Safety Best Practices
Safety 2009: How Stages of Change Influence Safety Behaviors
Dianne Stober, Ph.D., explains how safety professionals can use this cognitive-behavioral safety approach to encourage positive change in employees and create a safer workplace...
OSHA Offers Safety Tips for Hot Weather Work
The hot, hazy days of summer can spell trouble for those who work outdoors in direct sunlight or in hot environments, making them susceptible to heat-induced illnesses such as heat stress, heat exhaustion or the more serious heat stroke...
Creating a Culture of Construction Workplace Safety Around the Globe
Inadequate fall protection continues to rank at the top of the list of OSHA citations in the United States. Of the 1,200 construction fatalities in 2008,...
NSC: Drivers Are More Distracted Than They Realize
Study suggests drivers tend to overestimate their driving skills and underestimate their distraction caused by other activities while they drive...
What Do Your Workers Really Think About Safety?
A safety perception survey can tell you if management and employees are on the same page about EHS efforts....
Van Holten's Pickles Connects with Safety and Savings
One company's solution to an electrical safety challenge provided an easier and safer way to connect and disconnect pumps, conveyors and other equipment....
At Ford, Ergonomics Meets Immersive Engineering
Assembly-line work is not easy. Producing a vehicle every 60 seconds requires a lot of stretching, reaching, lifting, pulling and pushing. By bringing...
Sandy Says: I Challenge You
Over 100 companies have been honored as America's Safest Companies. Although they vary in industry, size, hazards and location, they all have a couple...
Active Agenda: Mindfulness
Thomas Edison's observation above helps to explain why some people do not recognize the Active Agenda project. The free nature of the project creates...
When It Comes to Workplace Safety, Trust the Experts: Your Employees
A well-designed and properly executed safety program - like the one found at Worthington Industries - can be incredibly beneficial with advantages ranging from lower insurance premiums to improved employee morale....
ORC Launches EHS Center of Excellence Wiki
ORC Worldwide has developed the Center of Excellence, a new, interactive online resource that makes EHS research results and best practice information publicly available. The Center is built on a wiki platform and is designed to foster collaboration among all EHS stakeholders....
Study Aims to Enhance Behavioral Approach to Workplace Safety
A new study in the National Safety Council’s (NSC) Journal of Safety Research identifies key knowledge gaps and suggests ways to enhance behavior-based injury-prevention interventions and improve occupational safety and health....
The Ripple Effect of Fluor's Corporate VPP Status
At global construction giant, Fluor, achieving Corporate VPP status is a catalyst for even greater safety achievement for the company and the industry it serves....
Encourage Employees To Take Earplugs Home
OSHA requires employers to provide hearing protection for workers exposed to hazardous noise, and best practice has shown that providing a good variety of hearing protectors improves compliance. But smart employers also will encourage employees to take hearing protectors home, according to Theresa Y. Schulz, Ph.D., hearing conservation manager for Howard Leight....
Mind-Shifting Into Safety Excellence
In his book, First Break All the Rules, Gallop Organization Lead Consultant Marcus Buckingham summarizes the group's research on peak performance with...
Suggestions
This suggestion is not just a vulgar taunt to solicit readers. It frequently is found as bold script hiding in the dark void of the company suggestion...
Speaking Out: Mind the Gap – Overcoming the Biggest Hurdle in Safety
One of the biggest mysteries in hazardous work is why well-trained people do not follow their company’s safe work practices. After years of research, the answer is becoming clear....
Lockout/Tagout: Are the Hazards Misunderstood?
Most, if not all, of lockout/tagout incidents are preventable with proper compliance with OSHA's regulations, right? Wrong! It takes more than having...
Off-the-Job Safety: Halloween Safety Tips
Trick-or-treating, dressing up and carving pumpkins are all part of the fun of Halloween, but these activities also offer potential for injury. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) suggests taking several steps to ensure that Halloween-goers remain safe....
Off-the-Job Safety: Put a Cell Phone in Your Child's Jack-O-Lantern
Parents who hear the same Halloween safety advice every year are getting a new suggestion this year: Make sure your child takes a cell phone in his or her jack-o-lantern and knows how to use it, in case he or she is separated from a group or suffers an injury while trick-or-treating....
Stakeholders Weigh In On DOL Risk Assessment Rule
The Department of Labor’s (DOL) controversial risk assessment proposal has prompted a flurry of comments from safety and labor stakeholders, including the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), which announced its support of the proposal in a move that conflicts with several organizations that openly oppose it. ...
NIOSH Works to Advance the “Business Case” for Job Safety, Health
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Williams College of Business of Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, are partnering under a new Memorandum of Understanding to advance the “business case” for the pivotal role that occupational safety and health consideration plays in corporate strategy and planning. ...
Are Manufacturer's Recommendations the Best Solution?
What does the term "manufacturers' recommendations" really mean in the real world? ...
Conference Board: Few U.S. Companies Effectively Address Language Limitations
The future for many U.S. based companies appears flush with potential employees lacking English language skills, says Chris Woock, author of the report....
Off-the-Job Safety: September is Home Eye Safety Awareness Month
Most people might not think about wearing eye protection while cleaning, cooking, doing yard work or working in the garage, but according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), half of all eye injuries occur when doing these everyday chores. And while 90 percent of eye injuries are preventable by wearing the proper eye protection, AAO reports that 78 percent of those injured were not wearing any protective eyewear. ...
