Occupational Safety and Health is a multi-dimensional field that addresses people’s safety, health, and well-being in different workplaces. It aims to maintain a healthy and safe working environment for all stakeholders. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a federal regulatory agency. Its task is to ensure workplaces across the United States remain safe and healthy for everyone involved. It comes under the US Department of Labor (DOL) jurisdiction. Most offices, factories, and other workplaces follow OSHA regulations as a legal …
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Arsenic toxicity is a medical condition that occurs due to elevated levels of arsenic in the body. So arsenic poisoning can occur over a brief period of time. So the symptoms may include vomiting, abdominal pain, encephalopathy, and watery diarrhea that contains blood. Long-term exposure can result in thickening of the skin, darker skin, abdominal pain, diarrhea, heart disease, numbness, and cancer. Contaminated drinking water is the most common cause of long-term exposure. So natural processes most often lead to …
You may be unlikely to encounter an active shooter in an office or an educational institution. However, there is no harm in preparing yourself for such an unpleasant scenario. You should always hope for the best but prepare yourself for the worst. So active shooter situations can change quickly and unfold rapidly. In order to stop a shooter and minimize human casualties, immediate response by those present during such a situation and deployment of law enforcement personnel is critical. An …
Workplace injuries cost American businesses billions of dollars every year. According to OSHA, employers pay $1 billion per week in workers’ compensation costs. Some costs come from the days that injured employees miss work. Injuries and accidents force injured employees to miss at least six days of work per year. This costs employers in the United States about 62 billion dollars a year. Having a safety culture in your organization will go a long way in reducing these costs. This …
