Encourage Employees to Approach Health Care Choices as Consumers for Better Results
A new study suggests that encouraging employees to approach their health care choices as consumers, when combined with traditional wellness initiatives, can bolster their diet, exercise and other wellness habits...
Enjoy the Party, Don't Be the Party!
Are your employees prepared to safely navigate holiday parties?...
Positive Employees May Positively Affect the Bottom Line
While previous research has indicated that difficult, aggressive or rude employees achieve higher salaries than their more friendly and easy-to-work-with coworkers, a new study from Workplace Options indicates that many employees actually perceive their agreeable coworkers to be more productive and successful in the workplace...
ISEA Offers New Fall Protection Guide, FAQs
"A comprehensive fall protection program prevents injuries, saves lives and makes good business sense." So begins the International Safety Equipment Association's (ISEA) new fall protection use and selection guide....
Injuries to Health Care Workers on the Rise, OSHA Plans Special Emphasis Program
Non-fatal injuries to health care workers requiring days away from work are on the rise, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Nov. 9, and OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels has vowed to launch a National Emphasis Program on Nursing Home and Residential Care Facilities...
Winter Driving Tips Can Help Keep Workers Safe on the Road
Winter driving can be risky, and no one knows that better than our neighbors to the north. Transport Canada wants drivers so be ready and be safe on the roads this winter...
Pennsylvania to Ban Texting While Driving
Keystone state drivers, put down that phone: Pennsylvania recently passed a bill slated to outlaw texting while driving...
Career Construction Workers Face Increased Injury, Fatality Odds
The news is bleak for construction workers who make the profession their lifelong occupation: Researchers have concluded that the majority of career construction workers will suffer at least one – if not more – occupational injury or illness during their time working in the industry. Even worse, these workers also face a higher risk of being fatally injured on the job...
Does Your Job Terrify You?
What scares you about your job? A national survey of 4,384 American employees reveals that when it comes to facing fear at work, workers most dread layoffs, pay cuts, high workloads and giving presentations...
NSC 2011: OSHA Compliance Officers Discuss Fatality Cases Involving Falls, Heat Stress
At the National Safety Council (NSC) Congress and Expo in Philadelphia on Nov. 1, OSHA compliance officers shared some of their most notable workplace safety investigations. The following cases involved preventable workplace fatalities – heat stress and falls from height...
NSC 2011: Cooking Up an Injury and Illness Prevention Program
At the 2011 National Safety Council (NSC) Congress and Expo in Philadelphia, two risk management consultants discussed California's injury and illness prevention program and how safety professionals can prepare for a federal I2P2 program...
Warrant in Hand, OSHA Cites Pet Food Manufacturer for Failing to Protect Workers from Dust and Noise Hazards
For those employers who've thought about denying OSHA entry at the door of their facility…don't do it. OSHA cited All-Feed Processing & Packaging's facility in Galva, Ill., for 23 health and safety violations with fines exceeding $750,000...
EHS Today Raises a Glass to the America's Safest Companies Winners
During an Oct. 31 dinner and awards reception at the Rittenhouse Hotel in Philadelphia, EHS Today honored this year's 12 America’s Safest Companies. It was an evening of celebration, conversation and, of course, safety...
Another Cintas Worker Dies In Incident Related to an Industrial Dryer
A second Cintas employee in less than 5 years has been killed in an incident involving an industrial dryer. Kevin Burgess of Louisville, Ky., was killed Oct. 28 while servicing an industrial dryer at the company’s facility in the Louisville area. The local coroner has ruled that Burgess died of blunt force trauma...
OSHA's Top 10 Citation List Highlights Fall Protection, Hazcom Violations
Every year at the National Safety Council (NSC) Congress and Expo, NSC and OSHA partner to reveal OSHA's top 10 most commonly cited violations. While the specific violations may jockey for position from year to year, the list tends to feature the same players year in and year out. For FY 2011, fall protection, scaffolding and hazcom topped the list...
NSC 2011: Michaels Makes Case for OSHA
During the occupational keynote at the National Safety Council (NSC) Congress and Expo, OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels asserted that OSHA regulations don’t kill jobs – they prevent jobs from killing workers...
Susan Lewis: Dow is Committed to Environment, Health and Safety Initiatives
The Dow Chemical Company was honored this week at the 2012 Green Cross for Safety by the National Safety Council for its achievements in workplace safety, community service, environmental stewardship and responsible citizenship. In an exclusive interview, Susan Lewis, corporate director for Environment, Health & Safety Operations for the Dow Chemical Co., said that the Dow has vowed to "Drive to Zero."...
12 Companies Named by EHS Today as the 2011 America’s Safest Companies
The 2011 America's Safest Companies – ACCO Brands Corp., Buffalo Gap Instrumentation & Electrical Co. Inc., Caterpillar Inc., EnPro Industries, EuroKera North America, Fluor Corp., Gribbins Insulation Co. Inc., Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies LLC, Kennametal Inc., Nalco Co., Richard Goettle Inc. and Savage Services – provide a safe working environment for thousands of employees and serve as a point of reference for companies hoping to achieve world-class safety status. ...
NSC 2011: The Top 9 Reasons Workers Don’t Report Near Misses
When Philip La Duke tried to report the near misses he experienced soon after starting a new job, he was met with blank looks, confusing (and incorrect) instructions, and even was asked, "What's a near miss?" and "Why on earth would anyone report that?" In an Oct. 31 National Safety Council (NSC) Congress and Expo session, La Duke shared the top reasons workers do not report near misses. Some of them may surprise you...
NSC 2011: Storytelling, Collaboration and Safety from the Heart
According to National Safety Council (NSC) Congress and Expo keynote speaker Peter Sheahan, the key to making significant behavior changes in safety can be found not necessarily in overcoming our challenges, but in looking beyond our past successes...
NSC 2011: Earn Your Spot on the Safety Patrol
At the opening session of the 2011 National Safety Council (NSC) Congress and Expo in Philadelphia, NSC President Janet Froetscher noted how inspired she felt to be surrounded by so many passionate occupational health and safety leaders. And when Ben Franklin himself makes an appearance onstage, you know it’s going to be a truly historic event...
Britain Shines the Olympic Torch on Construction Safety
When the Olympic games descend on London in 2012, the event may result in more than medals, glory and athletic accomplishments. If Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has its way, the Olympics also will help set the tone for how the U.K.'s construction industry should approach safety...
Federal Agencies Address Emergency Information Dissemination in the Age of Social Media
When you need important – perhaps even life-or-death – information, you want it now. And with Twitter and smartphones, you probably assume such instant communication should be possible. In response to this evolution in the way we communicate, FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) are working to modernize the dissemination of national warnings and alerts...
ACCO Brands Corp is nammed America’s Safest Company
ACCO Brands Corp is nammed America’s Safest Company ...
Chemical Safety Board: Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Sites Are Hazardous to the Public
At a press conference in Hattiesburg, Miss., on Oct. 27, the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) issued recommendations to EPA, state regulators, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the American Petroleum Institute (API) aimed at reducing fires and explosions at oil and gas exploration and production facilities. A new report from CSB identifies 26 incidents since 1983 that killed 44 people and injured 25 others under the age of 25...
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