ANSI Z535.1-2022: Standard for Safety Colors
Through their effective and quick recognition, safety colors enhance the ability of a word message or safety symbol to convey essential information to workers. American…
ASME B30.23-2022: Personnel Lifting Systems
Some worksites require personnel to operate at heights unreachable by their natural limitations. Technology providing this accessibility hasn’t always assured the safety of its users….
ANSI/ASSP Z117.1-2022: Entering Confined Spaces
About 12.5% of all people have claustrophobia, and this fear of tight spaces can be triggered in a variety of environments. In industry, it’s more…
ASME B30.5-2021: Mobile and Locomotive Cranes
If you examine many devices actively utilized in construction operations, you will see, while perfected with centuries of innovation and a comprehension of modern physics,…
ASME B30.20-2025: Below-the-Hook Lifting Devices
A volume of the overall safety standard for cableways, cranes, derricks, hoists, hooks, jacks, and slings, ASME B30.20-2025: Below-the-Hook Lifting Devices, has been released. Revising…
ANSI/ASSP Z590.3-2021: Prevention through Design Guidelines
Sentient beings seek pleasure and avoid pain. The latter characteristic, at least in animals with a nervous system, manifests in reflexes. Involuntary movements act as…
ANSI/ASSP Z359.14-2021: Self-Retracting Devices Safety Requirements
Year after year, fall protection tops OSHA’s top 10 most frequently cited violations. This threat is more than a workplace blunder, however, as falls comprise…
ASTM F1637-21: Standard Practice For Safe Walking Surfaces
Trips and falls can happen anywhere. In 2019, there were 244,000 workplace injuries from falls, slips, and trips, according to the National Safety Council. Uneven…
OSHA Top 10 Violations of 2020
Often, workplace hazards are articulated through dismal statistics that demonstrate their threats after it is too late. For instance, 5,333 workers died on the job…