Tip of the Week

We are not sure who advises the producers on certain TV shows, but they often sacrifice truth for the sake of excitement, and get it wrong. Take automated fire sprinklers, for example. While watching a popular TV show recently, the heroes were [...]

This past week, on September 18th, some peroxide spilled at the Icahan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, located in lower Manhattan, New York. 150 people were evacuated from the building. The news report did not mention the size of the [...]

Those of you who subscribe to Industry Safety and Hygiene News (ISHN) may have read an article in the September 9, 2019 issue entitled “Managing Safety Differently.” It was written by Ron Gantt, Vice President of SCM and Director of [...]

A disaster is defined as a sudden event, such as an accident or a natural catastrophe, that causes great damage or loss of life. Disasters happen all the time. For example, in recent news: Hurricane Dorian devastates the Bahamas, before storming [...]

If you have been following the news in the past few days, you know what this is.  It is Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 hurricane that is bearing down on the Southeast coast of the USA. To learn more, click the link here. There is so much wrong [...]

Several years ago, a member of the SCM Team was looking for a puppy. She sent an email to someone who had a puppy for sale and got a surprising response. The person looked at her email address, assuming that because it [...]

Many people refer to medical assistance other than providing CPR and/or using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) as First Aid. In reality, it is actually Second Aid. If someone was bleeding from their arm, but was unconscious and needed [...]

            How would you fix this problem?     We will admit that the issue in this picture is rather obvious. There is a sign that reminds employees to keep cylinders chained at all times. But the [...]

            When looking at regulations and OSHA related documents, you might see terms that identify persons with certain responsibilities at work sites. Do you know what they all are and what the OSHA definition [...]

          At a recent training program, we asked the group of more than 40 electricians what incidents and/or accidents they had seen lately. Many related stories about electrical incidents, from witnessing arc flashes [...]