According the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) one in 10 forklifts are in an accident every year. You have probably seen videos on social media of operators driving into hazards, overloading their machines and tipping or various other accidents....
Month: October 2017
Pedestrian signals and safety tips
Almost everyone is a pedestrian at some point. This means that almost everyone is at risk when they are walking somewhere while in the vicinity of motor vehicles.Specific traffic signals have been designed to make pedestrians safer when crossing an intersection. The...
Cranes can be involved in deadly construction accidents
In recent years, the major New York City newspapers have all carried stories of catastrophic crane accidents that left workers and passers-by with injuries, some of which proved fatal.The Big Apple isn't the only metropolitan hub that has experienced these type of...
Construction workers fear for safety on the job
According to a recent survey by the National Safety Council, 58 percent of those who work in the construction industry in the United States feel like safety is secondary to job task completion and productivity.More than half of American construction workers surveyed...