A common tool that we can all relate to is the pedestal/bench grinder. It is used in almost every setting, from multinational corporations, distribution, government, to small private companies. If ...

I don't know how many audits I have conducted over the last 20 years, but I know it is in the hundreds. One of the areas that I have found hardest to assess as an auditor is the hazard assessment ...

Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs) are used throughout industry in a variety of forms and formats. Typically performed in advance of accomplishing a particular task, they identify potential hazards and ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- Every year, millions of American workers are injured, get sick or die as a result of workplace hazards. But, what exactly is a hazard? The Occupational Safety and Health ...

A job hazard analysis (JHA) is completed prior to the start of any construction job where there is potential for injury or accident. Larger general contractors have made these a common requirement ...

Planning for safety isn’t new to the electrical trade. Guidelines to conduct a job hazard analysis (JHA) for each individual job were first published by OSHA in 1989, and have since been regularly ...

A Hazard is anything that has the potential to cause harm, injuries, accidents or other undesirable effects. A Risk is the possibility that a personal injury, property loss or environmental harm will ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- One of the root causes of workplace injuries, illnesses and incidents is the failure to identify or recognize hazards which are present or could have been anticipated in ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 2012 NSC Congress & Expo -- Remedy Interactive, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise safety software solutions, today announced a new product that helps ...

We live in a world of acronym fatigue. This something we’re not immune to in the world of health and safety either: HSE, EHS, MOC, WCB and JSA. It seems that for health and safety professionals, not a ...