In honor of Earth Day today, April 22, Arbill is pleased to release key statistics that show our newest consumer product, The Safety Mask from our “Together” line, achieves high levels of protection and low environmental impact.

Training your front-line employees to recognize heat-stroke or heat-related illness is crucial in your ability to protect your team. Your workers are surrounded by each other for the full workday and will be the first to notice indicator signs in your employees.

It can be easy to cut corners to keep up with a hectic production schedule, especially if you've done so before with no repercussions. However, it only takes one unsafe misstep to result in something with significant ramifications - including loss of life. While most workplaces have put better training, policies, and equipment in place to assist with the conversation of safety, it's important that to make sure these safety measures continue and not stall. By reiterating the importance of safety, you will be creating a better overall workplace.

For many industries and companies, hazardous materials and chemicals are a part of their daily operation. They use them to make products, develop materials for their clients, conduct cleaning operations, and many other applications. And in most cases, the chemicals and materials pose no significant risk or threat because they are safely stored in their containers or used properly in a well-designed production system. But when a hazardous material or chemical is released from its safe storage either by accident, malfunction, or misuse, then we have a hazardous materials incident, or worse a hazardous materials emergency.

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Boost your employee's confidence that they'll have the tools they need to administer lifesaving assistance by offering courses like CPR, first aid, how to use an AED. Proper training can have a profound impact and be a driver to saving one's life.

Ergonomics programs are designed to provide systematic ways to reduce musculoskeletal disorders once risk factors have been identified, analyzed, and controlled. By developing appropriate ergonomic solutions, further losses as a result in a decline in productivity, quality of work, absenteeism, lost time injury and worker's compensation premiums can be mitigated.

According to the 2020 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index, the most disabling, nonfatal workplace injuries amounted to more than $59 billion in direct U.S. workers compensation costs, with the top 10 causes equaling nearly $53 billion of the total cost burden. This translates into more than $1 billion per week spent by businesses on these injuries.

To help enhance your safety awareness we have outlined the Top 10 OSHA violations from 2019 (2020 is not completed yet) and provided tips on how to avoid them.

COVID-19 has caused a real shortage for disposable gloves and a worldwide demand that will not be met well into 2021.

Some may feel safety glasses or goggles are a hassle to wear and not necessary. That notion is incorrect. In fact, eye protection is extremely crucial to your overall protection in the workplace. According to OSHA, there are an estimated 1,000 eye injuries in the workplace occurring daily.

According to OSHA, “the ‘Fatal Four’ are the most common causes of worker deaths on construction sites in America. As of 2019, one in five worker deaths last year were in construction.” OSHA states “The ‘Fatal Four’ were responsible for more than half (58.6%) of the construction worker deaths….Eliminating the ‘Fatal Four’ would save 591 workers’ lives in America every year.”

The National Sleep Foundation has designated this week National Drowsy Driving Prevention Week and has provided some great resources on their website. These resources are designed to raise awareness and provide tips that you and your employees can use to stay safe while on the road.

Some of the statistics and research that was gathered includes: