The oil and gas industry is a demanding, dangerous field. According to NIOSH, it has a fatality rate that’s more than seven times higher than the rate for all U.S. workers.
Smart sensors. Convergence of technology. Internet-enabled devices. Analytics and informatics. Wired connectivity. Predictive monitoring. These words were not on the tip of industrial hygienists’ tongues even ten years ago.
We get it: choosing the right winter work gloves is snow joke. You want a pair that will not only keep you in tip-top shape while you’re hard at work, but ones that will also keep your hands toasty and warm throughout the winter season.
In June of 1997, Captain D. Michael Abrashoff boarded the USS Benfold; he was the new commanding officer. Benfold is a guided missile destroyer staffed with 310 sailors.
A growing body of evidence supports the underlying concept that focusing on the health and safety of your workforce is good for the employees as well as your bottom line.
This article is based on the non-fiction book, “Trapped Under the Sea,” written by Neil Swidey and published in 2014 by Crown Publishing Group. Assisting with this article was Tania Clarke.
Facility for troubled youth fails to protect employees from violence
September 17, 2016
In the last several months, workers at a Reading, Pa. facility for children and youth in crisis were the victims of at least ten violent assaults, federal workplace safety and health inspectors have found.
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