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3 Ways to Squeeze More Value From the Distracted Driving Safety Guide

Anyone who sits in the driver’s seat of a vehicle is at risk of becoming distracted while driving. That means distracted driving is a potentially major safety issue in workplaces in almost every single industry. The problems of distracted driving are well known, and safety professionals have run countless anti-distracted driving campaigns in an effort…

3 Invigorating Ways to Overcome Fatigue at Work

It’s no secret that drinking alcohol impairs your physical and mental abilities. Drinking makes it more dangerous to drive a car, slows physical reaction times, and diminishes our ability to identify and respond to hazards. Less well understood is the fact that fatigue can have a similar effect on the human body. In fact, according…

3 Surefire Ways to Reduce Hand Injuries

Every single job requires workers to use their hands in some capacity. So it’s no surprise that injuries to the hands are the second-most common type of workplace injury. In fact, in 2019 hand injuries comprised over 13% of total injuries and illnesses that led to missed workdays in the private sector.  The risk of…

4 Signs You’re Under the Influence of Complacency

Complacency can lull people into a false sense of security and cause them to downplay any risks that surround them. The more comfortable they get doing something (and nothing bad happens) the less they think about the associated hazards. And the longer they go without an incident, the more confident they become that nothing bad…

How Do You Avoid Blaming When it Comes to Human Error?

According to Human Factors Investigation and Analysis of Accidents and Incidents, human error accounts for between 60–80% of all accidents and incidents.  That statistic has been the cause of many people falsely believing that behavior-based safety (BBS) programs blame the worker. It has also sparked many human and organizational performance (HOP) supporters to believe that…

5 Unexpected Ways to Reduce Noise in the Workplace

Far too many employees are at risk of damaging or losing their hearing—especially those who’ve spent their lives working in noisy environments or those who haven’t been trained on how to take proper precautions. If your workplace is subject to noise hazards, consider some of the preventative measures outlined below in order to safeguard employee…

Chemical Breakdown: The Right PPE is Paramount to Safety

When asked to think about PPE, many people form a mental picture of hard hats, steel-toed boots and maybe fall protection harnesses. But in the chemical industry, things can be a little more complicated. The chemical industry processes numerous raw substances into tens of thousands of other materials that we use in all sorts of…

Best Practices in Mining Power Haulage

Mining is a dangerous profession. In 2017 alone there were 28 fatalities in the U.S. Although this represents a downward trend in mining-related deaths, any number of fatalities and injuries is too high to accept. Most incidents in the mining industry are caused by powered haulage and machinery. Experienced miners are just as likely to…