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When you’re thinking about workplace safety solutions, a reflective vest might seem like a small thing.

Topics: Workplace Health and Safety, Utilities, Mining & Metals, Maritime, Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Manufacturing, Automotive, Incident Management, Logistics and Transportation, Plastics & Packaging, Safety Management, Building Materials & Construction, PPE

Did you know that over 145,000 Americans work in over 7,000 warehouses all over the country? It doesn’t seem like such a big number until you realize that the fatal injury rate for warehousing is higher than the national average for any other industry.

Topics: Workplace Health and Safety, Manufacturing, Biotech & Pharmaceuticals, Automotive, Consumer Packaged Goods, Machinery, Logistics and Transportation, Plastics & Packaging, Safety Management, Safety Equipment

Your workers deserve safe and fair working conditions. But before labor unions, they didn’t have much power to negotiate for such conditions.

Topics: Workplace Health and Safety, Utilities, Mining & Metals, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Biotech & Pharmaceuticals, Automotive, Safety Management, Building Materials & Construction

Whether you have one commercial vehicle or an entire fleet, DOT compliance should be a top priority. Set forth by the United States Department of Transportation, this set of rules governs all aspects of commercial vehicles to ensure the safety of drivers, workers, and the general public.

Topics: Regulatory Information, Compliance, Automotive, Logistics and Transportation, Safety Management

Tesla is proud to announce that it has made an effort to make its factories safer for all of its employees. The company’s total recordable incident rate (TRIR) has dropped by 25% since 2016. Tesla is now in line with industry average rates.

Topics: Workplace Health and Safety, Trends, In the News, Manufacturing, Automotive, Safety Management

Use this checklist to ensure the health and safety of your employees. 

Topics: Workplace Health and Safety, Safety Tips, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Automotive, Machinery, Building Materials & Construction

When it comes to sustainability, you need to give employees control. Your employees need to see a strong correlation between effort and outcome regarding safety; leading indicators provide this.

Topics: EHS Management, Manufacturing, Automotive

Management expert Peter Drucker believed that “you can’t manage what you can’t measure.” That is, if you don’t have a solid system in place for documenting specific metrics, you lack the ability to properly manage them.

Topics: Sustainability, EHS Management, Manufacturing, Automotive

As technology improves, and conveniences like automation become increasingly in demand, machines are no doubt leading the way to our future in industry. But the human element is still very much alive in the machine-dominant landscape, and it’s everyone’s responsibility to maintain safety to ensure the jobs of both man and machine can be accomplished without incident.

Topics: OSHA, EHS Software, Workplace Health and Safety, Compliance, EHS Management, Industry Insights, Manufacturing, Automotive, Machinery

From making individual parts to building the whole car, there’s a lot riding on your reputation in the automotive industry. While many nonautomotive companies primarily concern themselves with the safety of their employees, your EHS department pulls double duty by also considering the safety of your end users.

Topics: EHS Software, Sustainability, Workplace Health and Safety, Risk Management, Compliance, Industry Insights, Sustainability Software, Automotive