With spring just around the corner, there’s no better opportunity to teach your workers about important safety topics, especially those that can affect anyone, anywhere, at any time. Poisoning is one such example.

It seems like every other week we learn about some new workplace awareness initiative or event. Whether it’s Take Your Kids to Work Day, National Organ Donor Day, or less serious events like National Kraut and Frankfurter Week, there’s always something on the calendar. This makes it all too easy to get overwhelmed.

We have five senses, but we rely on our eyes far more often than anything else. So why is it that many workers don’t think that eye safety applies to them?

The human brain is both incredibly resilient and incredibly fragile. Some people walk away from major car accidents without a scratch. Others trip and end up with a debilitating concussion.

June is National Safety Month, and if you are a safety professional, or just want to improve safety at your workplace, you should be participating.

National Fire Prevention Week 2018 is October 7-13. Each October, the week that includes October 9 becomes a focal point for fire safety and prevention practices at the workplace, in the home, and around our communities.

Last year was a record one for Mother Nature: natural disasters wreaked $306 billion in damage to the United States. Between three massive hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, droughts, and flooding, companies across the country were feeling the financial pressure of expenses incurred by unpreventable forces.

Fall Prevention Awareness Week started Saturday, September 22 this year. Have you included it on your priority list?

Is your company adequately covered for disasters?

In our first part of this four-part blog series, we discussed the importance of creating and practicing a plan to handle unexpected disasters. Part of every emergency plan should also include life-saving skills and methods that can give you and your team the best chance of survival during a threat.