Articles by Dave Johnson

Safety manufacturers and distributors sourcing products from China, competing against products from China, or selling to China, will find no drop-off in the boom times in the Middle Kingdom in 2013.

Safety manufacturers and distributors have been targeting the oil and gas industry (as well as mining and alternative energy industries) as one of the strongest markets coming out of the Great Recession of 2008.

Early next month we’ll exercise our vote in what Walt Whitman called “America’s choosing day.”

Let’s be clear on one aspect about anxiety and nervous times: it has not translated into more fear at work about getting injured.

I don't think I2P2, the must-vaunted Injury and Illness Prevention Program hailed by OSHA as its numerous uno standards priority, has snowball's chance of passing.

In September, at least 261 people burnt to death as fires swept through two factories in Pakistan, police and government officials said, raising all-too-familiar questions about locked windows and gates, lack of emergency exists, cramped work spaces, and trapping workers like rats.

I say anything close to true global harmonization has a helluva long way to go. I’m not talking about war and peace. I’m referring to the incredible, horrible worker fatality stats that come from China each year, and barely warrant a mention in the U.S. press or U.S. safety press.

Tammy Duncan hails from Amma, West Virginia, an unincorporated town in Roane County, smack in the center of the state.

Remember those playground and schoolyard taunts? “Nah, nah, you can’t scare me!” “I ain’t yellow!” Well, psychologist say those kids were on to something. It turns you can’t often scare people with fear tactics.

The June 8th headline comes from the Associated Press, and the injured hiker is me.