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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.
Honeywell, which manufactures PPE, fire alarm systems, and other products, has opened a $3 million facility to demonstrate their safety products and systems and train people to use them. Honeywell Life Safety President Mark Levy says the company chose Houston for its new safety product showcase because of its concentration of global oil and gas, […]
As we said in yesterday’s Advisor, OSHA is proposing to change the PELs for silica. The proposal would also require primary reliance on engineering controls and work practices. OSHA says that primary reliance on engineering controls and work practices rather than PPE to prevent silica exposure is consistent with long-established good industrial hygiene practice, with […]
At Georgia Power, protecting lone workers is serious business, according to its safety and health general manager. Hamilton Hardin, safety and health general manager, says that Georgia Power makes every effort to ensure that lone workers, like all employees, are treated like "prized assets." Among other things, that means they get comprehensive safety training and […]
Millions of employees work away from their employer’s location. If some of them are yours, although you don’t see them every day, you’re still responsible for their safety and health. Lone workers perform their jobs on the road, at client’s sites, in home offices, and other locations distant from your workplace. Some, like security guards […]
Do you have a plan for when the power goes out unexpectedly? You should. A power outage can amount to much more than just a brief inconvenience. It can create safety issues that workers may not recognize unless they have been told to expect them. Consider these questions to identify and plan for possible hazards […]
Beware counterfeit products that could cause electrical accidents in the workplace. What are the most frequently counterfeited products in the world? Rolex watches? Louis Vuitton wallets? Try Viagra. In a close second place, though, and of much greater concern for workplace safety experts, are electrical products and components. More than 1 million counterfeited electrical products […]
Improving safety performance and preventing workplace accidents is a challenge, but it’s one that’s made much easier when employees lend a hand. If you can get your employees to take these five simple steps every day, you’re well on the way to improved safety performance and zero accidents. 1. Identify hazards: If employees don’t know […]
Yesterday, we told you about how DuPont exports world class safety through its safety consulting services. Today, we introduce you to another organization that exports what it has learned about workplace safety to other businesses so that they, too, can improve their safety process. The development of a strong internal safety process ultimately led Milliken […]
Imagine a safety and health process so effective and highly developed that it can be successfully applied to other businesses. DuPont, which has brought world class science and engineering to market through innovative products, has also created a world class safety process. Protecting its 58,000 employees and eliminating injuries is essential to DuPont’s core commitment. […]
Your business may be in the market for an outside safety consultant but lacking in resources to hire one. OSHA’s free safety and health consultation services may be the answer, or at least part of the answer. OSHA consultation provides free and confidential advice to small- and medium-sized businesses committed to improving workplace safety and […]