If you work for a business that does residential construction, it is very likely that you may have to work at heights greater than 6 feet or more above the ground. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations govern much of the...
Month: December 2015
Their money or your life?
When it comes to industrial or occupational diseases, the relevant question to ask is who has a choice. The employer often has superior knowledge about a process, chemical or mineral. As in the case of asbestos, mining companies and processors noticed early on that...
Does your workplace foster safety?
An important part of any safe workplace is the recognition that likely understand the risks they face on the job better than anyone else does. They have to perform the job function on a daily basis, so they both know what needs to be done and, at least, some of the...
Winter is coming; are you dressed for it?
For many , winter makes their job more difficult. During a normal Wisconsin winter, they have to travel snow covered and icy roads to a job site, and then proceed to work outside all day in the often bone-chilling cold. This creates a number of risks that in more...
Digging your own grave
We all know we will die at some point, we hope, far in the future. But the reality of death means cemeteries have to perform many burials, and that means someone has to dig the grave. The employed in this business probably, that they too, will someday need a grave of...