Millions of workers attend some sort of safety related meeting on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. The effectiveness of these trainings in changing workplace behaviors and attitudes is questionable—reading the same tool box talk for the tenth time...

On the 5th of August, President Obama selected Dr. David Michaels, a research scientist and professor from George Washington University, as the new head of OSHA. How will this affect you and your business?

Lately, it seems every time you read, watch, or listen to a news outlet, texting and cell phone usage while driving are the major topics of discussion. States are quickly trying to nip this issue in the bud.

In professional baseball, a pitcher is removed from a game after pitching approximately 100 pitches. He is sent to the locker room, shoulder iced down, and allowed to rest for the next 2 or 3 games before pitching again.

As the unofficial end of summer approaches, Labor Day weekend will mean that our waterways will be congested with boaters for what may be the last time this summer. While it’s not related to many workplaces, we thought it was important to remind us ...

Is your new employee orientation plan as sharp as your formal training program?

The impending close to summer reared it’s ugly head earlier this week while dropping my daughter off at 6:30 AM for the first of her pre-season double session practices. That also dredged up images of the hundreds of school buses and thousands of pa...

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, transportation accidents were the most common manner in which workplace fatalities occurred in 2007 (31%). For those employers who operate a fleet of vehicles, or even simply ask employees to conduct...

Proper lifting is one approach to reducing back injuries in a manual material lifting environment. But before we discuss proper lifting, let’s first ask a question: Does this lift need to occur at all?

Last fall, I attended a conference where a vendor conducted a demonstration with a technology called Saw Stop. Saw Stop is a device that will stop and retract a rotating saw blade with lightening fast speed upon contact with human tissue, leaving ha...