Is your workplace safe? Are you and your coworkers being properly protected from harm? Or are injuries and illnesses a common problem? You can find the answers to these questions every year from February 1st through April 30th. That’s because, in most cases,...
While they may not seem like a leading cause of injury, slips, trips and falls are among the most dangerous hazards we face on the job: In 2015, 16 percent of all accidental deaths were the result of slips, trips and falls (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics) 27...
Banks Stamps, Jr., has worked at DanChem Technologies in Danville, Va., for 42 years, and he became a shop steward in 2004 after a 10-month-long strike. One of his top priorities ever since has been to build a worker-run safety program to better protect members’...
On a typical day at the Tyson Foods Processing Plant in Glen Allen, Virginia, Local 400 Shop Steward Aleta Johnsons was operating the Packmat bagging machine. All of a sudden, she heard a co-worker yelling, “Stop, stop, stop! Please help — stop the line!” She ran to...
Now that you’ve taken the safety quiz to text your knowledge, how many did you get correct? 1) Grocery and retail stores, and barber and beauty shops The correct answer is C) Slips, trips and falls. There are more than 540,000 injuries from slips, trips and...
What is the number one cause of injuries in Local 400 members’ workplaces? It pays to know the answer, because the more you’re aware of the risks you face, the better able you are to protect yourself, prevent accidents and hold managers accountable for providing a...
