“If you can’t do the little things right, you’ll never be able to do the big things right,” Admiral William H. McRaven said in a graduation speech to the University of Texas that has received millions of views on YouTube and i...
Did you know September is National Preparedness Month? The timing couldn't be better considering the recent weather events like Hurricane Ike. Here in the Northeast we don't get many hurricanes and very few tornadoes. If you live somewhere that does...
The Department of Labor estimates that millions of young people under the age of 24 are likely to join the labor force this summer. Some will find their first part-time job while others will land something more permanent. Young workers are a highly v...
PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER BASICS It’s Fire Prevention Week, a great opportunity to educate your employees about best practices in the workplace and at home that can save their lives. If prevention measures fall short and a fire breaks o...
Schools are arguably the most important workplaces to ensure health and safety and can be the most challenging. Schools need to track, prevent, and mitigate a wide range of incidents from cyberbullying to bomb threats. They need to manage and prope...
Many places of employment have first aid kits hung on walls of offices, break rooms, locker rooms, and production areas. But what are some of the requirements for having these first aid kits, what should be in them, and where should they be loc...
“I never saw a wreck and never have been wrecked, nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in disaster.” -Captain Edward Smith in 1907 You might recognize this as a quote from the captain of the RMS Titanic. Although ...
More job applicants and workers tested positive for drug use this year than last—the first time in more than a decade there has been a year-to-year increase in positive test results, according to the latest Quest Diagnostics report. Quest&rsquo...
According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS), there were 4,405 workplace fatalities in 2013. That equates out to almost 85 deaths per week or more than 12 per day! This is a very somber number. Although this is a staggerin...
According to National Geographic, the dog days of summer have nothing to do with dogs. Apparently to the ancient Greeks and Romans the “dog days” occurred when the star Sirius appeared in the sky just before the sunrise in late summ...