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Polling the Professionals: What Your Colleagues Are Thinking and Doing About Workplace Safety
BLR regularly polls safety professionals like yourself to find out what people are thinking and doing about important safety and health issues. Here’s a sample of those polls, courtesy of Safety.BLR.com. If Mitt Romney is elected tomorrow, what direction will OSHA take? 39% No significant change in direction 35% Less compliance and enforcement driven 22% […]
Does EPA Listen to Citizen Tips?
Train Your Employees on What to Wear When
Do your employees know how to use PPE to protect themselves from corrosive hazards? You can use the basic information in today’s Advisor to address this subject. November is National Healthy Skin Month so you can use that as a hook for new or refresher training on protection from corrosive hazards—including skin protection. Instruct employees […]
Romney, the Environment, and Massachusetts
Ladder Safety Inspections: The Essential First Step
As with any other piece of equipment, ladders should be inspected before each use to make sure that they are in good condition and safe to use. Here are some things employees should look for. All ladders should be inspected before each use. It doesn’t take long to check out a ladder to make sure […]
President Romney: A Trick or a Treat for the Environment?
10 Critical Rules for Safe Ladder Setup
Working safely on a ladder depends on proper setup. Make sure your employees know the rules. To avoid ladder accidents, employees have to set up ladders correctly. Be sure to teach them these 10 ladder setup rules. Place the ladder on a firm, level surface, and check to make sure the ladder is stable. Use […]
Removing Containers Under the Academic Laboratory Rule
Can Safety Improvements Increase Productivity?
scenario when a safety improvement yields an unintended productivity improvement as well! Safety expert Wayne Vanderhoof, CSP, president of RJR Safety, Inc. (www.rjsafety.com), offers a hypothetical example of how safety improvements can increase productivity: A worker has the task of keeping the feeder on a machine filled by dumping four 50-pound bags every 15 minutes […]