Practical EHS Tips, News & Advice. Updated Daily.
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.
Well-written safety policies guide employees at all levels in your organization to make appropriate decisions that promote workplace safety and health and assure compliance with OSHA regulations. Policies are guides to action and decision making under a given set of circumstances. Policies ensure consistency and compliance with the law within a framework of corporate objectives […]
Safety and health policies that reflect commitment, define expectations, and articulate consequences can make a difference in protecting workers. How and what it takes to make that happen are subjects of today’s Advisor. A safety policy is a plan that details how to manage safety and health issues. A good policy establishes commitment to managing […]
Seven out of 10 deaths are due to preventable causes. Workplace wellness programs help prevent the preventable and keep workers healthy and productive. Employee wellness has come a long way since L.L. Bean opened its first fitness center in 1982. A big leap came in 2000 when the state of Maine began its own health […]
Here’s a company that strives to balance safety, health, and wellness and provide total protection for its employees. Today, we’ll look at L.L. Bean’s wellness component. You probably know L.L. Bean as the label inside your favorite chamois shirt, durable tote bag, or resilient hiking boots. The iconic company has made and sold outdoor apparel […]
Yesterday, we answered some important questions about confined space safety and regulatory compliance. Today, we continue with more Q&As and introduce a training tool that can help you answer employees’ questions about confined spaces. Are there certain items that we should have on standby when we enter a confined space? Yes, there are specific items […]
OSHA’s confined space standard is long and detailed and includes six appendices. OSHA compliance and the safety of confined space entrants depend on knowing exactly what the regulations require. Today and tomorrow, we offer a brief selection of questions about OSHA’s confined space requirements (29 CFR 1910. 146). These are questions that safety managers from […]
Safety committees have become commonplace in the American workplace and the benefits have been significant. Here are suggestions for successfully installing a safety committee. Starting back in the early 1990s, companies began to add safety committees to their overall safety programs. OSHA encouraged this effort and suggested numerous ways in which the committees could prove […]
Safety committees play an important role in workplace safety and health. In fact, OSHA highly recommends them. But to get the best results from your committee, you have to start with all the right ingredients. Ideally, your safety committee is well established and effective, with employees eager to serve and management responsive to its recommendations. […]
Your workforce, your customers, and your markets are increasingly diverse. To promote individual and organizational success, you must welcome diversity and manage it well. These five steps will help you to manage diversity effectively.
Greater workplace diversity has a big impact on the 21st century American workplace. Whether that impact is positive and productive or divisive and challenging depends on how well you manage your changing workforce. The workplace, like the nation and wider world, is made up of men and women of diverse racial, religious, and ethnic backgrounds, […]