How Does Blue Light Affect Workers?
With modern luxuries, most people can organize a spreadsheet, read a book, watch a movie, and video chat with someone in another hemisphere—all from the…
ASME B20.1-2024: Safety Standard For Conveyors And Related Equipment
Safety considerations for conveyor design are detailed in ASME B20.1-2024: Safety Standard For Conveyors And Related Equipment. Why Do We Need Conveyors? Considering our upright…
Minimizing Workplace Injuries: The Ergonomic Edge in Conveyor Design
Workplace injuries are a significant concern for businesses across industries, particularly in environments where repetitive tasks, heavy lifting, or awkward postures are routine. Among these…
OSHA Proposed Heat Standard
Severe weather can pose significant threats to human life, and certain conditions, like extreme heat, require proper preparation and management in the workplace. Unfortunately, heat…
Take Ladder Safety Into Your Own Hands with National Ladder Safety Month
Ladders are a common household tool, used in all seasons for everything from spring cleaning to holiday decorating. They are also vital to job sites…
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…
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 Z10.0-2019: Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems
Accidents happen, and people get sick—even in the workplace. Workers can be injured, equipment can be destroyed, production can fall, and staff absences can become…