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Workplace safety is crucial in many industries--but that doesn't mean it's always easy to measure. Here's the why and how of workplace safety measurements (and a few tips to help you get started).

Why and When To Measure

Although workplace safety is a mission that never stops, that doesn't mean you need to constantly stress over every little element. Instead, your goal is to create a company culture that encourages and empowers workplace safety automatically--and to make that happen, you need full visibility into certain safety metrics.

In many industries, hand and power tools are part of everyday life. Naturally, that means they become another part of the workplace safety conversation--one that must be taken seriously. Here's what to know about hand and power tool safety and how to approach it in ways that work.

Many people can't imagine going through life without their hearing. However, for workers in industries like yours, that can easily become a reality--and workplace safety makes all the difference. Here's a closer look at hearing loss prevention and training.

Hearing Loss Prevention & OSHA Compliance

Hearing loss prevention matters to both employees and employers. It's a team effort--one that must be undertaken carefully and accurately to protect workers' long-term health. Just as importantly, however, hearing loss prevention is necessary for OSHA compliance.

With heatwaves hitting areas all across the world, it's becoming ever more important to prioritize workplace safety and avoid heat illness. To make it happen, there are a few things you'll need to know first--so here's your crash-course in "summer workplace safety" (or any other scenario where heat illness is a risk).

What is Heat Illness?

To promote workplace safety in ways that make a difference, your first goal is to understand what you're up against. In hot weather, that means facing off with a variety of different heat illnesses:

Electrical safety is just one consideration under the much larger workplace safety umbrella, but it's an important one. Today, we'll cover a few of the biggest electrical safety risks on today's work sites and how employees can become more comfortable identifying and avoiding these risks.