Over the years, the US Department of Labor Occupational Health and Safety Administration ("OSHA") has focused attention on healthcare workers and the safety issues they face in a variety of ways. In ...

Appropriate personal protective equipment such as safety goggles and gloves must be worn to protect against hazards that may be encountered while using hand tools. Workplace floors shall be kept as ...

Safety Inspections are required to maintain your workplace according to standards established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Among the items requiring inspection are the hand ...

OSHA today added two new modules to the Agency’s “Ergonomics Solutions for Electrical Contractors” e-Tool, developed with input from the Independent Electrical Contractors Inc., as part of its OSHA ...

The Premier Safety Institute, which is a part of Premier, a healthcare alliance of more than 2,300 U.S. hospitals and 64,000 other healthcare sites, offers a downloadable OSHA bloodborne pathogen ...

"Our goal is safe and healthy workers," said Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Jonathan Snare. "These materials provide concise, expert information that will help workers avoid the vast ...

NIOSH and OSHA have collaborated on a new app aimed at addressing weather-related hazards for workers during the summer months. The OSHA-NIOSH Heat Safety Tool mobile app, available for both iOS and ...

Those of us who perform electrical work rely on our tools — and with them we earn a living. They imbue us with our superpowers; they give us the ability to assemble, build, diagnose, repair, and ...

Many of us remember the TV show “Home Improvement,” and the image of Tim “The Tool Man” Taylor, played by actor/comedian Tim Allen, digging through his assortment of wrenches, screwdrivers and hammers ...

Workplace safety depends upon identifying hazards and implementing safeguards before an accident can occur. Employers and safety managers use numerous tools to analyze the level of risk and to teach ...