How to Submit a Standout America’s Safest Companies Application
EHS Today Senior Editor Laura Walter offers tips for submitting a strong America’s Safest Companies application...
ASSE: Workplace Safety Oversight Must Be Strengthened
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) submitted draft legislation to leaders in Congress in efforts to bolster employer responsibility for occupational safety...
Don’t Slip on Fall Prevention June 19-25
Every year, falls lead to millions of emergency room visits in the United States and can cause serious injury or even death. During the week of June 19-25, the National Safety Council (NSC) is holding Fall Prevention Week to raise awareness about preventing risky slips, trips and falls...
This Father’s Day, Put Down the Cell Phone and Focus on the Road
A woman who lost her father in a car crash caused by a distracted driver is urging others to honor their own dads this Father’s Day by putting down their cell phones and focusing on the road...
Worker Fatality Results in OSHA Citations, Fines for Three NY Contractors
H Rock Corp. Sing Da Corp. and Vera Construction Inc. have been cited by OSHA for alleged willful, repeat and serious violations of workplace safety standards following an investigation of a Jan. 10 fatality that occurred on a construction site in Elmhurst, Queens, N.Y...
Safety 2011: Incorporating Safety Into Sustainability
Only a day after the Center for Safety and Health Sustainability was launched at Safety 2011 in Chicago, ASSE VP of Professional Affairs Thomas F. Cecich told conference attendees that safety should play a much bigger role in the sustainability movement...
Safety 2011: The Power of One
Nancy Brinker, founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, advised ASSE Safety 2011 attendees to believe in “the power of one.”...
Safety 2011: Do Americans Care More about Chickens than Workers?
OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels and NIOSH Director Dr. John Howard sat down with Diana Stegall of the American Society of Safety Engineers to discuss the focus of the agencies and the role those agencies play in the lives of safety professionals. Believe it or not, the subject of chickens came up...
Safety 2011: It’s the ‘Real World’ for NIOSH Researchers
NIOSH scientists will be getting out of their labs and out into the field to help them understand the workplace challenges they’re researching, NIOSH Director Dr. John Howard told an audience at Safety 2011 in Chicago...
Sound Off in the EHS Today National Safety Survey
How would you rate the importance of employee safety and health in the everyday operations of your business? What challenge would you most like to see OSHA address in the coming year? What do you think about OSHA’s Injury and Illness Prevention Program rule? Make your voice heard on these issues and more by participating in EHS Today’s annual National Safety Survey...
Safety 2011: Embracing Diversity to Achieve Organizational Goals
In Britain, employees don’t take lunch breaks – instead, they bring food to their desks and continue working. The French go out to lunch; the Dutch eat at their desks but don’t answer the phone. In lieu of a lunch hour, Spaniards leave for an afternoon siesta. Richard Cooper, MSc, CMIOSH, told ASSE Safety 2011 attendees that these varying routines demonstrate a national, cultural identity that can bring strengths into the workplace...
Safety 2011: Safety Is a CEO Issue
While using the fallout from the BP oil spill disaster as an example, Thomas Krause, Ph.D., told safety professionals at the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Safety 2011 conference that they are responsible for communicating safety to senior leadership – leadership that, in some cases, exhibits “a profound failure” of understanding safety within their organizations...
EHS Out Loud Blog: The Past and the Future of the Safety Professional
In this latest EHS Today blog post, Senior Editor Laura Walter checks in from the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Safety 2011 conference and expo in Chicago with some thoughts on future leaders in the occupational safety profession...
Safety 2011: What Motivates Employees?
Several times during the opening session of Safety 2011 in Chicago, author Daniel Pink noted that according to the physics of behavior, if we reward behavior, we typically get back more of that behavior. Conversely, we punish the behaviors we don’t want, and therefore should get less of that behavior...
Employers Allotted More Time to Comply with OSHA Fall Protection Directive
Employers in the residential construction industry now have until Sept. 15 to comply with OSHA’s new fall protection compliance directive. The agency issued the directive on Dec. 16, 2010, and released a guidance document, Fall Protection in Residential Construction, in April...
Researchers Find Variation in States’ Distracted Driving Legislation
Distracted driving is the attributed cause of hundreds of thousands of crashes annually and has prompted states to create new highway safety laws. Even so, experts say distracted driving research and the legislation intended to combat the problem may not align...
EHS Out Loud Blog: Protecting Industrial Workers from Radiation
In his latest blog post for EHS Today, 2010 Future Leader in EHS Jason Townsell describes how the ALARA principle is used to manage occupational radiation exposure...
Risk Assessment in the Machine Safeguarding Process
Designers and users of powered equipment and machine tools historically have sought the best methods and controls for preventing injuries associated with use of their equipment...
Researcher: States Must Be Empowered to Address Emerging Nanotechnology Issues
Ephraim Massawe, Ph.D., told EHS Today that state agencies and programs must be empowered with better information and resources to address emerging nanotechnology issues and to protect workers, the public and the environment from possible nanomaterial exposures and hazards...
OSHA Standards Changes Estimated to Save Employers Millions of Hours, Dollars
OSHA claims its new final rule, “Standards Improvement Project – Phase III,” can reduce employers’ paperwork burden by 1.85 million hours annually; help simply and streamline standards; and save employers in excess of $43 million annually – all without reducing worker protections...
EHS Out Loud Blog: Massey Energy’s Flawed Approach to Safety
Dr. Richard Fulwiler takes Massey Energy to task in his latest blog post on EHS Today...
The Director of International Labour Organization Says Workers Are Being “Squeezed,” Calls for Social Justice
Director-General Juan Somavia called on employers and governments to commit to a new era of social justice in his opening remarks at the 100th International Labour Conference in Geneva...
Managing Risk for Unlikely but Catastrophic Events
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) programs may help businesses prepare for and respond to incidents that might not have a high likelihood of occurring but are capable of yielding catastrophic results...
Finland, Sweden, Australia Offer Most Flexible Work Schedules
If you’re traveling the world in search of the most flexible work schedules available for employees, you might want to settle in Finland, Sweden, Australia or Thailand – and take a pass on Japan, Greece or Armenia...
OSHA Establishes New NEP for Primary Metal Industries
OSHA is establishing a new National Emphasis Program (NEP) for the primary metals industries to better protect workers from hazardous exposures in workplaces that produce metal products...
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