Safety Blog

 An estimated 2.3 million construction workers, or 65 percent of the construction industry, work on scaffolds. In a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics study, 72 ...

Electricity has long been recognized as a serious workplace hazard, exposing employees to electric shock, electrocution, burns, fires, and explosions. Most of these fatalities could ...

As injuries and fatalities caused by falls from elevation continue to be a leading cause for safety action in the construction industry, OSHA is partnering ...

OSHA’s Whistleblower Protection Program enforces the whistleblower provisions of more than twenty whistleblower statutes protecting employees who report violations of various workplace safety and health ...

Drilling concrete and other surfaces can cause a myriad of injury to workers, especially over time. Not only does hand-arm vibration exposure contribute to carpal ...

OSHA’s final rule on exposure to beryllium in general and construction industries comes into effect on May 11th, 2018. About 62,000 workers are exposed to ...

No matter how many trenching, shoring, and back filling jobs an employer has done in the past, it is important to approach each new job ...

Diversified Safety Services has expanded its operations to a new Eastern Shore division in Salisbury, Md. This new location will offer all the same high ...

When March comes in like a lion as it has this year, high winds pose especially dangerous conditions for construction workers. There are numerous statistics ...

Moving machine parts have the potential to cause severe workplace injuries and in addition to the lockout/tagout procedures that we have covered, machine guarding is ...

In the construction industry, employers with more than 10 employees are required to keep a record of serious work-related injuries and illnesses. Starting this month ...