While there may be some flaws in the research, certainly very few people are arguing about the recent study that was published that showed a loose correlation between workers who had permanent disability due to a work-related accident and injury, and the overall life expectancy of such workers compared to those who were relatively healthy. It is [...]
At least some of us, if not many of us, have come across a worker who was stricken by a permanent disability that made him or her become a former worker. Even if the job market is tough nowadays, there are many of us who might not have a job but are willing and able [...]
Every so often, I read about some tragic news in the health and safety arena. I know that it seems that worker deaths and serious injuries can tend to be inevitable, but forgive me if I am not very desensitized. I find all death to be a tragedy. However, every once in a while I [...]
There is little doubt that construction sites really are an incident waiting to happen. It is not carelessness that leads to 1,000 deaths every year on construction sites - it is often just all of the hazards that are apparent and it could be just one small misstep or a couple of small miscommunications that [...]
As many people know, we safety officers are dynamic thinkers. Many of our bosses, however, are linear thinkers when it comes to workplace safety. Administrators and managers often have so many things on their plates that, when an incident occurs on the worksite, they often do not want to know the reality of how the [...]
As was previously mentioned, there are a lot of inherent risks on construction sites, which have come to explain why there are a disproportionate number of fatalities on construction sites compared to general industry work sites. At the end of the day, even when you take into account day workers and temps on a site [...]
We are now in the third part of a series of blog posts about John Mroszczyk's article in the June issue of Professional Safety magazine about safety on construction sites. He made the point about the importance of continuing to address safety because of the disheartening and tragic numbers of deaths in the construction trades, and [...]
I will be one of the first ones to acknowledge that tremendous strides have been made in safety on construction work sites. When I go around the U.S. and Canada and audit work sites and companies, I can always see that safety of workers has become a big and high priority for many, and it [...]
Very few people will question the inherent hasards of construction work. Dangers are everywhere when working on a construction site - from working at heights to working with various heavy equipment , in confined spaces and oppressive heat and humidity. While much has been done in the last 30 years to make construction work safer, [...]
As I mentioned in the post earlier this week, shop floor safety has to be more than luck or more than thinking or believing that your company is safe. It is all about knowing that you are safe through measurable facts. James Burk and Janet Hendry wrote an informative article in the June 2015 issue [...]
