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Attendees at the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Safety 2008 conference got the inside story on how one company has dramatically reduced its vehicle accident rates – and insurance costs . It is harder to ensure the safety of workers who drive as part of their job responsibilities than it is for workers under […]
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has said that it wants to reconsider, revise, or remove provisions of the Improved Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses final rule—one of the reasons the requirements have been delayed. The recently released fall 2017 Unified Regulatory Agenda provides some insight into what we should expect from […]
This week, a special issue of the journal Seminars in Hearing detailed 50 years of the National Insitute of Occupational Safety and Health’s (NIOSH) hearing loss prevention efforts. NIOSH has conducted extensive research into workplace noise exposure and hearing loss risks. Thus, the Song of the Week is a classic from the Rolling Stones, “Can’t […]
Indiana Furniture of Jasper is a 100-year-old business with a thoroughly modern approach to employee protection.
EPA’s new stormwater multisector general permit (MSGP) applies to industrial facilities in all or parts of dozens of U.S. states, territories, and possessions. Make sure you know whether your workplace is affected and what you need to do. In September, EPA issued a new MSGP requiring an estimated 4,100 industrial facilities in 29 different industrial […]
Orientation is your first—and perhaps best—chance to shape new employee safety attitudes and behavior. It’s an opportunity you can’t afford to miss. New employees are at considerably greater risk of injury than more seasoned workers. That’s because: New employees often have insufficient skills and job knowledge. Even if they are skilled and experienced, they lack […]
Confirmation hearings for Andrew Puzder, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Labor, have been postponed for the third time, according to the Washington Post. Hearings are now scheduled for February 7.
U.S. Representative Mark Pocan, a Wisconsin Democrat, has introduced legislation to help ensure that companies contracting with the federal government maintain safe workplaces. The Contractor Accountability and Workplace Safety Act was introduced in response to President Trump’s revocation of an executive order that required companies to disclose past labor law violations when bidding for large […]
The House and Senate released a single bill to reform the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act was posted on the website of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW).