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What You Don’t Know About RCRA’s Waste Analysis Requirements
Get the Message Out on MSDs: National Safety Month Week 4
Every June, the National Safety Council (NSC) celebrates National Safety Month “to educate and influence behaviors around leading causes of preventable injuries and deaths.” So this month, the Friday Safety Daily Advisor will participate by giving you training information and resources on each weekly theme. NSM’s overall theme this year is “Safety Starts with Me,” […]
Basic Elements of a HAZWOPER Health and Safety Plan
Test Employees’ Knowledge of Back Safety
How much do your workers know about back injuries and how to prevent them? Here’s are 20 questions you can ask to find out how much they really know, and how much you have to teach them. 1 Back strain is second only to the common cold for causing lost workdays. T F 2 Overweight […]
Make Sure You’ve Got Your Employees’ Backs
With more than 500 work-related back injuries reported every day in U.S. workplaces, it’s no wonder you need to be concerned about preventing employee back injuries. An employee reaches up to a shelf to take down a carton and strains her back. A worker lifts a heavy load by himself when he should have gotten […]
8 Elements of a Chemical Hygiene Plan
OSHA’s Laboratory Standard requires a written Chemical Hygiene Plan (CHP). And that plan must contain these eight elements. The CHP must: Describe standard operating procedures. Define criteria for implementation of control measures (i.e. engineering controls, administrative controls, and PPE). Define (and document) procedures to maintain proper functioning of chemical fume hoods and protective equipment. This […]
Spill Kit DIY
Identify and Eliminate Causes of Slips, Trips, and Falls
Slips, trips, and falls are the third largest cause of workplace injuries, contributing to more than 100 million lost workdays and costing nearly $36 billion annually. The Montana State Fund has identified five contributing factors for slips, trips, and falls: Surface design. Slip resistance can have an important impact on preventing slips and falls. Slip […]
5 Ss for STFs
Slips, trips, and falls (STFs) are notorious workplace hazards that cause a lot of injuries and add to costs, productivity losses, and worker absences. Take action against STFs with these 5 strategies. Risk specialist Brian Roberts is the director of workers’ compensation and ergonomics for the insurance giant CNA. He’s developed an STF reduction strategy […]