All safety Articles

Someone walking around their home and tripping on a lamp cord.
Home & Holiday
Practical Ways to Prevent Slips, Trips, and Falls at Home

Here's how anyone can be proactive about identifying and addressing slip, trip, and fall hazards around the home to significantly reduce the risk of injuries.

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Worker in yellow PPE standing behind red-and-white tape labeled “Authorized Entry Only” while a load is lifted overhead by a crane.
Materials Handling
Crane Lift Zone Safety: Key Planning Steps to Protect Your Crew

Crane lifts require careful planning, clear communication, and strict safety around the lift and fall zones to prevent serious injuries.

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Injured Worker Filling Out Injury Claim Form
Best Practices
How to Prevent the Top 10 Disabling Work-Related Injuries

The annual Workplace Safety Index ranks the top 10 causes of disabling work-related injuries and here's how to ensure you aren't part of these statistics.

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Distracted Driving Hazard Sign
Driving Safety
Multitasking is a Myth: Why Distracted Driving Can Be Deadly

When behind the wheel, drivers should always be fully aware of their surroundings, remain focused solely on driving and avoid all types of distractions.

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Sign on a gate that says Beware of the Dog, Enter at Your Own Risk.
Site Safety
Training and Experience are Key for Worker Dog Bite Safety

For employees that work outdoors or regularly conduct business in residential neighborhoods, training on dog bite prevention techniques is important.

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Loader
Incidents
This Fatal Incident Reminds Crews to Inspect Equipment

The weekly safety meeting is a great time to remind heavy equipment operators to inspect their equipment daily and to test their back-up alarms regularly.

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A skid-steer loader in operation at a job site.
Heavy Equipment
Prioritize Skid-Steer Loader Safety on the Construction Site

If safety precautions are not followed, workers who operate or work near skid-steer loaders are in danger of crushed-by, caught-in, rollover, and runover risks.

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Worker Drinking Bottled Water
Health
Dehydration Isn't Just a Health Hazard in the Summer

Dehydration can become serious for any worker, no matter the time of year or work environment, if enough fluids are not consumed throughout the work day.

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Machine, Debarker, Close-up
Incidents
Tragic Caught-in Incident with a Valuable Safety Lesson

This tragic caught-in incident demonstrates that when lockout/tagout procedures are not followed, the results can be deadly. Safety meetings do save lives.

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