‘Safety first’ is a phrase that gets bandied about quite often. Companies are quick to say that the safety of visitors and staff is their number one priority, yet you would not know it by observing what they do. The truth is that safety is a mindset. It is not a set of marketing principles […]
Donald Trump’s Mine Safety and Health Administration head, David Zatezalo, is a former coal company CEO whose company was cited for repeated safety violations, with one miner killed in a rock wall collapse. Under Zatezalo’s leadership, the MSHA has weakened mine inspection policies, allowing inspections to happen while workers are already on the job and […]
There are almost 3 million workplace injuries reported by the private industry in 2014 alone, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Furthermore, nearly 5,000 of workplace accidents ended fatally in the same year. These figures are alarming and should inspire employers both in the private and public sectors to take greater measures to ensure […]