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Your workforce, your customers, and your markets are increasingly diverse. To promote individual and organizational success, you must welcome diversity and manage it well. These five steps will help you to manage diversity effectively.
Greater workplace diversity has a big impact on the 21st century American workplace. Whether that impact is positive and productive or divisive and challenging depends on how well you manage your changing workforce. The workplace, like the nation and wider world, is made up of men and women of diverse racial, religious, and ethnic backgrounds, […]
OSHA requires employers to take specific precautions to protect workers from lead poisoning. From hygiene to housekeeping and medical surveillance to PPE, employers must be prepared to prevent exposures. Because the consequences of occupational lead poisoning can be so serious, OSHA requires strict protective measures in its general industry lead standard (29 CFR 1910.1025). If […]
OSHA says that exposure to lead occurs in at least 120 different occupations. Overexposure to lead can result in serious illness and death. And according to a recent CDC study, occupational exposures are on the rise. Lead exposure continues to be a risk for workers in the United States, reports the Centers for Disease Control […]
Summer is probably the favorite season for many of your employees, but it does have special dangers. Refresh your workers’ awareness with an overview of the dangers of working in hot weather, as well as what your workplace is doing to protect them. Start by giving them the basics on heat-related medical conditions: Heat rash […]
The bad news is that slips, trips, and falls are a hazard in any workplace, and any employee is at risk of an accident. The good news is that these accidents are totally preventable. We’ll show you how. In keeping with yesterday’s international perspective on slips, trips, and falls, today we present some safety tips […]
If your workers are slipping and tripping their way through the workday, it’s time to put your foot down and get serious with some high-profile slip, trip, and fall prevention training. According to the Canadian Centre for Occupational Safety and Health (CCOHS), more workplace falls involve same-level falls from slips and trips than falls from […]
A University of Vermont–hosted safety site has published what it calls the “Fatal 5″—the primary causes of LO/TO-preventable injuries. Make sure these hazards aren’t present in your workplace. OSHA requires you to train employees to prevent lockout/tagout (LO/TO) accidents in the workplace. Have you explained how to avoid the "Fatal 5" to your employees? 1 […]
July is National Cell Phone Courtesy Month. There’s no doubt cell phones are a huge convenience in modern life. And there are many benefits for employees to have them while they are on the road. Here are some safety reasons to have a cell phone: Being able to summon help without leaving their vehicles in […]
When you can’t prevent an accident, you have to investigate so that you can prevent the next accident. Most workplace safety and health programs follow the same basic route for preventing job accidents: Inspections Hazard analysis Correction of known hazards Establishment of safety rules and procedures Employee training and education There is, of course, another […]