandblasting, and mining, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Are you aware that fall protection standards are changing? If not, you are not alone. Since 2007, the ANSI Z359 Fall Protection Code Committee has been pumping out new fall protection consensus standards.

OSHA requires the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) to reduce employee exposure to hazards when engineering and administrative controls are not feasible or effective

While arc flash clothing and personal protective equipment (or PPE) play a significant role in protecting workers from burns, preventive measures don’t end with simply putting on the right equipment.

Criteria for replacing shoes and boots due to excessive wear and tear are very subjective. However, it is recommended to replace all types of industrial footwear every six months and, in some cases, even sooner.

Accidents and other safety incidents at petroleum refineries and chemical plants can quickly escalate to full-blown crises.

What could be worse,” bellowed W. Edwards Deming at his four-day workshop in 1991, than “on-the-job training”.

The situation is a common one: your workers need to be outfitted for a job in cold weather.

Public places and private workplaces across the nation are working to better respond to cardiac emergencies by stepping up efforts to map the location of the closest AEDs and developing new ways to access this information.