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Modern safety management goes beyond covering traditional workplace accidents to now being equally concerned with illnesses caused on and even off the job. This section will explain what you need to know to avoid both injuries and illnesses, and to track your progress in reaching this goal.
Recently, a subscriber asked the following question: We have recently had two medical issues that required us to send the employees to the hospital. One passed out and collapsed from pneumonia, and the other had a potential TIA. Do either of these qualify as OSHA recordable accidents?
All employers required to keep injury and illness records are impacted by OSHA’s recent workplace injuries and illnesses rule, which requires certain employers to electronically submit data and prohibits employers from discouraging workers from reporting an injury or illness. Many believe the antiretaliation provision of the rule will be eliminated as soon as OSHA leadership […]
Sixty-one people died on the job in Oregon during 2016, according to a preliminary report issued by the state’s Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS). That’s up from 2015’s figure of 41 deaths.
As an environment, health, and safety (EHS) manager, you want to protect your employees from workplace violence. Here are some tips for assessing risk from what is going to be required of healthcare facilities under California’s new Violence Prevention in Healthcare standard.
Yesterday we discussed the importance of environment, health, and safety (EHS) managers being aware of what is going on in state regulatory developments—a case in point being California’s new standard for preventing violence to healthcare workers. We looked at elements of the new standard that have to be in place this April 1, 2017. Today […]
What are states up to? Since the stated intent of the Trump administration is to have the states be the primary regulators and enforcers of environment, safety, and health (EHS) laws, what states are doing will be a recurring theme in the Advisor. With that in mind, we will take a look at a new […]
Whenever a worker is injured, it is important to get him or her back on the job as soon as possible. This holds down your days away from work/restricted/transferred (DART) rate, minimizes the impact on your X-mod, and decreases the chance of a long-term or permanent disability claim. Most workers wish to return to their […]
Many industries are paying increased attention to the potential health effects of minor traumatic brain injuries (MTBIs), which were once called “concussions.” The long-term health effects of these injuries were first observed in military servicemen and veterans and in professional athletes, but they can occur in any industry and are common in construction. Risk factors […]
When an athlete suffers a blow to the head that results in temporary confusion or changes in perception (for example, double vision), we often say he has “had his bell rung.” The analogy is apt; what has happened in those cases is that the brain has been violently tossed around inside the skull, much like […]
Are your workers good with their hands? Very few jobs can be done with no hands. For example, the U.S. military has very specific requirements for enlistees, who are disqualified for most partial finger amputations and any scars, deformations, weaknesses, or paralysis that would prevent them from serving effectively.