S+H Staff

Electrical incidents happen daily, putting lives and operational continuity at risk. However, there are ways companies can reduce the occurrence of these incidents and protect everyone concerned from the physical, financial, and statutory consequences.

Workers’ safety shoes have come a long way since the days wooden clogs were used.

Washington — OSHA has a new online portal for employers to submit applications to the agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs.

Pocatello, ID — The owner of a tanker testing and repair company was sentenced to one month in prison and five months of home confinement for lying to OSHA and making illegal repairs to a cargo tanker, the Department of Justice announced Nov. 19.

Keeping your facility safe for workers may feel like an overwhelming task. “Customers often don’t know where to begin,” says Carolyn Itle, product manager at New Pig.

A recap of the biggest news out of the 2021 NSC Safety Congress & Expo, which took place Oct. 8-14 in Orlando, FL.

“Safe decision-making is an outcome of the interaction between leadership and frontline employees – not just action by one or both,” says Jack Balsamo of DEKRA.

“As safety and health professionals, we have many opportunities to show kindness,” says safety pro turned motivational speaker Richard Hawk.

Milliken & Co. recently announced it has donated 70,000 reusable fabric gowns to Singapore-based QMT Industrial & Safety PTE. QMT Safety will distribute the gowns to local hospitals to help provide additional personal protective equipment for frontline workers. The donation was the result of a limited supply of excess inventory of Level 1 PPE gowns at a South Carolina-based Milliken manufacturing facility.

The Board of Certified Safety Professionals will host the Global Learning Summit – a professional development opportunity for workers with environmental, safety and health responsibilities – on May 10-12.