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Eyewash Stations and Emergency Showers: Where, When and How
If you think eyewash stations and emergency showers belong only in hazardous industrial settings, you could be leaving your employees…
Seven Elements of Successful Emergency Planning
What will your workers do when a welder’s torch sets off a fire in a renovation project? How should workers…
NIOSH Report Helps Evaluate Worker Posture to Prevent MSDs
NIOSH has released a new report that can help occupational safety and health practitioners conduct improved posture assessments in the…
Hospital Worker and Patient Safety Resources from OSHA
OSHA’s Worker Safety in Hospitals website can help hospitals improve patient and hospital worker safety and reduce…
Safety Tip: How To Identify and Treat Workplace Burns
Workplace burns are a common occurrence. More than 500,000 people receive medical treatment for burn injuries in the United States…
Safety Tip: Resources to Prevent Heat Illness
Exposure to heat can cause illness and death – and illness-inducing temperatures may be lower than you think. The…
OSHA Issues New Advice for Fighting Combustible Dust Fires
OSHA has just published a new booklet that outlines safe procedures for emergency responders who may face fires and explosions…
NIOSH Updates Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) Web Tool
A new web tool is available to assist users of the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). The system…
Safety Tip: Workplace Fire Safety for Employees and Employers
Fires and explosions caused 143 workplace fatalities in 2011, in addition to damage and loss of business equipment and buildings.
New Red Cross First Aid App Can Improve Workplace Safety
The American Red Cross has produced a fist aid app that could improve workplace safety by putting simple lifesaving information…