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Our experts at Safety.BLR.com were recently asked, “What industries does the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) consider as Special Industries?” Here is what they had to say.
Remember the days when many team members were in the office? Well, they’re back, and it may come as no surprise they’re not always excited about returning to their old/new workplaces. Almost every day, there’s another headline covering a CEO calling employees back to the office. Even the U.S. Department of Labor ordered its remote […]
As a facilities manager, you are in a position to have a significant impact on the environmental footprint of your business or facility, and help keep your fellow employees healthy. Minimizing waste, conserving water and electricity, improving indoor air quality—all fall within the role of a facilities manager and ultimately have a positive impact on […]
Healthcare workers experience a disproportionately high occurrence of assaults compared to the U.S. workforce as a whole. These assaults are most common in hospital facilities but also occur in smaller clinics, psychiatric and social service facilities, nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, homes visited by workers, and during transportation of patients. The wide variety […]
In honor of Bed Bug Awareness Week, June 1-7, the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) is aiming to support the hotel and lodging industry in safeguarding guest experiences through proactive bed bug inspection and prevention strategies. Bed bugs remain a persistent concern in lodging facilities, and early detection is critical to preventing infestations that can […]
State officials recently marked completion of several major safety initiatives under the Delaware Emergency Management Agency’s Comprehensive School Safety Program (CSSP). Delaware is now among the first states to create high-resolution digital blueprints of all school buildings and grounds for every public and charter school. The new maps will enable law enforcement and first responders […]
Yesterday we examined the steps OSHA’s taking to protect tree care workers alongside some of the agency’s general procedural recommendations to keep employees safe on the job. Today, we’ll expand the discussion to include some of the more specific hazards surrounding tree care work, from chippers to aerial lifts, and best practices for controlling them.
Today’s employees – a workforce that includes many millennial and Generation Z workers who are notoriously independent and eschew loyalty to their companies in favor of flexibility – want to work remotely. Except when they don’t.
Why not charge your electric vehicle (EV) while charging yourself up with a strong cup of coffee? That’s what Starbucks and a Mercedes-Benz subsidiary plan to offer customers under a new strategic partnership to electrify over 100 Starbucks stores across the country. The deal is yet another example of major corporations embracing sustainability initiatives. The […]
More than 2 million new jobs and up to 141 million additional job years can be created in Europe and the United States by adopting clean energy technologies in new and retrofitted buildings, according to a joint study from Schneider Electric and Boston University. The open-access paper, “Building a Green Future: Examining the Job Creation Potential of Electricity, Heating, […]