Items Tagged with 'The National Safety Council'

Lifting and carrying objects is common for many workers across the country. But training is important. If performed improperly, lifting and carrying items can lead to injuries.

Cary Usrey from Predictive Solutions discusses how “safety traditionally looks at one metric – injuries – to answer the question, ‘Is it safe?’” and why that may not be enough.

Glenn Murray from ExxonMobil discusses how “the tools and strategies designed to prevent less-severe incidents – like bumps and bruises, or slips, trips and falls – are necessary but probably not sufficient to effectively prevent incidents with the potential for more serious consequences.”

This month, Scott Roberts from Georgia-Pacific shares why “one of the best ways to achieve a successful partnership is to connect with contractors.”

Health happens where we live. It happens where we work, and in our communities. Age, gender and hereditary factors do impact health, but only a small amount. Individual lifestyle factors – the behaviors we engage in every day – have a much greater impact.