This post is meant as a general guide to help anyone who needs information on making commercial or institutional kitchens a safer place to work. As we, all know there is often a dramatic difference between the customer and client sections of a facili...

It seems that economic uncertainty is everywhere and is not likely to improve overnight. As a result, your employees are worried about many things and their jobs may be at the top of their worry list.

Try brushing your teeth with your opposite hand, or sleeping on the opposite side of the bed, or place the mouse on the other side of the keyboard. Can’t do it, can you?

Recently, I had the opportunity to provide back safety and core awareness training at two locations of the same healthcare organization.

According to a recent report, more than a quarter of automobiles and about a third of light trucks on U.S. roadways have one or more tires under-inflated by at least 8 pounds per square inch (psi) below the level recommended by the vehicle manufactur...

Do you know who your authorized employees are? Do you have employees performing service and maintenance on machinery without adequate authorized training and exposure controls?

These days, due to the global market and cultural diversity, manufacturers produce operator's manuals in several languages that are often confusing. You either find a folded sheet at the bottom of the box that opens into a poster-size layout of seemi...

It was one of those moments when I kept thinking, “How stupid can you be? You’re a safety consultant!” Fortunately, such thoughts don’t occur very often, but there I was in my driveway…

If you have manual handling tasks at your place of work, don’t keep your workers safe by accident. All manual handling tasks should be evaluated for risk of injury by considering the force of exertion, frequency, body mechanics, type of load and han...

Within the healthcare industry, repositioning patients is always a serious concern. The science of lifting a human and gravity are important aspects to a safe move.