Employee Jones to supervisor: “Hey boss, just want you to know I tweaked my back lifting that box of parts onto the conveyor. No big deal, I can continue working.”
As the United States remains in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic, significant attention has been placed on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA” or the “Agency”) and the efforts taken by the Agency to help in the federal response.
AD announced it has finalized the merger agreement with Tampa-based SafetyNetwork and set Jan. 1, 2021 as the closing date, creating AD’s only safety-dedicated division focused on the growth of independent distributors specializing in the safety market.
After a long, gray winter, the sun is shining, the birds are chirping and the mercury is rising — and rising, and rising. For several weeks in the spring, outdoor work was comfortable — even preferable to indoor work. But by mid- to-late June, the temps began to take their toll.
The annual ASA Safety Award is a program based on OSHA lost work data. Awarded on an annual basis, it serves to highlight those companies that go above and beyond in the area of worker safety.
The annual ASA Safety Award, sponsored by the ASA Safety Committee, recognizes ASA members that have shown they have gone above and beyond in the area of worker safety.
With 2020 well underway, our safety professionals have printed off a fresh batch of OSHA 300 forms and are duly recording work-related fatalities, injuries and illnesses that occur in workplaces this year.
