Here are links to some studies on the relationship between obesity and workplace health and safety:
Association between Body Mass Index and Acute Traumatic Workplace Injury in Hourly Manufacturing Employees
Obesity and Workers’ Compensation
Obesity on the Job
Work, Obesity, and Occupational Safety and Health

Of all of the hazards in the workplace, confined spaces are among the most dangerous—and not only for workers who enter such spaces but also rescuers coming to the aid of workers in trouble. To comply with OHS requirements for confined spaces, you first need to recognize the “confined spaces” in your own workplace.

Every year about two million workers in the US experience workplace violence. The situation is similar in Canada, with Statistics Canada reporting that 17 percent of all self-reported incidents of violence, including sexual assault, physical assault and robbery, occur in the workplace.
Physical violence, harassment and …

Valuable Special Report shows what you must do to protect your employees from injury — and help protect company from liability!
Workplace accidents related to careless on-the-job cell phone use and texting are growing fast – and the results can be devastating:

A N.B worker steps …

You don’t want to test the effectiveness of your company’s OHS program in a courtroom while the company’s being prosecuted for a safety violation. It’s one way to get a definitive evaluation of your OHS program but it isn’t a very practical—or cost-effective—approach. A better …