Tag: workplace safety

Mo’ Money, Fewer Problems? Why Increasing Your Preventive Maintenance Budget Is Worth It

By Bryan Christiansen, Founder & CEO, Limble CMMS Dec 12, 2022 Maintenance and Operations

Updated: Dec 12, 2022

Preventive maintenance involves precautionary interventions and inspections conducted on equipment and facilities frequently to prevent failures, downtime, and workplace accidents. It includes activities like lubrication, visual inspection, cleaning, and calibration. Most facilities have established preventive maintenance schedules to guarantee the optimal performance of assets. Preserving a preventive strategy requires substantial budgets since facilities must conduct […]

Why Facilities Should ‘Spin the Narrative’ Around Hand Sanitizer (And One Stadium That Has)

By Ashley Wayman, Founder & CEO, Shimmy Dec 8, 2022 Maintenance and Operations

Updated: Dec 8, 2022

Hand sanitizer became a common feature at facilities long before 2020, but recent years have seen it become a routine fixture in our lives. Since the COVID-19 pandemic first hit, we’ve had first-hand experience of how useful sanitizer can be for maintaining personal hygiene. Yet some facilities may be seeing a decline in engagement with […]

Back to Basics: How to Address Lead Paint in Your Facilities

By Corey Sipe, Associate Editor Dec 7, 2022 Back to Basics

Updated: Dec 9, 2022

Back to Basics is an article series that highlights important, but possibly overlooked, information facilities management professionals should know. Facilities professionals seeking to renovate older buildings should do their due diligence to determine if their buildings have lead paint. Why Lead Paint Is Dangerous The dangers of lead-based paint (LBP) caused the federal government to […]

NIOSH: 1 in 5 Non-Healthcare Workers May Be Exposed to COVID-19

By Guy Burdick, Contributing Writer Nov 21, 2022 Emergency Preparedness

Updated: Nov 22, 2022

Workers’ occupation, industry, and specific job duties factor into how physically close to others they must work, whether they need to interact with the public, and whether they are potentially exposed to infectious diseases like COVID-19, according to new research from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). In what may be the first study […]

Back to Basics: Workplace Fire Safety and Prevention

By Grace Hatfield, Associate Editor Oct 31, 2022 Back to Basics

Updated: Nov 1, 2022

Back to Basics is an article series that highlights important, but possibly overlooked, information facilities management professionals should know. Fires present a real danger to businesses, especially in workplaces where fire hazards are part of the job. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), a fire department in the United States responds to a […]

How’s Your Compliance with OSHA’s Frequently Cited Standards?

By Guy Burdick, Contributing Writer Oct 25, 2022 Design and Construction

Updated: Oct 25, 2022

How likely are you to see an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspector? The agency’s continually growing list of emphasis programs offers one clue. Then there are the OSHA standards the agency cites more often than others. OSHA recently announced its top 10 most frequently cited safety and health standards for fiscal year 2022. […]

5 Ways to Ensure that Facility Occupants Feel Safe

By Josh Bray, LobiBox Oct 13, 2022 Access Control

Updated: Oct 13, 2022

Ensuring the safety of the people who occupy your facilities should be your No. 1 goal. A safe facility generally means that the people working there are doing better work. Those who come to work feeling safe can apply all their energy to the task at hand instead of worrying about whether something bad will […]

OSHA Ranks Top 10 Workplace Safety Violations of FY 2022

By Guy Burdick, Contributing Writer Oct 6, 2022 Safety

Updated: Oct 6, 2022

The construction industry fall protection standard remains the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) most frequently cited standard for the 12th year in a row, the agency announced on September 20. Patrick Kapust, acting director of OSHA’s Directorate of Enforcement Programs, presented a list of preliminary figures for fiscal year (FY) 2022—the fiscal year ends September […]

How to Rethink Facility Layout Design in Order to Improve Safety Conditions

By Bryan Christiansen, Founder & CEO, Limble CMMS Sep 22, 2022 Design and Construction

Updated: Sep 22, 2022

It’s a logical assumption that having an intelligent layout for your facility can only be beneficial for the employees’ safety. The design and thinking behind a layout contribute much to how safe a workplace will be. WorkSafe Victoria in Australia states, “One of the best ways to prevent injuries and fatalities in the workplace is […]

National Survey Gauges Employee Concerns About Workplace Air Quality

By Facilities Management Advisor Staff Sep 8, 2022 Heating and Cooling

Updated: Sep 8, 2022

In observance of the International Day of Clean Air on Sept. 7, Fellowes Brands announced results from a recent national survey that found only 36% of respondents describe the indoor air quality (IAQ) at their workplace as very clean. The survey of 1,120 American workers who work on-site and indoors for their employer also revealed that 91% of respondents agree clean […]