

Retro Post -- Safety Haiku
For those of you who may not remember, a "haiku" is a Japanese poem of 3 lines that consists of exactly 17 syllables -- 5 in the first...


New OSHRC Decision – The Importance of Multi-Employer Worksite Precautions
A recent decision by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) underscores the importance of taking proper...


Helping Us Understand Who We Protect (A Book Recommendation)
Keeping workers safe is an ever-changing mix of technical know-how and psychology. It’s the psychology element that many times proves to...


The Combustible Dust Cake
I spent Wednesday morning visiting a client facility to present a combustible dust hazard awareness “train the trainer” course to the...


Make a New Year's Safety Resolution
New Year’s resolutions get a bad rap — and usually deservedly so. Eating better, exercising, or giving up smoking for a few weeks in...


The Trump Administration and OSHA
With the reality of a Donald Trump presidency still less than 24 hours old, there’s a lot of scrambling in the “expert” community to...