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The Wesco safety team outlines what to expect from an OSHA NEP inspection, the dangers of heat exposure and best practices for protecting your workforce from heat-related illness.

Silica is in the engineered stone fabrication and installation industries.

Workers face severe health risks from silica dust exposure.

A new OSHA initiative is aimed at protecting workers in the engineered stone fabrication and installation industries from silica exposure.

Heat, smoke and financial uncertainty are among the top climate change-related factors weighing on workers.

The health hazards of respirable crystalline silica have been in the spotlight in mining, manufacturing and other industries. So, what is it – and what can be done to reduce worker exposure?

Warehouse, processing, and distribution facilities serve a crucial role in many retailers’ supply chains (especially those relying primarily on e-commerce), as such facilities provide...

A newly proposed heat ordinance in Miami-Dade County, which would provide county-level protections for outdoor workers in extreme heat, squeaked out of a county community health committee on Monday after members of the agricultural and construction industry flagged a range of issues to include bureaucratic redundancy given osha’s existing safety regulations.

In January, 27-year-old Juan Carlos Hernandez Pascual was assisting other workers in securing a steel roof panel on a commercial building in Conshohocken. He suddenly fell approximately 60 feet through a gap in the roof and suffered severe head trauma and broken bones. Fortunately, he survived. On the contrary, in the last year 11 workers […]

As we mark another Labor Day, all Americans should be proud of how the hard work and sacrifice of so many people have long made U.S. productivity the envy of the world.