Planning for safety isn’t new to the electrical trade. Guidelines to conduct a job hazard analysis (JHA) for each individual job were first published by OSHA in 1989, and have since been regularly ...

Complacency and poor communication are the top concerns in workplace safety. Four experts explain why — and offer tips to ...

Small change. Meaningful impact. It is a simple description, but one that perfectly describes a recent implementation at Jones-Onslow Electric Membership Corporation (JOEMC). For this forward-thinking ...

By Jim Goss, Senior Safety Consultant, HCSS As the focus on construction safety intensifies, equipment-using organizations are moving beyond compliance to culture change, embedding safety into the ...

Encouraging employees to apply workplace safety habits at home protects their families, reduces off-the-job injuries, and strengthens the overall safety culture. In many workplaces, safety is a top ...

Off-the-job safety is considered by some safety professionals to be the final frontier when it comes to affecting change in a worker’s safety beliefs and behavior. Effectively reaching employees away ...

A Hazard is anything that has the potential to cause harm, injuries, accidents or other undesirable effects. A Risk is the possibility that a personal injury, property loss or environmental harm will ...

Incidents are a result of a chain of events that occur when one preventable link was overlooked or unrecognized. Being aware of your surroundings and practicing pre-job briefings every time the ...