Archive: November 2011

Here are basics to having electrical gloves tested through Conney Safety Products…

Hard to believe it has come to this, but OSHA is encouraging CEOs of 14 major retail companies to take precautions to prevent worker injuries during Black Friday and the holiday season’s other major events.

Holiday decorating and festivities mean an increase in the use of household products that can cause injury, such as ladders and holiday lights. In fact, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), each year hospital emergency rooms treat nearly 12,800 people for injuries related to holiday decorating, including falls, cuts and shocks.

With a computer, we can do most of our work sitting in one place-with little need to go to the file cabinet, the pencil sharpener, or the mailbox any more. As a result, many people stay fixed in front of their VDT monitor for hours at a time-which is not a normal, healthy way for the body to operate.

Winter and its cold weather is upon us. Before the snow begins to fall, people need to take a few precautionary steps in order to be prepared for the worst.

Headaches, potentially caused by heavy helmets, are a major reason why soldiers leave the war zone in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to research from Johns Hopkins University.

Workplace depression is an area of increasing concern. When an employee is depressed, it can affect not only that employee’s productivity and happiness, but the entire mood of his or her co-workers and their productivity too.

Soon, standard incandescent bulbs are going away as a result of continued demand for more energy-efficient lighting products as well as U.S. federal lighting efficiency standards.