DID YOU KNOW?

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is one of the best sources for work safety laws, regulations, and information on accidents. In fact, since the early 2000s, OSHA has been documenting accidents regarding a very specific accident type, those that stem from compressed gases. In some of these accidents, employee’s fingers became amputated, injured in explosions, and even killed. For instance, one worker in 2007 was killed when he was refueling his van. The employee walked to the back of the van and knelt down by the tank and, when he did, the tank exploded and ripped the bodywork […]