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Back injuries are among the most common workplace injuries and also among the most common MSDs. Make sure your employees know about these strategies for preventing back injury and pain. Although they may not be as dramatic as fatal accidents or amputation incidents, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) can be extremely painful for employees, as well as […]
According to one expert, two-way video is changing the training landscape, so the question is how should you be preparing for it? In today’s Advisor, we get expert advice on this up-and-coming training tool. "Video training has been around in some way for a very, very long time," says David Stubenvoll, CEO and cofounder of […]
Improving safety performance and preventing workplace accidents is a challenge, but it’s one that’s made much easier when employees lend a hand. If you can get your employees to take these five simple steps every day, you’re well on the way to improved safety performance and zero accidents. 1. Identify hazards: If employees don’t know […]
Yesterday, we reviewed controversy over the effectiveness of OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP). Today, we explain how the SVEP enforcement process works. OSHA says that the SVEP is intended to focus enforcement efforts on recalcitrant employers who demonstrate indifference to the health and safety of their employees through willful, repeated, or failure-to-abate violations relating […]
OSHA says its Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP) is off to a good start and is already meeting some of its goals. But a review of the program by a law firm comes to different conclusions. The SVEP took effect in 2010. It targets “recalcitrant employers who demonstrate indifference to the health and safety of […]