Construction Safety Week is a celebration of our industry’s commitment to health and safety—a commitment that has driven ...

An earlier hierarchy of controls had engineering controls as the top-level control. Of course, now most hierarchy of controls, including the one used by OSHA, include elimination and substitution as ...

Safety in industries such as energy, transportation, and manufacturing requires a structured approach. Health and safety leaders have long relied on safety management systems (SMS) to reduce risks and ...

Construction sites are bustling centers of activity, where skilled sheet metal and HVAC workers bring architectural visions to life. However, amidst the frenzy of construction, safety and health must ...

It is the policy of Michigan Technological University that all equipment be locked out during servicing and/or maintenance work to protect against accidental or inadvertent activation which could ...

Combustion equipment safety is essential for the daily operation of facilities and safety of plant personnel. Safety protocols and mechanisms in industrial plants have improved drastically in the last ...

Electrical crews rarely operate in ideal conditions. Most of the time, crews are making repairs and improvements in vast, open spaces. That makes workers more vulnerable to risks and hazardous ...

Fail-Safe: An experiment that is being monitored by a device to shut down the experiment if, for instance, a loss in water pressure or electricity to the experiment could cause a fire, explosion, or ...