Tip of the Week

Yes, we want to know what is right in this picture. The van is on a fairly busy street in Las Vegas, Nevada. It appears to be preparing to turn left into a residential area. The photo was sent to SCM by a Safety Tip of the Week reader and valued [...]

Have you heard people from an industry other than the one where you work talking about something that is common to them, but to you it sounds like a different language? Us too. At SCM, we try not to use words, phrases, and acronyms that other [...]

Shanya Gill is a 12-year-old middle school student in San Jose, California. During the summer of 2022, a fire destroyed a restaurant near her home. The restaurant had smoke detectors, but it took a considerable amount of smoke for the detectors [...]

“80% of accidents are caused by unsafe acts.” Have you ever heard a statement like that? Maybe the numbers were different or maybe it was something like “most accidents are caused by human error” or “improper planning causes most injuries” or [...]

Tomorrow is Halloween. Some people will celebrate tomorrow night by watching scary movies, wearing costumes, and indulging in all sorts of treats. We thought we might send out a scary quiz to balance out those treats. This week’s quiz will focus [...]

Did you know that, according to NIOSH, in 2020 there were 1,176,340 recorded nonfatal occupational injuries that resulted in days away from work? Of those, 18% or roughly 211,740 were attributed to slips, trips, and falls. The three leading [...]

Last week we talked about fire extinguishers and said that extinguishers do not prevent fires. Extinguishers are categorized as fire suppression units. Paul Gantt, SCM Founder and President, as well as a retired fire chief officer, would tell [...]

September is National Emergency Preparedness Month. There have been many disasters lately that have reminded us of the importance of being prepared. Hurricane Idalia and tropical storm Lee flooded the east coast, while a rare tropical storm, [...]

When is a hazard not a hazard? When the hazard can’t reach you! Did that confuse you? Let’s talk about a phrase sometimes used when discussing hazardous materials or chemicals, the “routes of entry.”   There are basic routes of entry for a [...]

  22 years ago today, the unthinkable happened. Terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Centers in New York City, the Pentagon, and, if the attempt had not been thwarted by some heroic passengers on Flight 93, they would have flown a [...]