Eye and face injuries can be painful and gruesome. According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2,000 people incur job-related eye injuries requiring medical treatment every day. These types of...
We’ve probably all torn the house apart trying to find our car keys, only to look down and realize they’ve been on the kitchen counter all along. Not being able to recognize the keys from their surroundings might make us late...
Each year, the National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA) schedules a week-long Trench Safety Stand Down. This year, the event being held June 14–18. Founded in 1964, the National Utility Contractors Association, Fairfax...
Essential workers in blue-collar industries—including construction—are less likely to opt for a COVID-19 vaccine than those who work in more white-collar sectors, according to research by Morning Consult, New York. While...
We are living in unprecedented times, in which much of the nation was locked down for the past several months. This is, of course, to curb the spread of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. While...
Electrical workers face a number of job hazards every day. However, poor housekeeping is often overlooked as a leading cause of injuries and fatalities in the workplace. Cluttered work sites lead to far too many preventable...
Electrical workers face outsized safety risks. While some 6% of Americans work on construction sites, 20% of work-related fatalities happen there, according to the 2018 Construction Chart Book from the Center for Constructing...
Researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) in Glasgow, Scotland developed the prototype for an cellphone app that can reduce injuries and save lives on construction projects, according to an article from the Glasgow...
