Safety Best Practices
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Everyone who tweets, raise your hand. Now, everyone who doesn’t know a hash tag from hash browns, raise your hand....
The Do’s and Don’ts of Fixed and Moveable Machine Guards Part 2
A well-conducted risk assessment will help you decide whether the selection of a moveable guard is the proper choice....
EHS Today Editorial Board Member Kathy Seabrook Provides Funding for Work Safety Research
EHS Today Editorial Board member and American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Senior Vice President Kathy Seabrook, CSP, CMIOSH, of Mendham, N.J., has donated $10,000 to the ASSE Foundation, which includes a matching donation from a major corporate foundation, for further research in sustainability. ...
OSHA Wants You to "Picture It"; Offers Photos of Safe Workplaces
In celebration of its 40th anniversary, OSHA held the Picture It!: Safe Workplaces for Everyone photo contest, which the agency hoped would raise public awareness of occupational safety and health. The winners were announced Dec. 1. ...
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...
The Key to Managing Human Error at Work: Engagement
A worker makes a mistake on the job and causes an accident. He’s at fault, right? Not necessarily. One expert suggests that instead of playing the blame game, employers can more successfully manage human error by engaging workers in safety practices...
OSHA Seeks Input from Employers through Anonymous, Voluntary Survey
OSHA announced it will survey thousands of employers this summer in efforts to improve its future rules, compliance assistance and outreach efforts...
AIHce: Green Construction and Safety Don’t Always Go Hand in Hand
Does green construction equal safer construction? According to experts who participated in a roundtable discussion at AIHce in Portland, Oregon, May 17 – not necessarily...
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...
Machine Guarding Made Easy
Taking the holistic approach to machine guarding safety...
Respond to Workers’ Angry Outbursts with Compassion for Best Results
If an employee has an emotional, angry outburst at work, simply firing him may not solve the greater underlying problem in the workplace. One expert challenges traditional views of workplace anger by suggesting that these intense displays of emotion actually can be beneficial when they are met with compassion...
ASSE: Rollover Protection Increases Tractor Safety
According to the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Agricultural Branch, tractor rollovers are the single deadliest type of injury incident on farms. Half of the 4.7 million tractors in the United States today lack rollover protection, a crucial safety consideration that ASSE stresses can protect tractor operators...
OSHA Renews Strategic Partnership with Power Transmission Associations to Reduce Worker Injuries, Deaths
On Jan. 26, OSHA renewed a strategic partnership with the Electrical Transmission and Distribution Construction Contractors, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and other trade associations to reduce injuries, illnesses and deaths among electrical transmission and distribution industry workers, among other goals...
NIOSH and RILA Partner to Improve Worker Safety and Health
On Jan. 20, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) announced a formal partnership to provide outreach, communication and professional development opportunities in occupational safety and health to retail companies, supply partners and other industry stakeholders...
NSC: Fortune 500 Companies Prohibit Employee Cell Phone Use While Driving
One out of five Fortune 500 companies that responded to a recent National Safety Council (NSC) survey has a total ban on cell phone use while driving that covers all employees...
COSH Names Top 10 Workplace Tragedies for 2010
The year 2010 was a bad one for workers: An explosion on a an off-shore drilling rig killed 11 workers and triggered the worst oil spill in U.S. history; a catastrophic mine disaster killed 29 coal miners; and an oil refinery explosion caused multiple fatalities – and those were just the incidents you heard about...
The Cure for the Ailing Workplace
Compassionate communication within an office can help prevent workplace burnout and promote healthier work environments...
Managing Safety: Why We Fail to See Risk
Every second, countless bits of information are presented to us...
State vs. Federal OSHA – What’s the Difference When It Comes to Lockout/Tagout?
Annual state and federal fines of $8 million for lockout/tagout violations have many employers re-evaluating their lockout/tagout programs...
NIOSH Releases Prevention Through Design Plan
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently released “Prevention through Design: Plan for the National Initiative,” a statement of goals and strategies for preventing work-related injuries and illnesses by designing occupational hazards out of work equipment, structures, materials and processes...
ASSE Members Meet Chinese Officials to Discuss Workplace Safety and Health
Several American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) members and EHS professionals recently met in Beijing and Shanghai with Chinese officials to exchange ideas, best practices and concepts related to occupational safety and health management...
CELEBRATING AMERICA's SAFEST COMPANIES 2010
EHS Today celebrates 12 companies named America’s Safest Companies in 2010...
NSC: Busting the “Safety is Boring” Myth
During the closing session of the National Safety Council (NSC) Congress and Expo on Oct. 6, Richard Hawk discussed the future of safety and encouraged EHS professionals to lighten up their safety training – and improve worker productivity, safety and well-being in the process...
NSC: How EHS Leaders Can Effectively Deliver Difficult Messages
Whether it’s delivering the tragic news of a worker fatality or going through a round of layoffs, EHS managers can take steps to deliver the bad tidings with sensitivity and compassion. Bob VandePol, president of Crisis Care Networks, spoke at the National Safety Council (NSC) Congress and Expo in San Diego to share tips on delivering difficult messages...
NSC: Preventing Young Worker Fatalities
During a session at the 2010 National Safety Council (NSC) Congress and Expo, two experts discussed common contributing factors to young worker fatalities and what employers can do to protect their younger employees...
