As educators, teachers play an important role in shaping the minds of future generations. However, the safety of teachers in the workplace is often overlooked. Workplace accidents can have a significant impact on a teacher's ability to effectively carry out their...
When you start a new day at work, the last thing you may expect to happen is a back injury. However, there are many ways that an accident at work can lead to unexpected bills and lingering pain. In the time after a back injury, you should take serious notice of what...
For workers in all businesses, dangerous conditions can exist, but this does not mean that workers necessarily have to live with those dangerous conditions. In fact, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, asks employers to file a workplace complaint with...
Whether they like their jobs or not people in Illinois need to go to work in order to earn a living and provide for themselves and their families. There are many different types of jobs that people have though with many different types of job responsibilities. Some...
Accidents happen. Too often, they happen at work. Some businesses and some industries are more inherently dangerous than others but, regardless of where you work, the result is painful and often frustrating. A workplace injury can be caused by something as simple as...
Proper training is a fundamental aspect of worker safety. This is true regardless of the type of job a person does. Some jobs are riskier than others and those who work in warehouse-type jobs in Illinois should be schooled in how to adhere to safety requirements. When...
Meatpacking facilities nationwide, including Illinois, are hazardous work environments. Even after improvement, employees in this industry continue to suffer a variety of on-the-job injuries. If you work in such a facility, you might be smart to learn about all the...
Safety authorities say a significant number of workplace injuries nationwide, including in Illinois happen as the result of human errors. They say the prevalence of injuries caused by unsafe actions by employees exceeds those resulting from unsafe conditions by far....
Cashiers are usually pretty busy during their shifts, but there may be some time to rest, stretch and work out the kinks between customers at some point during the day. During the holidays, they may spend even more time behind the register without much time in between...
Managers in manufacturing may equate increased safety with slowing down, thus decreasing productivity. In truth, improved safety can increase productivity. Convergence Training, a developer of training management software for industrial and manufacturing sectors,...
