Safety Updates

Heads up: When it comes to enforcing your employer’s safety rules, it’s never a good idea to play favorites. That’s your takeaway from a newly released survey showing that 38% of 503 blue-collar employees in the U.S. reported that they’d seen their …

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Summary: As her son was lying in the street near death from a work-related injury, a mom rushed to the job site to kiss him one last time. The incident: With only two days left working as a laborer for ICON Construction and Development, Lucas Gray, …

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Keep in mind that when it comes to staying safe inside a confined space, one of the biggest challenges we face is the significant number of different hazards that could put us at risk for potentially fatal injuries. In fact, according to the U.S. …

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Incident summary: An employee suffered the amputation of his left hand because one of his crew mates affixed a personal lock to the wrong electrical disconnect switch. What happened: Four crew members were assigned to remove sludge that had …

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Safety insight: If a crew member seeks an exemption from a safety policy because of a disability, talk to your safety manager before deciding whether to approve the request. What happened: When his employer instituted a policy mandating the use of …

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Incident summary: A crew member who was sending text messages on his cellphone while performing a hazardous job mistakenly touched an energized electrical conduit rather than the deenergized wire he was supposed to be working on. What happened: An …

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