Workers’ Memorial Day: Death on the Job: AFL-CIO Releases Annual Report
Think about it: An average of 12 workers are killed per day. If those 12 people all died in the same workplace incident – or in some type of tragedy in our hometown – it would make a significant impact on us. But unless you’re a co-worker, friend or family member of one of those 12 workers killed across the country today, those deaths will slip past with relatively little notice...
Workers’ Memorial Day: ILO: Use of Safety Management Systems Would Benefit Workers Worldwide
April 28 marks the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, and the International Labor Organization (ILO) marked the occasion by releasing a report, “OSH Management System: A Tool for Continual Improvement,” that discusses the application of an occupational safety and health management system (OSHMS) for the effective management of hazards and risks in the workplace...
OSHA Turns 40: Examining the Agency’s Past, Present and Future
This year, April 28 not only is Workers’ Memorial Day and World Day for Safety and Health at Work – it’s also OSHA’s 40th birthday. EHS Today spoke to several occupational safety stakeholders about the agency’s past, present and future...
Four Decades of OSHA: A Timeline
On April 28, OSHA reaches a 40-year milestone. Since it was founded 4 decades ago, the agency established a range of safety and health regulations to protect the American work force; reduced workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities; and initiated a national conversation about occupational health and safety...
Obesity, Blood Pressure Rates Higher for Frequent Business Travelers
People who travel extensively for business – 20 or more nights away from home per month – have increased rates of obesity, higher cholesterol levels and higher blood pressure than employees who are away from home one to six nights per month...
25 Years After Chernobyl, Nuclear Safety Still a Concern
April 26 marks the 25th anniversary of the catastrophic Chernobyl nuclear accident, the world’s worst nuclear disaster that led to widespread radiation fallout across Europe...
Older Workers Benefit from Health Behavior Programs with Personal Coaching
A combination of personal coaching and Web-based risk assessment may help engage older employees in health behavior programs...
Avoiding Trapping and Crushing Incidents Involving Aerial Lift Platforms
Aerial work platforms (AWPs) are intended to make it safer for employees to work at heights. Unfortunately, some workers have been injured or even killed in incidents involving the platforms...
Body of Missing Idaho Miner Recovered
The body of miner Larry Marek, who on April 15 was trapped 6,150 feet below ground in a collapse at the Lucky Friday silver mine near Mullan, Idaho, has been recovered by a search and rescue team. Another miner who was working in the same section of the mine and who is reported to be Marek’s brother, escaped from the mine...
Safety Center Stresses Need for International Construction Safety Training
The director of University of California San Diego Extension’s International Safety Education Institute (ISEI) Construction Workplace Safety Training Program stressed a growing international need for safety training based on OSHA standards to better protect construction workers around the world...
Are You Managing Workplace Conflicts Properly?
It’s the classic joke: Boss yells at worker, worker goes home and yells at wife, wife yells at kids, kids yell at dog. For many of us, conflict – and a bad day – starts in the morning with the kids before we go to work, then kicks into second gear with your co-workers or your boss and finally culminates at home with your spouse and children...
Earth Day: Greening the Planet, One Act a Time
In recognition of Earth Day on April 22, the Earth Day Network encourages people worldwide to take environmental action through the Billion Acts of Green campaign...
Feeling Skeptical about “Green” Products?
Companies, organizations and individuals across the globe are celebrating Earth Day on April 22 by discussing “green” initiatives and, perhaps, boasting about their own eco-friendly accomplishments. But with the proliferation of green products and promises, how can you determine whether your environmental choices actually make a difference?...
April 20 Marks First Anniversary of BP Oil Spill
The April 20, 2010 explosion that rocked BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers and triggered a catastrophic environmental disaster that would result in millions of barrels of oil spilling into the Gulf. On this first anniversary of the explosion, U.S. Chemical Safety Board Chairman (CSB) Chairman Dr. Rafael Moure-Eraso commented on the board’s investigation surrounding the disaster...
OSHA Cites Wind Farm Servicing Co. $378,000 after Worker Suffers Burns
OSHA issued six citations for alleged willful safety violations with proposed fines totaling $378,000 to Outland Renewable Services after a wind farm technician suffered severe burns from an electrical arc flash in October 2010. The company, a servicing and maintenance provider in the wind tower industry, disagrees with OSHA’s findings and called worker safety its No. 1 priority...
New Online Tool Helps MSHA Detect Flagrant Violations
MSHA announced that its Inspectors’ Portable Application for Laptops (IPAL) is now equipped with an online tool to alert federal inspectors that certain violations will be reviewed for special assessment as flagrant violations. MSHA Administrator Joseph A. Main said this tool will help inspectors cite violations “efficiently and accurately.”...
Forgoing Sleep to Adjust to Shift Work Schedules is a Disruptive Strategy for Nurses
A study examining the strategies nurses use to adjust between day and night sleep cycles found that as many as 25 percent of hospital nurses go without sleep for at least 24 hours in order to adjust to working on the night shift. This strategy is not effective in helping nurses’ internal clocks adjust to a nighttime schedule, researchers said...
Empower Your Employees and Gain Increased Productivity, Morale
Workers who feel empowered by their employers are more productive and have higher morale, regardless of their industry, a new study suggests...
Machine Guarding Made Easy
Taking the holistic approach to machine guarding safety...
OSHA Revises Outreach Training Program to Improve Trainer Reliability
OSHA recently revised its voluntary Outreach Training Program procedures to include trainer verification requirements and other changes to improve training quality and ensure the integrity of its authorized instructors...
Roofer Cited by OSHA for Fall Hazards at Omaha, Neb., Jobsite
OSHA has cited Allied Roofing Systems LLC of Springfield, Mo., for four safety citations following an inspection of an Omaha job site where employees were exposed to fall hazards while installing a roof. Proposed penalties total $64,000...
Senate Introduces Safe Chemicals Act of 2011
On April 14, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., along with Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and others, introduced the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011 to upgrade the nation’s system for managing chemical safety and protect communities from toxic chemicals...
EPA Reaches Landmark Clean Air Act Settlement with TVA
EPA and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) have reached a settlement that will require TVA to invest an estimated $3-$5 billion to modernize its coal-fired power plants and provide state-of-the-art pollution controls and clean energy technology...
Court Rejects Challenge to OSHA’s Fall Protection Directive
On April 7, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit dismissed the National Roofing Contractors Association’s (NRCA) petition for review of OSHA’s December 2010 directive on the use of fall protection in residential construction. The directive withdrew an earlier one that allowed certain residential construction employers to bypass some fall protection requirements...
Legislators: Codifying VPP Will Lead to Better Relationship Between Business and OSHA
Legislators on both side of the aisle have introduced legislation that would codify OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs. The legislation, S. 807, sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Michael B. Enzi, R –Wyo., and Sen. Mary Landrieu, D – La., was introduced April 13. Similar legislation, H.R. 1511, was introduced in the House by Rep. Tom Petri, R-Wisc., senior Republican on the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, and Rep. Gene Green, D-Texas...
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