It may be hard to visualize this, considering the recent rain we’ve seen in the northeast, but it's the time of the year when we should be working outside and enjoying the warm weather. Landscapers, gardeners, arborists, and the construction tradesm...

When was the last time you took a close look at your tires? The tires are the only contact the vehicle has with the road.

Back pain is something that most of us will experience sometime in our lives. Often the cause of back pain is misunderstood.

Do you recognize these symptoms? Fever, chills, headache, fatigue, muscle aches, joint aches, and a red bulls-eye like rash. These can be symptomatic of tick borne illness such as Lyme disease.

Operating a business is never easy, but is especially challenging in a difficult economy. This should lead management to identify cost control methods. Workplace injuries are extremely expensive when both the direct and indirect costs are considere...

If you work in one of these facilities, you will want to visit www.osha.gov and learn about the new National Emphasis Program (NEP) for Nursing and Residential Care Facilities.

With the snow banks melting in the Northeast comes the requisite spring clean-up around the property. If your facility includes even a little wooded property, that clean-up will most likely include some quality time with your chainsaw.

I never realized just how dangerous a meat slicer could be; but 20 years later I can still see the scar. According to the Washington State Department of Labor and Industry, between 2000 and 2004 more than 700 workers were injured while using a meat ...

On Monday, March 26, 2012, OSHA published the Final Rule on the revised Hazard Communication Standard to align with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). In an August 2011 blog the rationale behind the ali...

With the sudden appearance of warm spring weather we are already seeing another sign of the season: road repair, street and parking lot sweeping, and highway cleanup crews. Transportation incidents are the leading cause of death in the workplace, s...