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For Injury Prevention Month, our Safety Training Tips editor reminds your workers to recognize and report all workplace hazards and to review their use of PPE and other safety procedures. Their health, and the company’s, depends on it. April is Injury Prevention Month, so our focus is on keeping your workers off the injured list. […]
Interest is growing in a “directive” EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt may have issued regarding a new Agency position to the so-called sue-and-settle approach to federal environmental rulemaking. In sue and settle, which gained notoriety with the Obama EPA, the Agency responds to a lawsuit demanding new environmental protections by entering into a consent decree in […]
A return-to-work expert who recommends getting injured employees back to work as soon as possible to promote their rehabilitation. “Return-to-work and rehabilitation need to be focused more at the worksite than at a clinic,” says Dr. Donald Shrey, Ph.D., a specialist in return-to-work programs. “Some people say you need to get people well to get […]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics says that back injuries account for 1 in 5 workplace injuries/illnesses. Back problems also account for many lost workdays. Simple steps to care for the back can prevent injury. According to the Department of Environmental Health and Safety at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI), risk factors for back injuries […]
Two U.S. senators recently introduced legislation that would provide up to $200 million annually in “Climate Change Bonds.” According to the international Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), $41.8 billion worth of green bonds were issued in 2015. The CBI has set a target of $100 billion in green bonds in 2016. Moody’s Investors Services says global […]
Outreach. A CBP3 requires timely communication on progress, feedback, and forward planning. Key outreach points a municipality must consider include: Effective and well-documented transparency and participation; Opportunities for stakeholders, property owners, businesses, and institutions to become partners in planning and implementation; Access for stakeholders to all relevant documents, plans, meetings, and reports; Measurement and evaluation […]
Heed OSHA’s warning that it will concentrate enforcement efforts on industries with high rates of feasibly preventable back injuries and other musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Yesterday we looked at the prevalence of back injuries in the workplace, and at some quick and simple stretches and exercises that, with regular use, can significantly cut down on the […]
Getting off their chairs while they work might help employees improve overall health, according to some experts. Some new technology in workstation design comes to the rescue. Steelcase, a leading manufacturer of office furniture, has developed new workstation designs that allow employees to sit, stand, and even walk while they work. For example, one of […]
Safety trainers need to know both their subjects and the art of teaching. The first step to mastering it is knowing what and whom to teach. Here are some tips for finding out. During our lives, we all have had effective teachers. And the content they taught and behaviors they modeled made us both smarter […]