When you don’t get enough or good quality sleep, you can become tired. Driver Fatigue has the same effect as driving under the influence of alcohol. According to a NIOSH poll, 37% of workers get less than the recommended minimum of 7 hours of sleep.
Distracted driving occurs when a driver is engaged in activities that divert his or her attention away from the road. Distractions during driving put the lives of drivers, passengers, pedestrians, and other drivers at risk. One of the most common forms of distracted driving is
Environmentalism is a broad ideology concerned with environmental protection. Environmental responsibility is particularly concerned with the impact of changes in the environment on humans, animals, plants, and non-living matter. Corporate environmental responsibility is a subset of the environmentalism ideology. It refers to corporate obligations to
Asbestos is a fibrous silicate material that occurs naturally. So there are six different varieties. They are all made up of long, thin fibrous crystals with many microscopic “fibrils”. So abrasion and other processes release them into the environment. Asbestos fibers can cause a variety
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has renewed its 20-year training program with the Builders’ Association. The training program targets workers in construction in Missouri and Eastern Kansas. The program also focuses on reducing the number of injuries, illnesses, and fatalities resulting from construction’s top
President Joe Biden announced on September 9 that OSHA is developing an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on Covid-19. The ETS will require employers with at least 100 workers to either get their entire staff fully vaccinated or show a negative COVID test every week. Employers
People across the US and elsewhere in the world hotly debate violence in the workplace. So violence in the workplace is any type of violent act, usually in the form of physical abuse or threat, that puts an employee’s or several employees’ health and safety
Logging is an extremely hazardous profession. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has consistently ranked it as one of the most hazardous industries. Logging professionals naturally make a lot of use of chainsaws as a part of their profession. So chainsaw safety
OSHA has published its final interpretive rule under section 11(c). The section is concerned with regulations on whistleblower protection. It prohibits employers from retaliating against employees who engage in protected activity. It also includes those employees complaining about unsafe or unhealthful working conditions. The revised
Power linemen face many electrical hazards as they work on live as well as dead electrical power lines. They may install or replace distribution equipment such as capacitor banks, distribution transformers on poles, insulators, and fuses, among other activities related to electrical lines. Linemen use
As workplace safety advocates become more powerful, their critics have also become more vocal. Topics of public safety often have very divided opinions. The topic of workplace safety is no exception. The problem is that we require health and safety regulations. What makes them so