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.
A new report released March 7 finds that 70% of women in the workforce lack access to properly fitting personal protective equipment (PPE), increasing the risk of workplace injuries. Equity in Safety: A Global Report on Women’s Access to Proper Personal Protection Equipment was released by The Safety Rack, a non-profit committed to closing the […]
Today, a new report called Equity in Safety—A Global Report on Women’s Access to Proper Personal Protective Equipment was released, highlighting the PPE equity gap faced by women. Here’s the report’s recommendations for organizations and employers to address these gaps in women’s workplace safety.
For most of the last 70 years or so safety leaders have emphasized the importance of safety-related behavior. On the surface, it seems obvious that their approach is the right way to think about it. Following a safety breach, the line of questioning centers around why the incident happened. And the answer usually comes down to […]
The National Safety Council (NSC) has released a guide to the surveillance of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD), the group announced February 24. The report, “The Importance of Musculoskeletal Disorder and Related Injury Surveillance: An Organizational Approach,” was published through the MSD Solutions Lab, the NSC’s initiative established in 2021 with funding from Amazon to address work-related […]
On episode 241 of EHS On Tap, R. Mukund, CEO of Benchmark Gensuite, talks about how EHS professionals are using AI to improve worker safety.
On February 27, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released an update on its investigation into a fatal November 12, 2024, explosion at the Givaudan Sense Colour facility in Louisville, Kentucky. The explosion killed two employees and seriously injured three others, and it caused significant property damage to the facility and nearby […]
Here’s what you need to know about the National Safety Council’s updated serious injury and fatality (SIF) prevention model.
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 […]
In this installment of EHSDA Shorts, Joan Peterson, vice president, Bluepoint, discusses the causes of resistance to change in organizations.
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 […]