Research Ties Workplace Safety to Bottom Line
Exoskeleton Device Could Reduce Worker Injuries
Manufacturing workers may one day slip into an exoskeleton to help them lift objects safely, researchers in the European Union say. They are developing a robotic exoskeleton device that workers can...
Overall Workplace Fatalities Down, but Construction Deaths Rise
Workplace fatalities across the United States dropped in 2012 from the previous year, according to recently released data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But the number of construction deaths is on...
Workers and Spinal Cord Injury
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 200,000 people in the United States currently live with spinal injuries. These injuries can cause varying degrees of paralysis, loss of sensation...
Worker Illiteracy May Make Accident Reports Iffy
Wal-Mart To Improve Workplace Safety Under OSHA Agreement
Employees at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores across the country may soon have safer workplace conditions. A recent agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor requires Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to improve...
Teen Workers at Risk of Motor Vehicle Accidents
Prevention of Workplace Forklift Accidents
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, forklift accidents killed 90 U.S. workers in 2011.
Operator training plays a major role in keeping workers from being injured in forklift accidents. Operating...