S+H Staff

Before I joined the National Safety Council, I believed that an office is a safe working environment, and that the only major health issue to contend with was making sure I didn’t catch a co-worker’s cold. Years – and multiple Safety+Health articles on the topic – later, I’ve become aware of the many ways an office worker can be hurt.

The FocalPoint family of graphic workstations for fire alarm system monitoring provides facility/security managers and first responders with real-time information and systems control virtually anywhere.

In previous columns we outlined a study of serious injury and fatality (SIF) events. Undertaken by several major organizations, the findings showed that high-severity outcomes tend to have different causes and correlates than other injury types.

NIOSH has long been considered the research arm to OSHA’s enforcement arm, but collaboration between the two agencies over the years has varied. Recently, the two have begun working together more closely – something the heads of both agencies say saves money and produces better efforts to keep workers safe.

Conqueror Safety Eyewear has recently been ?certified by Underwriters Laboratories to meet the ANSI Z87.1+ high impact standard. Due to customer demand, an additional lens color has been added to the Conqueror line: Blue Mirror, with a black frame.

Every December, Safety+Health presents the top 10 most frequently cited OSHA violations from the previous fiscal year. This month: Personal protective equipment and mechanical power-transmission apparatus.

The Brek boot features DuraShocks technology with individual compression pads in the heel and forefoot to absorb shock and return energy. With Goodyear Welt construction, the Brek is exceptionally durable.

This line of protective barriers helps keep employees, customers and the general public safe by minimizing the chance of unauthorized entry into dangerous areas.

Gasoline and other flammable liquids should only be stored in approved containers based on specifications developed by the Department of Transportation, OSHA, the National Fire Protection Association and the American National Standards Institute.

The Critical Component Assessment is an inspection process that uses non-destructive technology to uncover defects and deficiencies in critical load-bearing and safety-related overhead lifting components.