What happens when a spare battery meets a pocketful of keys
A company put a question to OSHA last winter. Employees were bringing rechargeable lithium-ion batteries from home to power e-cigarettes, and carrying…
Category: Safety
Your everyday glasses were tested — just not for this
Prescription eyeglasses sold in the United States are impact tested. Federal rules have required it since 1972. The test is specific: a 5/8-inch steel…
What the code inside your safety glasses means
Look at the inside of the temple arm on your safety glasses. Somewhere on that narrow strip is a manufacturer’s mark and a short string of letters and…
The papers you would grab in ten minutes
If you had to leave home in a hurry, could you put your hands on the documents that prove who you are, what you own,…
Preparedness includes your wallet
Emergency planning usually brings to mind flashlights and bottled water, but disasters are also financial events — and a few quiet steps now can speed…
The silent danger of heating season
As furnaces switch back on for the year, so does the risk of a poison no one can see or smell. Carbon monoxide is colorless…
National Preparedness Month
How to get through a multi-day power outage It does not take a wildfire or a hurricane to leave a house dark for days. A…
The best desk setup still can’t beat getting up
Even a perfectly arranged desk will not rescue a body that holds one position for hours. According to the Mayo Clinic, the most useful ergonomic…
When a child can’t see, they rarely say so
A child who needs glasses usually does not complain, because blurry vision is all they have ever known, and they assume everyone sees the world…
Why plain water isn’t always the best drink in the heat
For workers sweating through a shift outdoors or in a hot plant, the most surprising hydration advice is that plain water is not the drink…