Five California Letter Carriers Deliver On-the-Job Heroics
Five letter carriers who helped rescue nearly 100 people from a three-alarm fire at a senior citizens’ apartment building in Oakland, Calif. have been selected as winners of the 2008 “Hero of the Year” Award of the National Association of Letter Carriers, the 302,000-member postal union announced. ...
The Evolution of Workplace Training
Those may have been simpler times, but they were definitely not safer times, nor more productive times. In fact, while it is often tempting to romanticize the past, an objective look at the history of the workplace tells a tale of continuous improvements, especially when it comes to safety. ...
OSHA Cites Deshler Foundry, Fabrication Plant for Workplace Violations
OSHA selected Cast Metals Inc. for inspection as part of a local emphasis program concentrating on the primary metal industry. As a result of its inspection,...
Working and Playing in the Outdoor Heat
Whether it is part of our job requirement or working on home projects or playing sports or just plain playing, outdoor activities can play havoc on our...
USFA Release After-Action Critiques Technical Report
This report is designed to assist all fire service members in gathering critical preparedness, response and recovery information from all emergencies;...
Awareness Is Key to Avoid Lift Truck Accidents
What Hyster Co. learned about lift truck and pedestrian accidents can assist safety managers in deciding how to equip lift trucks for their particular...
DHS Releases National Emergency Communications Plan
The NECP is the nation's first strategic plan to improve emergency response communications, and complements overarching homeland security and emergency...
Green Workday Initiative Aims to Reduce Corporate Travel and Carbon Emissions by 20 Percent
The goal of the new campaign is to advance the use of desktop videoconferencing and collaboration tools to reduce the need for business travel. Launched...
Responder Safety: Drive It, Push It, Tow It or Drag It!
The Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) offers a course that teaches first responders how to stay alive while saving the lives of others. Law enforcement,...
Danger Ahead! Cell Phones and Driving
Recent research suggests that using a cell phone while driving may be just as dangerous as driving while intoxicated and it can cost a company millions...
Are Experienced Employees Falling Behind?
In Critical Skills Needs and Resources for the Changing Workforce, a poll released by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) in conjunction...
International Safety: UK Workers and the Right to Request Time to Train
The details of how up to 22 million workers in England will be able to use the new legal right to request time to train were outlined recently by John...
Hispanic Workers Face Higher Fatality Rates
Hispanic employees suffer higher workplace fatality rates than other workers and will remain vulnerable until employers, agencies and others take steps to reduce the risk, according to the June 6 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)...
IUPUI Homeland Security and Emergency Management Conference
The initial conference, Protecting Americas Heartland from Catastrophic Events, features national experts and key responders who will discuss major disasters...
Online from Kazakhstan to California
In the fall of 2004, Bruce Keyston was assigned to a hazardous waste cleanup project that carried a HAZWOPER training requirement for site work. To maintain...
Should Your Department Issue Patrol Rifles?
In general, law enforcement agencies tend to be reactive as opposed to proactive, and often it takes tragic incidents to force action. We saw this in...
Workers Memorial Day: UAW-GM Promotes a Culture of Safety
Workers Memorial Day was established in the United States in 1989 to recognize workers who were killed or injured on the job and has since become an international...
Free PureSafety Online Safety Training Demos
Learn how PureSafetys online safety training solutions can empower you. Visit our Demo Center to view our online safety training and course demos....
PureSafetys Online Training Delivery and Management Solutions Help Save Lives AND Reduce Training Costs. How Smart is That?
Efficiently and effectively deliver, track, manage and report on all your compliance-based training initiatives online or in the classroom. 450+ online...
U.S. Labor Department's OSHA Cites Georgia Contractor for Fall Hazards
OSHA first cited and fined DEC Management $2,100 in August 2007 for failing to implement a fall protection program and provide fall protection training...
Swift-Water Awareness Is Important For All Responders
While the fire department may conduct the actual rescue, the swift-water rescue often is a unified response. Police often secure the perimeter and shut...
First Responders Congress to Draw Emergency Personnel from Diverse Fields
Experts will share best practices with a variety of service groups at the congress. Firefighting, police, military, search and rescue and homeland security...
OSHA 10-Hour Training Diary
Lets face it. As a writer, Im more likely to suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome than a fall or electrical hazard on a construction site. My experience...
ASPH: 250,000 Public Health Workers Needed by 2020
ASPH warns that an approaching shortage of public health physicians, public health nurses, epidemiologists, health care educators and administrators in...
Lean Behavior-Based Safety: How the Process is Evolving to Survive in Today's Economy
The business climate has drastically changed since 1984. Behavior-based safety (BBS), in general, has not!...
