Site Safety

If black widow spiders are present in your area of the country, please raise awareness with employees at least once a year during a safety meeting.

Workers need to recognize the hazards, avoid contact with potentially harmful plants, and know how to protect themselves on the job.

OSHA has a lot to say about safety signs in the workplace. It’s the first critical step when it comes to workplace safety to alert employees and visitors to dangers, warnings and safety instructions that shouldn’t be missed.

When any incident occurs, what is one of the first questions that should be asked, and why is it a good starting point for the investigation?

For outdoor workers there may be the opportunity to encounter venomous snakes on the job and safety training should include how to watch for snakes.

Emergency Action Plans provide site-specific procedures so workers know what is expected and what to do in the event of an emergency.

Copperhead snakes are not usually aggressive but it's important for outdoor workers to understand the threat and know what to do if they see a snake.

Hazardous materials serve valuable functions in the workplace like the flammable liquids used for cutting and welding or the compressed gas used to fuel forklifts. It’s critical that workers know about the hazardous materials in their work area.

A barricade warns of a boundary not to be crossed. If there is a potential hazard, signs must be visible at all times and when necessary, appropriate barricades must be in place. Do you know what can safely be used as a barricade if used properly?

Safety isn't just something that you think about once a month at the mandatory HQ meeting. What is a Job Hazard Analysis and why is it important?

Moving machine parts have the potential to cause severe workplace injuries. Any machine part, function, or process that may cause injury must be safeguarded.

Don't assume everyone is aware of clear and present danger, signs are important! Know how to choose the right sign for every workplace and job site situation. If there is a potential hazard, signs must be visible at all times.

Common construction site hazards along with guidance on specific items that need to be included in the construction company's workplace safety program.

A robust safety program helps minimize risk to your workforce and keeping your insurance up to date will help your company weather any future liabilities.

Believe it or not, OSHA cares how neat and tidy you are on the job site. Messy projects mean the potential for OSHA poor housekeeping citations.

Do you know what to do if there is an emergency at your workplace? Do you know when to evacuate and when to shelter-in-place? Plan ahead to save lives.

Workers should know how to recognize fire ant mounds, how to avoid them and what to do if they unexpectedly get bit and stung while working outdoors.

Here are some of the most common variations of hazard signs that you might see in the workplace and how you can interpret their meaning.

Recognizable to most, and found in almost all work areas outdoors, rattlesnakes can be encountered in work environments across the United States.

If brown recluse spiders are present in your area of the country, please raise awareness with employees at least once a year during a safety meeting.

Loading docks can be high-traffic areas that present a variety of safety hazards that employees need to be aware of during the course of the work day.

Workplace safety isn't just something that you think about once a month at a safety meeting. Learn more about job hazard analysis and why it's important.

If employees are working outdoors or in any area where ticks could be present, it would be a good idea to have an annual safety meeting on tick avoidance.

For some workers, it's simply a nuisance and hazard of working outdoors, for others, bees and insects can literally put them in a life or death situation.

The statistics related to slip, trip and fall incidents at work are shocking but there's plenty a business owner can do to prevent unnecessary accidents.

Slip, trip and fall hazards are lurking everywhere on the walking/working surfaces at work, but a good safety program can minimize those risks.

Walking/Working Surfaces exist literally everywhere you can step foot in the workplace. That means that slip, trip & fall hazards are lurking everywhere too, but a good safety program can minimize those risks.

Cottonmouth and other poisonous snakes can be a real hazard for some workers, and if that's the case they should be trained on how to protect themselves.