Healthcare

What’s the Real Cost of Failing to Meet OSHA Safety Standards?

A workplace safety incident can have far-reaching consequences. In an instant, operations can grind to a ...

How Premium Vinyl Labels Help Facilities Boost Safety and Compliance

As businesses across the country continue to focus on workplace safety and regulatory compliance, a ...

DIY Labels or Premium Vinyl? Choosing the Right Safety Signs

Labels play a critical role in maintaining workplace organization, safety, and compliance. The Bureau of ...

Efficient Use of Barcoding Labels for Smarter Facility Management

With today’s technological advancements, much of the work force is searching for ways to become more ...

Ensuring Lab Safety with Proper Labeling

A Comprehensive Guide for Pharmaceutical Companies In the realm of pharmaceutical research and development, ...

GHS and HazCom Labeling for Medical Facilities

Maintaining safe medical facilities starts with effective hazard communication (HazCom). The Globally ...

HazCom Basics: Chemical Labeling 101

In the regulatory-driven healthcare environment, proper chemical labeling is required to ensure safety and ...

Safety that Sticks: Using Pipe Labels for Every Size and Type of Pipe

Proper use of pipe labels in industrial settings is essential for safety, compliance, and operational ...

DuraLabel’s Tough-Tested Process: Raising the Bar for Label Durability

At DuraLabel, we are committed to providing safety solutions that are durable, reliable, and rigorously ...

Breaking Language Barriers: How OSHA Standards Promote Safer Workplaces

The Purpose of Multilingual Signage Why is multilingual safety signage important? Multilingual safety signage ...

Reflective Floor Tape: Illuminating Safety

There are a lot of different hazards in the modern workplace. Between moving parts, vehicle traffic, ledges, ...

A Comprehensive Guide to Choosing the Right Industrial Label Printer

Unlocking Safety and Efficiency: A Comprehensive Guide to Choosing the Right Industrial Label Printer In the ...

OSHA Signs Regulations and Compliance: Everything You Need to Know

Navigating the occupational safety and health environment can feel like wading through a minefield. When ...

A Quick Guide to Floor Marking Products

Why are Floor Marking Solutions Important? Floor marking solutions help safety managers and facility teams ...

What is Floor Marking?

Visual safety communication takes many forms in the workplace. Beyond just signs and labels, floor marking is ...

How to Choose the Right Floor Marking Tape

Floor marking tape is designed to inform workers when they are approaching a safety hazard. OSHA requires ...

Tips for Choosing the Optimal Floor Marking Tape

Identify Goals For Floor Marking What is the best floor marking tape for different environments? The best ...

5S in Medical Facilities: Improve Safety with Visual Communication

5S in Medical Facilities Improves Safety and Efficiency Creating a robust visual communication system is ...

Women in the Safety Industry

Breaking Barriers: Women Shatter Stereotypes in Health and Safety The lack of gender diversity is an issue ...

Navigating GHS Labeling: How GHS Label Printers Simplify Compliance

In today's industrial landscape, workplace safety and chemical hazard communication are paramount. The ...

Top 10: OSHA Violations for 2022: Stay Compliant & Safe

The undisputed champion continues its streak with year 12 at the top of the list. The standard outlines when ...

Fire won't wait. Plan your escape during National Fire Prevention Week October 9-15th

In 2021, local fire departments responded to 1,353,500 fires in the US. That averages out to one every 23 ...

Top 10 OSHA Violations for 2022: Stay Compliant & Safe

The undisputed champion continues its streak with year 12 at the top of the list. The standard outlines when ...

Workplace Communication to Protect Young Workers

OSHA is looking for ideas and partnerships to help lower the rates of accidents of young workers. Workplaces, ...

Hospital Wayfinding: Visual communication for Great Patient Care

Great patient care starts with clear visual communication, and hospital wayfinding methods have been proven ...

3 Smart Ways to Improve Kanban

Sometimes, it's not smooth sailing after a company goes lean. Kanban is a workflow management method to ...

Training, Communication Essential for Forklift Safety

Communication and training on a routine basis are important in maintaining forklift safety, operating a ...

Beware of Introducing New Hazards

Risk assessments need to be thorough and regular for all changes in the workplace, even when those changes ...

OSHA Strengthens Alliances North and South of the U.S. Border

In September 2016, OSHA helped form a stronger alliance between the U.S. and Canada with an updated plan to ...

OSHA Fines Increase

Penalties may increase by as much as 80%, the first increase since 1990. Inflation has finally caught up with ...

Respiratory Health Toolkit

OSHA and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released the Hospital Respiratory ...

A Forgotten History: 5 Little-Known Facts about Women in the Workforce

Duralabel offers up five little-known facts about women and occupational safety throughout history in ...

How OSHA 1910.145 Defines Workplace Safety Signs and Tags

Every workplace has hazards, from heavy machinery and electrical risks to chemical exposure and biological ...

How to Build a 5S Implementation Team for Lean Success

What is a 5S Implementation Team? A 5S implementation team is a group of individuals empowered to make quick ...

Understanding OSHA's 1910 120 (HAZWOPER) Requirements

OSHA is not involved in regulating hazardous waste. However, they are concerned about the safety of workers ...

Top 10 Uses for DuraLabel Industrial Label Printers

Workplace safety is more important than ever before. With federal rules and regulations in place and always ...

Planned Maintenance

Planned maintenance is a proactive approach to maintenance in which maintenance work is scheduled to take ...

Parts of a Safety Data Sheet (SDS)

Under the international standard called the Globally Harmonized System, or GHS, details about a chemical or ...

Permissible Exposure Limit

The OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) establishes the upper limit for employee exposure to chemicals or ...

NFPA 704 vs HazCom 2012

A variety of labeling standards and classification systems are available for managing chemical safety. This ...

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

What Are Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)? Think of yourself as a lab rat. Chemicals synthesized in a ...

Understanding the ASME A13.1 Standard for Enhanced Pipe Labeling

Pipe marking quickly communicates essential information to everyone in a facility, improving overall ...

Simple Tips for Workplace Chemical Safety

New chemicals are created every day for a variety of applications in industry. Working with chemicals and ...

HazCom Plans Crucial in Preventing Employee Exposure

Several workplace chemical exposures have prompted OSHA to remind companies of proper respirator and ...

Inventory Management for Manufacturing 4.0

Industrial professionals need inventory management solutions that can handle the chaos of yesterday and the ...

What is OSHA Compliance?

Dangerous working conditions nationwide sparked the creation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH ...

Kaizen: Continuous Improvement Ideas for Healthcare

How Kaizen Improves Efficiency and Safety in Healthcare Settings Kaizen in healthcare empowers every staff ...

Understanding the SDS (Safety Data Sheet)

Chemical safety can be a massive puzzle, with a variety of interconnected elements: inventory lists, storage ...

What Is the Continuous Improvement Model?

What is Continuous Improvement? Continuous improvement is a philosophy of looking to improve products and ...

Hazard Pictograms

What are Hazard Pictograms? Hazard pictograms are graphic symbols used on GHS labels to communicate ...

The GHS Framework: Labeling & Compliance

Every two years, the UN publishes a new revision of the Globally Harmonized System (GHS), a standardized ...

How Warning Labels Help Manage Biohazardous Waste

There are an estimated 16 billion injections administered globally each year, and not all of the used ...

Do Not Miss a Step in Ladder Safety Training

A government study found that most workers say they have not been trained on how to use a ladder safely. ...

DOT Labels

49 CFR 172.400 specifies that Department of Transportation (DOT) Labels must be used for hazardous materials ...

OSHA Aligns with American Red Cross

OSHA and the American Red Cross renewed their alliance to continue efforts in reducing workplace incidents ...

Pipe Marking & Pipe Corrosion Control

The Silver Eagle Refinery explosion released a tidal wave of broken glass. Homes were pushed off their ...

NYC Plans to Remove Old, Misleading Fallout Shelter Signs

Signs that were posted during the Cold War are still up in places around New York City. These signs are old ...

5 Ways to Avert Common Bio Waste Violations

There are clear guidelines that health care and lab workers must follow when handling biohazardous waste. ...

2 Essential Lean Tools for Establishing New Facilities

Mitigate disruptions and build for the future using a thorough 5S plan from top to bottom. Focus on securing ...

Special Precautions for Fire Evacuations in Historic Buildings

The Portland Alder Hotel fire in January 2017 displaced almost 100 residents of the historic building. The ...

5 Easy Ways to Strengthen Bloodborne and Airborne Safety Management

Workplace exposure control plans are encompassing much more than in the past. How are workplaces mitigating ...

All EHS Managers Want for Christmas is ...

A list of safety supplies and other gifts that keep on giving for EHS managers. The holidays are here. ...

Understanding Arc Flash: The Shocking Truth About Electrical Injuries

Electrical workers consider shocks as part of their job and normal, according to a study. However, it could ...

Biggest OSHA Sign Compliance Challenges

When it comes to signs in the workplace, opinions vary on why they are necessary and if they even work. One ...

GHS Label Information

Appendix C to the 2012 (OSHA 1910.1200) Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) specifies the mandatory ...

What is HazCom? Your Guide to Chemical Labeling, GHS, & OSHA Standards

OSHA Expedites Occupational Safety Cases and Protects Whistleblowers

OSHA has a new pilot program aimed specifically at helping safety whistleblowers, who may fear the impacts of ...

Police Officers and Hearing Loss: A Growing Concern

One of the biggest dangers police officers now face is now permanent hearing damage. Discharging firearms, ...

Work Begins When the Lights Go Out

More businesses are embracing the benefits of dark manufacturing. See how a longtime business uses it and how ...

A Little Comic Relief Can Perk Up Safety Programs

Laughter can make any situation better, especially at work. To help boost safety meetings, safety and health ...

New Rule on Public Disclosure of Work Injury Data

On May 11, OSHA issued a final rule that requires employers to electronically submit injury and illness data ...

7 Important Ways to Flush Out Chemical Safety Problems

Do all your workers understand the hazards of chemicals in your workplace? They should. That way they know ...

Prevent a Nightmare: Haunted Houses on Safety Street

Guests of a haunted house don't typically expect to be completely safe, but safety is a concern for the ...

The Survivor's Guide to Arc Flash Safety

On Thursday, August 12, 2004, electrical contractor Donnie Johnson's day began like any other. However, the ...

Spring Cleaning Safety Checklist: Floor Marking

When organizing and cleaning up work spaces this spring, consider changing up floor marking for safety, ...

Lean Healthcare: Focusing on Quality and Safety

Lean Healthcare Quality and Safety Healthcare professionals have a long ...

QHSE

Quality, Health, Safety and Environment Management (QHSE) generally refers to a management operation mode ...

Electrical Safeguard: Tips to Maximize Control Panel Safety

Never underestimate the power of electricity. While it is easy to take energy for granted, there are many ...

Popcorn Lung Spreads to Workers in Different Industry: Coffee Roasters

In 2000, workers at a Midwest popcorn processing plant began showing symptoms of bronchiolitis obliterans, a ...

Updates to OSHA's Recordkeeping Rule

OSHA requires record keeping of severe injuries. This help employers recognize workplace hazards and correct ...

Optimize Efficiency & Stay Safe: Visual Communication Signs & Labels

To reduce energy use and costs, some facilities are dimming the lights. However, reducing light can also ...

5 Ways to Make Workplace Safety Signs Stand Out

Signs really are easy to use, cost-effective, and get results. But, will just any sign do? Not all signs are ...

Virtual Reality Aids in Slip, Trip, Fall Prevention

To train employees to be aware of hazards and workplace surroundings, companies are using virtual reality as ...

FOCUS PDCA: Your Guide to Systematic Process Improvement

FOCUS PDCA is a management method, developed in the healthcare industry, used to improve processes. Created ...

Visual Aids Bolster Bollard Post Safety

Whether used as a means to direct traffic, deter vehicle intrusions, and to protect people and structures, ...

Improper Hazardous Material Shipping is Costly

Every year, there are a list of companies that fail to properly ship hazardous material. Lapses in safety ...

OSHA Announces Walking-Working Surfaces Rule

OSHA pushed through updated standards for walking-working surfaces in late 2016. A walking-working surface is ...

3 Ways to Reinforce Training and Improve Safety

Training employees isn't a one and done type event. Training should be continuous as job tasks and hazards ...

Top 10 Serious and Willful OSHA Violations

While data is still preliminary, OSHA's Top Ten Citation List for 2015 reveals trends in serious and willful ...

Floor Signs

When employers imagine floor marking, most think of aisle markers, pathway designations, and hazard stripes. ...

Industrial Safety Solutions

What is Industrial Safety? It's no secret that American workers face danger every day after clocking in. ...

Lab Safety Labels

Permanent Container Safety Labels OSHA requires employers to ensure that no worker uses, stores, or allows ...

What is HAZOP? HAZOP Analysis and Industrial Label Printer Insights

Workplace safety should always be at the forefront of your mind. Many recommendations exist on how to go ...

Cleanroom Safety Tools: Floor Tape, Signs, and 5S Systems

Why Floor Tape Is Essential in Cleanrooms Cleanrooms require significant investment—often between $250 and ...

Ammonia Accidents Threaten Worker Safety, Business Operations

Year after year, anhydrous ammonia accidents kill workers and cause severe financial penalties to businesses. ...

Is That Fall Protection Plan Secure?

Adequate fall protection isn't just about having a plan and telling workers to follow it. It's about ensuring ...

Crane Operator Qualification Rule

OSHA and the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators have yet to find a resolution on ...

Worker Injuries Have Long-Lasting Effects

When a worker is injured on the job, the effects go beyond a simple report. Incidents can make tremendous ...

Identify Slip, Trip, and Fall Hazards: Expert Safety Tips

February marks a good time to shore up slip, trip, and fall hazards that are particularly acute when it's ...