OK, let’s talk about “known hazards” as they’re called in the safety business. If you try to hand-feed an alligator, isn’t it possible you might get your hand bitten off? One Florida Everglades tour boat captain found it to be a legitimate workplace hazard.

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Tags: Capt. Doug's Everglades Tours, Florida Everglades, gator bites off captain's hand, workers' compensation

Sure, it’s great video for any TV reporter: Record your narration (what they call a “stand-up”) while work crews clear away storm debris in the background. But this TV reporter probably never expected to capture this on video: 

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Tags: chainsaw, close call, YouTube

Usually, a business knows it’s being investigated by OSHA, MSHA, or any other safety agency because the inspector comes to the company’s facility. A recent safety citation shows that’s not always the case.

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Tags: Cobalt Coal Corp., MSHA fines, Spike TV, TV show Coal

Where do workers get the idea that it’s OK not to use safety gear for hazardous jobs? Is one source online videos?

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Tags: free climbing, hazardous jobs, safety gear, tower climbing, viral video

Just how many injuries would workers hide to see a company’s CEO look silly while dancing? It’s an interesting question given OSHA’s current opinion about safety incentives and a company involved in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

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Tags: BP oil rig disaster, David Michaels, Deepwater Horizon, safety incentives, Transocean

Workplace cameras captured a practice used by several workers at a Cintas laundry facility in Tulsa, OK: They’d climb onto large conveyors to dislodge stuck piles of clothing going into industrial dryers. One camera also recorded Eleazar Torres Gomez as he was pulled into one of the dryers — an incident that led to his death.

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Tags: Cintas, David Michaels, dramatic video, incentive programs, pulled into dryer