Violence in the workplace is a serious safety and health issue and the fourth-leading cause of fatal occupational injury in the United States. An extreme example just last week with the eight employees and shoppers slain in a Nebraska department store shooting.
To help reduce workplace violence incidents, employers should establish engineering controls including good […]
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Preventing Workplace Violence With Safety Training
December 15th, 2007 · No Comments
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Ergonomic Guidelines for Manual Material Handling - NIOSH
June 13th, 2007 · No Comments
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has published a booklet containing updated safety guidelines for manual material handling.
According to NIOSH
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Scaffolding Safety Resources
June 10th, 2007 · No Comments
Scaffolding safety regulations (29 CFR 1926.451) provide standards developed by OSHA to help protect workers from the dangers of working with scaffolding. The standard provides guidelines on how to use scaffolding equipment correctly and how to minimize risks associated with working on scaffolds.
The following incident report from OSHA illustrates how an alert […]