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We still don’t have the settings right and we need to get this filling machine running yesterday.” The lead technician yells out as if someone was there listening, but he’s working alone. Steven, a line mechanic with more than 25 years’ experience has seen this problem before, but this time it’s more difficult to identify the root cause and fix.

The idea – and the complaint – that safety and health departments operate out of organizational “silos” has been around for decades.

Every year, hand injuries result in more than a million emergency room visits, making them the second-most common work-related injury, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Regulations on hand protection (and personal protective equipment in general) are fuzzy enough — general requirements only are spelled out in OSHA’s standards — to invite considerable interpretation.

Fewer people are carrying gift cards in their wallets these days, but that doesn’t mean that they’re decreasing in popularity.

I just don't understand, "I heard the safety manager lament."

Hazards to the eyes exist in nearly every industrial workplace.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimates that three out of five workers with reported eye injuries were not wearing their safety glasses at the time of injury.

Safety managers have a complicated job that juggles engineering, psychiatry, and life success coaching.

You know that the distance from a corrosive material to an eyewash needs to be no more than 10 seconds and that the flushing fluid temperature must be tepid.