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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.
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A new survey from the National Safety Council (NSC) finds that no state goes far enough to protect its residents from leading causes of preventable death and injury (accidents) at work, at home, in the community, or on the road. Despite preventable death being at an all-time high, none of the 50 states or Washington, […]
An Ohio manufacturer of cast steel freight components is facing more than $610,000 in proposed penalties after OSHA investigators found workers at a Groveport facility exposed to machine hazards and silica. One worker was hospitalized after suffering severe injuries when he was caught in a machine. At least four employees were exposed to excessive levels […]
The injury and illness prevention program (IIPP) requirement has been the most frequently cited standard in California workplace health and safety inspections almost every year since it became effective. At the Cal/OSHA Summit 2017, learn about how to avoid common mistakes that lead to citations at Lisa Prince, Esq.’s presentation on IIPPs in California. Inspectors […]
BLR’s Safety Culture 2017 will come to Austin, Texas this September 11 and 12. The conference, geared to both HR and safety professionals, will focus on how employers can improve safety compliance and enhance worker performance, with participants leaving with a powerful action plan to improve culture at their organizations based on case studies and […]
On Tuesday, June 20, at Safety 2017, the annual professional development conference and exposition of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), Fred Kohanna, M.D., MBA, spoke to a crowded room of safety professionals about the workplace safety implications of medical marijuana in a session titled “Medical Marijuana: Miracle Drug or Safety Nightmare?”
Indiana Furniture of Jasper is a 100-year-old business with a thoroughly modern approach to employee protection.
A new national campaign to increase awareness about firefighter cancer is calling on firefighters to sign a pledge of safety.
Just in time for the summer spike in temperatures comes an updated app to help employees stay safe when working outdoors in hot weather.
OSHA is urging employers to show their commitment to job safety and the bottom line with a new national observance starting Monday, June 12.
Those high school and college kids your company has added to the payroll for the summer are somebody’s children. Take steps to protect them just as you’d protect permanent employees.