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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.
Looking for a new way of dealing with workplace substance abuse? Here’s an approach that’s been used for more than 20 years and has produced results touted as “phenomenal.” For more than 20 years, an innovative program for substance-related education, awareness, and intervention known as Operation RedBlock has been keeping impaired Amtrak workers off the […]
Substance abuse continues to be a critical workplace safety issue that often results in accidents and injuries. DOL may have answers to some of your most pressing questions about how to handle this difficult problem. Here are some frequently asked questions about workplace substance abuse, selected from the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Working Partners […]
At Marathon Oil, on-going safety hazard assessment is standard operating procedure. Is it SOP at your facility, too? A multi-tiered auditing system is at the heart of the hazard identification process at Marathon Oil Corporation’s Detroit refinery. Tier I audits are conducted internally by teams representing maintenance; environment, health, and safety; and process operators. One […]
Identifying hazards that can injure your workers or make them ill is your duty under the law. It also should be a driving force behind your safety and health process. One definition of a hazard is any unsafe workplace condition or practice that could cause injuries or illness to employees. Another is any danger that […]
A return-to-work expert who recommends getting injured employees back to work as soon as possible to promote their rehabilitation. “Return-to-work and rehabilitation need to be focused more at the worksite than at a clinic,” says Dr. Donald Shrey, Ph.D., a specialist in return-to-work programs. “Some people say you need to get people well to get […]
Managing your workers’ compensation program effectively has a big impact not only on insurance costs, but also on employee morale and productivity. When an employee is out on workers’ compensation leave due to a job injury or illness, the results can be difficult for everybody. The employee must cope with the pain and suffering, […]
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 […]
The two primary categories of workplace hand injuries are traumatic events and overuse or repetitive motion injuries. Yesterday, we talked about traumatic hand injuries. Today, we turn the focus on repetitive stress hand injuries. Hand-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are painful, sometimes crippling, injuries that generally affect nerves, tendons, tendon sheaths, and muscles in the hands, […]
Your employees know that falling is a hazard. But knowledge alone isn’t enough to keep them on their feet. You need a purposeful program that identifies the problem, implements focused solutions, and monitors the results. Across industries and across the years, slips, trips, and falls (STFs) continue to be among the leading causes of workplace […]