Occupational Safety

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Forward-thinking industrial equipment manufacturers have been developing ways to make their products smart and inter-connected in recent years.

Working around dusts, mists, fumes, aerosols, gases, and vapors can be hazardous to your health. Employers are responsible for determining the need for using respirators in the workplace.

Confined spaces come in many forms — from silos and storage bins to tanks and maintenance holes. Every confined space presents hazards to those who enter and operate within them.

Eliminating inefficient and costly processes in lieu of new digital tools is one way safety professionals can strengthen their company’s safety culture.

Welding is an essential part of numerous manufacturing and assembly processes, employing more than 400,000 people in the United States alone. Because of the nature of the job — working with high temperatures and molten metals — injuries are likely.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos laid down the gauntlet in his April 2021 farewell letter to shareholders as he stepped down as CEO: "We are going to be Earth’s best employer and Earth’s Safest Place to Work.” OK, Jeff, here’s a question: What makes a company the planet’s safest place to work?

Because construction work is so core to society's well-being, safety managers need to ensure crew members remain protected from any threats that might come their way. Unfortunately, the job becomes much more difficult when crews must work at night.

Thousands of people are blinded each year from work-related eye injuries. These injuries are due to none or ill-fitting protection.