There is a National Forklift Safety Day.
It’s almost always the second Tuesday in June.
The most-cited OSHA violation is fall protection.
There was a change during COVID where respiratory issues were the #1 citation, but absent that, falls are the biggest risks.
Smokey Bear was named after a real firefighter.
“Smokey” Joe Martin was a NYC firefighter who suffered severe burns from a fire rescue in 1922.
“Safety Orange” is officially “Pantone 152”.
It’s not just an internationally recognized orange, it’s a specific shade different from “hunter orange” or construction cones. It’s even in the ANSI standards.
You can take OSHA training in Minecraft.
The block building game features various training modules done in Minecraft. One guy even made an OSHA Minecraft inspector.
ANSI’s head protection standard dates to the 1920s.
The earliest rule was all about protecting the head and eyes and under the original name of “American Engineering Standards Committee”.
Early hard hats were boiled.
The first hard hats came around 1919 and were boiled canvas or leather, designed to harden after a good shellacking.
It would take 129 years to inspect every U.S. workplace.
With about 1,850 state and federal inspectors covering 8 million workplaces, at current inspection rates, OSHA would need at least 129 years to inspect them all. Thus, inspectors tend to gravitate toward high-risk or oft-cited workplaces.
Here’s one fact you do need to know
All this to say: we know a lot about our training programs, certifications, OSHA courses, and more. Some of it is interesting but not very useful. But most of it is very serious and highly applicable.
