More than a million workers go to the emergency room with hand lacerations every year, while another 300,000 arrive with work-related eye injuries. In most cases, these injuries would have been completely preventable with proper safety processes and personal protective equipment (PPE) in place. Here’s what you need to know to ensure your employees are…
When it comes to worker safety, few things are as important as proper personal protective equipment, or PPE. Gloves, ear plugs, goggles, hard hats, and respirators are all examples of PPE that can make the difference between an accident-free day and a worker’s comp claim. To understand just how big a difference it can make,…
It’s hard to believe another hurricane season is here again. Last year’s season was brutal, and many areas still haven’t recovered from the damage incurred from Dorian and a variety of less dramatic but still damaging storms and floods. Yet here we are again, and once again, many businesses and property owners are unprepared. One…
In 2016, more than 5,000 workers were killed on the job. More than 20% of those were in construction, while the remaining 80% were in general industry, manufacturing, and other environments. Since its inception in the 1970s, OSHA has been responsible for substantially decreasing the number of workers injured and killed on the job annually….
The 2018 hurricane season will be upon us soon, and if you’re not already planning for it, you should be. If there are two things that last year’s hurricanes taught us, it’s that the season is unpredictable, and the only winners are the well prepared. Here’s a quick review, in case you’ve forgotten. Hurricane Irma…
Twenty-two million workers are exposed to potentially damaging noise at work each year. Every year, an estimated $242 million is spent on workers’ compensation for hearing loss. On top of that, businesses in the U.S. annually pay more than $1.5 million in penalties for not protecting their workers from noise. These financial losses represent an…
