Stair Safety
In commercial facilities built across the country, the most common technique for preventing slip and fall accidents on stairs is the application of non-skid...
6 Steps to Safe UTV Operation
As all-purpose work vehicles are becoming more common on construction sites, learning a few simple steps that could prevent a worksite accident involving these...
Rethinking Soda With Lunch
Possible link between sweetened drinks and depression
Drinking sweetened beverages—either sugar-sweetened or diet—may be linked with a slightly higher depression risk, while drinking coffee may...
Bullard Revolutionized PPE with the Hard Hat
OSHA made hard hats mandatory in the 70s
By Stacey Simmons
Millions of workers wear hard hats every day on their jobsites. But that critical piece...
Sensing Danger
Safety remains a top priority—and challenge—for the construction industry, which employs almost 10 million people in the U.S. alone. Jobsites are inherently hazardous environments...
Less Injuries
The construction industry is easily one of the country’s riskiest. Approximately 20% of worker deaths in the U.S. occur in the construction field, even...
Aerial Access Equipment
Apparently workers on scaffolding are tougher than most. For them, fall protection is not required by OSHA until 10 feet (pity the poor worker...
Innovations in Excavation
National Trench Safety’s (NTS) Director of Strategic Operations, Eric Juhl, traveled to the United Kingdom to visit vendors who manufacture large hydraulic bracing. But...
Advanced Fire Safety for Amusement Park Construction
To fully
engage guests, amusement parks such as Universal Studios create multi-million-dollar
immersive theme attractions in buildings that may be up to 60 feet high with
multiple...
Going Paperless
Improve jobsite safety with digital solution
By Kyle Slager
From lifting heavy objects to working on scaffolding 40 feet in the air, those who work out...









