On a hot, summer day, “cold and wet” provides relief and refreshment no matter how it’s delivered. But, during the winter months, “cold and wet” can be a life-threatening combination.

Last month I was speaking to a group of supervisors and middle managers about the role of the front-line supervisor in workplace safety. We discussed that in some organizations, workplace safety and health responsibilities are assigned to a safety co...

Office environments are usually well lighted, and believe it or not, this poses some problems for the computer operator. Offices have been around for a long time but the world of computers is relatively new.

Winter arrived in parts of the Northeast a few weeks earlier than the calendar says it should. Here's some advice our own Peter Koch posted last winter.

Twenty-five years ago I was a paramedic working for an ambulance service. Seat belt usage was somewhere around 25 percent. In other words, only one of four drivers used the belts. Being young and impressionable I was left with one lasting impressi...

My wife approached me the other day with a list in hand, I always get nervous when she does that. She had been working on the 2010 Christmas list and had questions (opportunities!) for me to assist with the task.

This week a business owner asked me if he needed a formal safety program. His business employed 10 people and has been successful in preventing workplace injuries for several years. However, he felt some level of uncertainty about his informal safety...

The last time we blogged, we discussed the requirements of OSHA’s respiratory protection standard 29 CFR 1910.134, when companies exceed OSHA’s permissible exposure limits and when engineering controls are not feasible. We covered written plans, medi...

So what’s OSHA’s stance on respiratory protection in the workplace? Does everyone need to have a program? Does everyone need to wear respiratory protection? The short answer is “no”.

Recently, one of my customers from a social service organization asked if I could present a workshop on bed bugs to their risk management team. While not an entomologist by education, I accepted the request and proceeded to review the plethora of in...