New Report Address Work-Life Conflict Across Income Levels
On Jan. 25, the Center for American Progress and the Center for WorkLife Law at the UC Hastings College of the Law released a new report that analyzes the struggle millions of American families face in attempting to balance work and life responsibilities...
ASSE Offers Workplace Violence Prevention Tips
American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) members urged employers to take action now to reduce the incidence of homicides in their workplace...
Illinois Bans Texting While Driving
Beginning Jan. 1, texting while driving officially is banned in Illinois. The state joins 18 other states and the District of Columbia in banning drivers from text messaging while driving...
The Basics of Lockout/Tagout Compliance: Creating an Effective Program
In part 1 of a three-part series about lockout/ tagout compliance, the author examines the importance of lockout/tagout and the components of an effective program...
EHS TODAY ROUNDTABLE: Economics, Regulations, Connections and Mentoring
We questioned EHS leaders about current and future regulations, the issues impacting the practice of occupational health and safety and the importance of mentoring future leaders. Here is what they had to say...
America's Safest Companies Go Beyond Zero
AMEC Earth & Environmental Inc., the Concrete Pipe Division of CEMEX, Medtronic Inc., Morin Actuator, RQ Construction Inc., Trendmaker Homes, Trihydro Corp. and Wood Group Power Plant Services have earned the right to call themselves America’s Safest Companies...
NSC: A Million Acts of Safety
During the opening session of the 97th annual National Safety Council (NSC) 2009 Congress and Expo in Orlando, Fla., on Oct. 26, NSC Board Chairman Joseph Uccifero and President and CEO Janet Froetscher discussed A Million Acts of Safety, an initiative designed to save 10,000 lives and prevent 1 million injuries in the next 5 years...
Networking Safety - Having Your Cake and Eating It Too
Unfortunately, properly designed safety implementations using light curtains, e-stops and door interlock switches based on traditional techniques using...
Pickaway Plains EMS Goes Electronic
The jump from scribbled, handwritten notecards to electronic recordkeeping improved efficiency by leaps and bounds for one company...
Risk Control Hierarchy Clarifies Electrical Safety
A clear and realistic set of objectives goes a long way in driving continuous improvements in electrical safety. Resources can be allocated and priorities can be defined once objectives are set...
Practice Safety and Common Sense When Handling Compressed Gas Cylinders
Compressed gases are hazardous due to their ability to create harmful environments that are either flammable, oxygen enriched or oxygen sdeficient...
Motivating Employees in Tough Times
Despite tough economic times, a new white paper indicates there are steps employers can take to sustain employee engagement...
Saving Lives on the Loading Dock
By focusing on safety on the loading dock, employers can avoid deadly and costly forklift-pedestrian accidents...
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
At Skanska USA, workplace safety is more than a motto or a mantra and more than a set of rules and regulations on the company intranet...
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....
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...
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...
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....
