11 min read
One of the most common health hazards in the workplace, noise can have serious impacts on our health, safety, and...
Administrative Control
11 min read
5 min read
Whether they're working under the searing sun or near processes and machinery that are blasting heat, some roles expose workers...
6 min read
With 85 forklift fatalities and 34,900 serious injuries each year, there’s no question that forklifts are a workplace hazard that...
From 1999 to 2015, there were about 7,393 deaths from unintentional carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in the United States. It’s often referred to...
5 min read
A risk assessment is a series or set of processes used to identify potential health and safety hazards, analyze and...
3 min read
Pesticides and fumigants can cause mild or severe poisoning. Long-term exposure to them can cause cancer. Workers most commonly absorb...
3 min read
Chlorine is a powerful disinfectant and bleaching agent. In both gas and liquid forms it is toxic and extremely dangerous....
2 min read
Hydrogen sulfide is a dangerous toxic gas found in many industries. At low concentrations it causes health problems. At high...
3 min read
Carbon dioxide becomes toxic when there is too much of it. This is especially true in confined areas. Excess carbon...
2 min read
Abrasive blasting, which uses compressed air or water to clean surfaces, apply a texture, or prepare a surface for paint...