2021

This past Saturday, 9/11/21, many of us paused to remember where we were and what we were doing twenty years ago. We remember watching as the Pentagon was hit, the twin towers of the World Trade [...]

We all do it – you need more space in the workplace, warehouse or garage so you try to stack as many things as you can on top of each other. Sometimes, this works without any issues. But other [...]

What do Beethoven, Whoopi Goldberg, Bill Clinton, and Steven Colbert have in common? They all have or had some degree of hearing loss. It’s a common problem. According to the National Institutes [...]

    Do you have an Apple Watch, iPhone, stopwatch or any device you can use to count 10 seconds? If so, use it now. Did you breathe? The average person breathes about two or three times [...]

How many times have you been reminded by the safety officer to put on your personal protective equipment (PPE)? You might work at a construction site, a refinery, a chemical manufacturing plant, [...]

  Max (not his real name) managed a small facility for one of SCM’s clients. Fairly young (only 62), Max was an energetic, professional, and seemingly healthy person. One day, as the other [...]

Did you hear what Justin said? “All it takes is just that one time.” We have a little to say on this topic. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2019, [...]

  No, we are not announcing the next music craze, although this might be a great name for a rock band. Actually, Alphonse Chapanis was the Professor Emeritus of the Department of [...]

Penelope (Penny) is SCM’s office pet. She’s a five-year-old English Bulldog. Her snoring can often be heard in the background on conference calls. She scouts our training classes for any food [...]

This time of year, most of us like to do more barbequing. People are sitting out in the sun, sometimes for too long. And some of us work with hot surfaces in the course of our jobs. What does [...]