Infographic: SIF Prevention
Here’s what you need to know about the National Safety Council’s updated serious injury and fatality (SIF) prevention model.
Category: Special Topics in Safety Management
Safety is a process, and as such, needs to be managed. This section offers resources to create a viable safety program, sell it to senior management, train supervisors and employees in using it, and then track and report your progress. Look also for ways to advance your own skills in these areas, both for your current job, and those that follow.
Nudge Theory: A Smarter Way to Encourage PPE Compliance
By: Superior Glove, leading safety glove innovator Ensuring workers wear the right PPE for the task at the right time is essential to keeping them safe—but it’s not always easy. The solution might just lie in nudge theory, an approach that makes the right choice feel like the easiest one. What is Nudge Theory? The […]
EHSDA Shorts: What Causes Resistance to Change?
In this installment of EHSDA Shorts, Joan Peterson, vice president, Bluepoint, discusses the causes of resistance to change in organizations.
Review Commission Vacates OSHA Citation in Boise Mall Shooting
The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission vacated an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) General Duty Clause citation of a security firm following a mass shooting at a Boise, Idaho, shopping mall. In the February 5 decision, a review commission administrative law judge (ALJ) concluded that the Department of Labor (DOL) didn’t establish the […]
Implement Duress Systems to Mitigate Workplace Violence
Did you know that workplace violence resulted in the death of 524 workers in 2022? This was a 9% increase compared to 2021. Unless urgent measures are taken, workplace violence will persist, and innocent lives will be lost. One effective solution to ensure that workplace violence is reduced is the use of duress systems. This […]
President Orders Deregulatory Review
President Donald J. Trump ordered all federal agencies to compile lists of regulations for possible removal in an Executive Order (E.O. 14219) signed February 19 and published February 25 (90 Fed. Reg. 10583). The president directed agency heads to conduct a process of regulatory review, coordinating with the director of the Office of Management and […]
EHS On Tap E240: Driving Employee Engagement and Enhancing Safety Culture
On episode 240 of EHS On Tap, Marc Juaire, Principal Solution Expert at VelocityEHS, talks about how organizations can drive employee engagement and improve safety culture. This episode is sponsored by VelocityEHS.
Chemical Safety Board’s YouTube Channel Hits 365K Subscribers
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s (CSB) YouTube channel, @USCSB, which features the agency’s safety videos, now has 365,000 subscribers. The CSB recently received a Silver Play Button award from YouTube for having more than 100,000 subscribers, the board announced February 14. The CSB is an independent federal government board that investigates industrial […]
Back to Basics: Controlling Safety, Health Hazards of Wildfires
Back to Basics is a weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information that any EHS professional should know. This week, we examine how to control the health hazards of wildfires. Active wildfires and recovery and cleanup work following a fire pose unique hazards for workers. The health effects of wildfire smoke can range from […]
Infographic: 10 Tips for Truck and Bus Safety
Road safety is very important for all motorists, but especially for truck and bus drivers. Here are 10 tips for truck and bus safety.