Guidelines for Helmet Selection

Choosing the right helmet can be a daunting task. Helmets differ in style, price point, compliance with standards, and manufacturer’s claims of improved protection.  Selecting...
OSHA

How the OSHA Silica Standard Challenged Manufacturers to Push Innovation

September 23 marked a year since the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sought to bring worker protections into the forefront by starting to...
Heavy haul trailer

The Green Light for Safety

By Troy Geisler  Safety on the jobsite is easy to recognize with hardhats, earplugs, and blinding neon vests. But beyond the jobsite, when hauling equipment...

Stadium Builds

At stadiums across the country, first responders including police, fire, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) depend on reliable two-way radio communication when lives and...
Dust collection matters

Done and Dusted

Dust collection matters In outer space, cosmic dust is widely present across the galaxy. Originally, it was an annoyance to astronomers—it obstructed the objects they...

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...

Don’t Sacrifice Safety for Productivity

The risk of falls from elevated working heights is very real. According to Liberty Mutual’s 2013 Workplace Safety Index, these types of incidents ranked...

Invest in Safety: Part 1 of 2

When Paul O’Neill started as the Alcoa CEO in 1987, the aluminum manufacturing giant was in trouble. Several of its recent product launches had...

Complacency Can Cost

In the early morning hours of May 3, 2023, a driver in Raleigh, North Carolina hit and killed a 33-year-old construction worker named C.J....

Toolbox Talks

For safety to be an integral part of a company’s culture, it needs to be treated importantly every day. That’s means showcasing safety protocols...