– OSHA’s Top 10 2015 Safety Violations Every year OSHA publishes an updated list of it’s top 10 most frequently cited occupational safety and health violations. Our friends at CreativeSafetyPublishing.com just published a free, downloadable, infographic on OSHA’s top 10 violations for 2015.  Click here to download a full-sized,...

    Toxicology is defined as the science of poisons.  It involves the study of the effects of chemicals on living organisms.  A toxicologist is one who specializes in the study of the effects of poisons on the human body. Toxicology is a broad field of study.  Some toxicologists specialize in “product safety”, while others specialize...

    14 Free On-Line Safety Magazines Reading safety magazines is an excellent way to stay on top of the latest safety related – products, websites, regulations, equipment, and events.  The following are our 16 favorite free on-line workplace safety and health magazines (in no particular order).    Safety + Health is...

– On-the-Job Stretching Programs Workplace on-the-job stretching programs are controversial, some safety professionals believe in them while others think they are a waste of time. I developed a highly successful on-the-job stretching program at one large manufacturer.  After a few weeks into the program, the union employees liked stretching so much that when their supervisor was...

Examples of Light Duty (Transitional) Jobs Getting an injured worker back to work as soon as possible after an on-the-job injury is an important way to control the cost of a workers compensation claim.   Offering light duty (transitional) jobs to an employee who is released to return to work with medical restrictions can...

– Articles For HR Professionals With Safety Responsibilities These days, we often find that HR professionals also have safety responsibilities – At many medium and small-sized companies, managers will wear two hats.  For example, the HR manager may be responsible for both HR duties and administering the occupational safety...

Canada does not have an OSHA.  Canada’s workplace safety and health standards are very different then the OSHA standards here in the USA.  In fact, the Canadian workplace OH&S regulations (and their enforcement) are better and more effective than what the USA is doing with their OSHA regulations. To...