Entries Tagged Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

On every job site where excavation is occurring, an important responsibility of the competent person is the accurate classification of the soil. OSHA’s...

Industry veteran and Jarvis Septic & Drain owner Gene Morris can attest to the dangers of noise exposure over time: “I’m 56,...

A Florida utility contractor fined by OSHA twice since January 2017 in connection with job site incidents that killed four workers is...

When job site safety, and the unfortunate outcomes that can come from overlooking safety protocols, are covered in Cleaner, it oftentimes has to...

The usual suspects appear on the preliminary list of Fiscal Year 2017 OSHA Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards. Except for one. “Electrical –...

Disease, blindness, trauma, death — these are the risks for service industry workers when they fail to use basic personal protective equipment. Some...

Running a company can be a bit like walking a tightrope. It’s all about balance. When times are slow and budgets are tight,...

Two companies have been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration following the investigation into the deaths of three workers earlier this...

Running a company can be a bit like walking a tightrope. It’s all about balance.When times are slow and budgets are tight, many...

Author’s Note: The following information contains suggestions you may want to use in working with personnel from the federal Department of Labor’s...

Working in trenches and excavations is potentially one of the most hazardous types of work in the construction and utility industries.One reason?...

Each year, about 100 workers in the U.S. die in confined-space incidents.The sad fact is that most of those workers were never...

A worker in Omaha, Nebraska, was saved last week after being trapped in a collapsed trench for nearly seven hours.According to a...

A Boston contractor is facing criminal charges in connection with a work site incident that killed two of its employees last October.According...