Tag: OSHA

workplace falls

OSHA Launches National Emphasis Program To Prevent Falls

New OSHA initiative to reduce and prevent workplace falls — a leading cause of workplace fatalities — aligns enforcement, outreach efforts to protect workers.
Beat the Heat

OSHA Launches National “Beat The Heat” Contest

OSHA "Beat the Heat" contest educates workers and employers about the dangers of excessive heat, motivates action to prevent heat illness.
Heat Safety

New Federal Rules Will Help Reduce Heat-Related Worker Deaths

Record-breaking temperatures in 2021 — including July, the earth’s hottest month on record with 200 million Americans under heat advisories — increased worker deaths...
Construction

Online OSHA Construction Safety Course Geared To Landscapers

The OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety Course, hosted by the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP), is temporarily being offered online via Zoom due to...
ISOtunes Headphone

ISOtunes Expands Headphone Roster With Two New Designs

ISOtunes has launched two new headphones: ISOtunes XTRA 2.0 and ISOtunes LINK. While LINK is the first Bluetooth earmuff headphone for the company, XTRA...
OSHA

OSHA Issues Updated Guidance For Tree Care Industry Inspections

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a memorandum updating its enforcement guidance for compliance safety and health...
Genie worksite training

Genie Offers Free Mobile Elevating Work Platforms Supervisor Training

Each year during the first week of May, OSHA’s National Safety Stand-Down week raises fall hazard awareness across the country in an effort to...

Husqvarna Launches 525DEPS MADSAW

MADSAW, the first and only dielectric gas-powered pole saw for tree care and utility professionals, sets a benchmark for performance, versatility, safety.
Employee Safety

Keeping Workers Safe In The Field

Compiled from OSHA.gov During the COVID-19 pandemic, OSHA generally recommends that employers encourage workers to wear cloth face coverings at work to help reduce the...
OSHA NALP

NALP, OSHA Renew Alliance Program Ambassador Partnership

The National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) and OSHA recently renewed their collaborative relationship through the Alliance Program Ambassador partnership, helping to ensure that...

Snow Season Isn’t Over. The Timeline For Next Winter’s Success Starts Now.

ICYMI: Ah, the arrival of Spring and end of snow season! Think again! In Turf's August 2022 issue, Phil Sexton, director for WIT Advisers,...
liquids snow services

Achieving Liquidity In Snow Services

ICYMI: Winter's not done with us yet--which means salting, spreading, and plowing aren't done with us yet either. Find out how John Langton's crew...

Featured Videos

[VIDEO] Adapt. Innovate. Grow. Husqvarna for Professionals.

The future of landscaping and turf care is exciting. Professionals need commercial tools from a brand with a proven track record. For more than 330 years, Husqvarna has been an innovator, creating equipment that is powerful, reliable, and durable.
Arborjet Cornell

Arborjet | Ecologel To Visit Cornell University To Treat Historic Ash Trees

Arborjet | Ecologel will donate injection treatments and training to Cornell University staff and students as part of Saving America's Iconic Trees program.
invasive plants

Are You Planting Invasives? Here’s Some Alternatives

Many common landscaping plants can be harmful invasives. Here’s what to avoid—and native alternatives.
NIHF

Bobcat Exhibit At National Inventors Hall Of Fame Museum

Bobcat history will be on display at the National Inventors Hall Of Fame Museum. The NIHF exhibit will feature one of the first 10 compact loaders built in the late 1950s by the Keller brothers.
Dell Seton Ascension Health District at The University of Texas at Austin

Managing An Eco-Campus In The Heart Of A City

The Dell Health District at The University of Texas at Austin is a gold standard of sustainability.