Tip of the Week

According to Weather.com, this should be a “La Nina” winter, linked here. That means that temperatures should be at or slightly above normal. There might not be much snowfall in the northeast section of the US. However, it is still [...]

Do you remember the movie “Groundhogs Day” staring Bill Murray and Andie McDowell? Bill Murray’s character becomes trapped in a time loop, in which he relives Groundhog’s Day repeatedly, much to our amusement. Does anyone [...]

Routes matter. In fact, the route you take can become important. Take the Routes of Entry for example. The Routes of Entry are the four main ways that hazardous materials can gain entry into your body and cause harm. Knowing the routes of entry [...]

We often provide you with pictures and let you look for the things that are wrong. Often these pictures are taken as we do site assessments. In reality, the assessments often show us that these sites have more things right than wrong. Today we [...]

This month’s quiz is based on the hierarchy of controls (above) established by the American National Standards Association (ANSI) and the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP). A lot of what we do as safety professionals is to [...]

Today, October 19, 2020 is National Kentucky Day, National Seafood Bisque Day, and National Clean Out Your Virtual Desktop Day, according to the National Day Calendar, linked here. If anyone is wondering, yesterday was National Chocolate Cupcake [...]

Somewhere in the world, someone is in the process of taking their own life right now. The World Health Organization estimates that one person commits suicide every 40 seconds. The CDC states that, in the U.S. alone, about 1.4 million people [...]

Hurricane Sally recently hit and created havoc to parts of Alabama and the Florida panhandle. As of a few days ago, hundreds of thousands were still without power in the aftermath. And Tropical Storm Beta is currently heading towards the Texas [...]

We are currently in the middle of a pandemic, and soon we will be entering the flu season. Both diseases have symptoms ranging from mild to life-threatening. And both diseases have a high death toll. While it is difficult to get an accurate [...]

Earlier this month we showed you a picture of an eyewash bottle that was expired, but still sitting in the emergency eyewash station. It appeared that, if someone was inspecting the eyewash stations on a regular basis, they had missed something. [...]