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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.
In announcing the winners of this year’s Governor’s Workplace Safety Awards, Indiana Labor Commissioner Rick Ruble observed, “There is no greater achievement as a business or organization than ensuring all employees go home safely at the end of the workday.”
As injury rates decrease, complacency increases. In turn, complacency leads to human errors that cause injuries. It’s a paradox explained by Don Wilson, vice president of SafeStart Division of Electrolab Training Systems at his opening keynote presentation, The War Against Complacency: Proven Strategies to Reduce Injuries and Human Factor Errors, delivered recently during the BLR® […]
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Q. Is there a single resource, which list by State, whether a licensed contractor is required to remove mold?
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To learn about the impact of technology on health and safety, BLR partnered with eCompliance to survey 600+ environmental, health, and safety (EHS) pros. Check out the highlightes in our infographic below:
Is it mandatory that color coding be applied to the lockout/tagout tags for an electric utility provider? Here’s how we answered:
In a final rule published March 25, 2016, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) updated requirements for eye and face protections for workers in general industry, shipyards, longshoring operations, marine terminals, and construction.
American workers can’t seem to get out of our own way—or out of the way of objects in our path, wet and slippery surfaces, uneven flooring, and other hazards. Slips, trips, and falls (STFs) befall us entirely too often, and the impact is staggering. This Compliance Report steps into the subject of falls with insight […]
: Recently, one of our subscribers asked the following question: Do non-permit confined spaces have to be marked with signage or listed in the confined space plan?