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Sometime around midnight, transmission foundation engineer Ashley Shirer awoke in her tent. Alone save for her dog, Shirer had heard a low, threatening growl that suddenly made her aware of how thin ...

As industrial workforces await OSHA heat standards, it’s important to get safety managers and workers up to speed on heat safety. It’s an issue that’s been around for decades, and dangerous heat now ...

In this episode of “EC&M Tech Talk,” Randy Barnett, an electrical instructor, trainer, inspector, journeyman electrician, and safety expert, walks viewers through five practical steps for performing ...

The livelihoods of millions of Americans have been deeply disrupted in the face of this pandemic. The U.S. economy shrank at a 31.7 percent annualized pace between April and June. 16 After ...

Workplace safety is a paramount concern across all industries, but in the construction sector it takes on a heightened significance. According to a recent study conducted by the legal services company ...

Every business potentially faces the possibility of accidental loss of property, income, liability, and/or injury to its employees. Organizations usually have a person or department responsible for ...

The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) has announced its revisions to its complete library of its Back to Work Safely (BTWS) guidelines. The new edition includes multiple updates, ...

Defective equipment, use of improper material, job contamination, substandard or limited training, inexperience on the job, weather conditions, unmanaged stress, incomplete/improper procedures, etc., ...

In the summer of 2022, two maintenance workers found themselves waist-deep in liquid chocolate after falling into a tank at a candy factory in Pennsylvania. Stuck for over an hour, the two workers ...