Are your workers safely entering and exiting vehicles or equipment? Especially in wet, snowy, or icy conditions, the process of entering or exiting can be quite dangerous. Workers can get injured when mounting and dismounting trucks, forklifts, heavy equipment, and aerial work platforms.

What is the safest method for entering and exiting a vehicle or equipment?

The recommend practice is the 3-point rule. This means always having at least three points of contact with the equipment - two hands & one foot or one hand & two feet. Following the 3-point rule will provide you with the most stability, and therefore reduce the risk of slips and falls.

In May 2016, a final rule was issued to improve the tracking or workplace injuries and illnesses.

Aside from the new reporting requirements, the rule also contains anti-retaliation provisions. Though originally scheduled to become effective on August 10, 2016, OSHA has delayed the enforcement twice, with a new effective date of December 1, 2016.

Every month, 2 workers are killed in trench collapses.

Work-related eye injuries are quite common. They can also be quite damaging to employees’ health and draining to your organization’s bottom line.

The walls will fail; we just don’t know when they will fail. A rule to always remember about trenching.

Carpal tunnel syndrome, tendinitis, rotator cuff injuries, muscle strains, and other work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) such as these can be prevented. By implementing ergonomic solutions in the workplace, you can help reduce the number and severity of work-related MSDs.

For the first time since 1990, fines for OSHA violations have increased. The changes are effective as of August 1, 2016.

Both at work and at home, proper ladder selection, use, and maintenance are critical to your safety. Annually, ladder-related incident cause over 500,000 injuries and approximately 300 deaths. In the workplace, these injuries cost U.S. employers $11 billion annually. Lost work time, medical expenses, legal and liability costs, as well as pain and suffering.

How can you prevent ladder-related falls? It starts by understanding what causes these incidents.

CPR training can truly make a difference. Consider this story. One of our loss prevention consultants recently led a CPR course for a client and their employees. An employee who attended this training session soon put his CPR skills to use. While at church, a fellow parishioner had a heart attack and collapsed. This employee was able to perform CPR and keep the individual alive until help arrived. The impact of safety training such as CPR, AED, and first aid is far reaching – and literally lifesaving.

On May 11, 2016, OSHA issued a final rule related to collection of workplace injury and illness data. This rule helps to modernize injury data collection with the intent to better inform workers, employers, OSHA, and the public about workplace hazards.