When it comes to incidents in the workplace, we have good news and bad news, though this news is not new as I have blogged about this before a while ago. The good news is, the numbers of workplace incidents have fallen dramatically over the last 100 years, and especially in the last 40 years [...]
Burnout is a common problem these days, and it is not something that can be left to the individual. Like a single flame in a dry forest, if you leave it alone it will affect and impact others around and that flame could grow into a conflagration that impacts the morale of an entire organization. [...]
Passion is often symbolized by fire or a flame. So it makes sense that when a worker or person experiences a lack or loss of passion for work or life, there is a term called "burnout." Burnout can be seen as an emotional disorder, where a person loses the emotional investment in his or her [...]
Forklifts aren't necessarily complex machines, but they do have several ways about them that make them dangerous to operate and requiring very specific guidelines and standards by which they should be operated and maintained. In this post, which is the final of a four-part series, we'll take a look at some strategies that employers can [...]
You know, there are rules about operating forklifts. There are thousands of violations every year, and yet it seems that the message isn't getting through that forklifts are dangerous vehicles when not used properly and used outside of the rules meant to govern activities and behaviors around forklifts. In this installment, we'll take a brief look [...]
Forklifts are not just toys, people. These powered industrial trucks (PITs) are not to be messed with without some reasonable experience, or at least exhaustive training about what they can and cannot do, so operators do not put forklifts in a position to do something it is not able to do. That is where many [...]
Happy New Year everyone! Here's to a prosperous and safe 2017 for everyone who is involved in workplace safety, whether directly or indirectly. A happy year is a year with fewer workplace incidents and deaths. Now that we got that platitude out of the way ... As we enter a new year, this is often [...]
Happy New Year, wherever you are! We here at Purcell Enterprises are hopeful that you have had a prosperous and safe 2016, and that you are looking forward to more progress in safety in 2017. We are hopeful that this blog has been helpful to you in providing valuable safety information that keeps you up-to-date [...]
Opioids are known as pain relievers. But some companies may be looking for a pain reliever to relieve the pain of having workers on pain relievers. It is one thing to take care of the selfish pain that we all go through, just so we can keep working. While working is dignified, and many of [...]
For construction workers, pain has become part of the job. It is one of the industries that features a high number of workers who work through pain that come from various worksite injuries. And painkillers, by extension, are a prevalent threat to worksites, especially those highly narcotic drugs called opioids, which are prescribed for intense [...]
