When you don’t get enough or good quality sleep, you can become tired. Driver Fatigue has the same effect as driving under the influence of alcohol. According to a NIOSH poll, 37% of workers get less than the recommended minimum of 7 hours of sleep.
Distracted driving occurs when a driver is engaged in activities that divert his or her attention away from the road. Distractions during driving put the lives of drivers, passengers, pedestrians, and other drivers at risk. One of the most common forms of distracted driving is
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has renewed its 20-year training program with the Builders’ Association. The training program targets workers in construction in Missouri and Eastern Kansas. The program also focuses on reducing the number of injuries, illnesses, and fatalities resulting from construction’s top
Violence in the workplace is any type of violent act, usually in the form of physical abuse or threat, that puts an employee’s or several employees’ health and safety at risk. To stop such acts, businesses often provide workplace violence prevention education. NIOSH has defined
Logging is an extremely hazardous profession. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has consistently ranked it as one of the most hazardous industries. Logging professionals naturally make a lot of use of chainsaws as a part of their profession. So chainsaw safety
Power linemen face many electrical hazards as they work on live as well as dead electrical power lines. They may install or replace distribution equipment such as capacitor banks, distribution transformers on poles, insulators, and fuses, among other activities related to electrical lines. Linemen use
As workplace safety advocates become more powerful, their critics have also become more vocal. Topics of public safety often have very divided opinions. The topic of workplace safety is no exception. The problem is that we require health and safety regulations. What makes them so