ASSE: Safe and Sorry?
Hart, who works as a corporate psychologist for the nonprofit Industrial Foundation for Accident Prevention (IFAP) in Australia, has collected quantitative...
Partnership Improves Ergonomics at USPS
OSHA, USPS, the American Postal Workers Union and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union in 2003 formed a partnership to reduce MSDs among USPS' more...
AIHce: Improving Return-to-Work Times
In a presentation at the 2007 American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo in Philadelphia, occupational health consultant Dr. Peter Greaney of California-based...
Safety Management: Nothing Special
Safety management traditionally means safety programs, committees, rules and inspections. Companies that have average safety systems like this can find...
Training From Hell
Are you the type of trainer who shows up late and forgets to bring handouts? The type of trainer who uses foul language, takes cell phone calls, chews...
Active Agenda: Project Update
In its first 3 months, Active Agenda went from the 30,000th most popular sourceforge.net project to the 160th. We since have learned the ranking can be...
The Ethics of Safety
In the last Leadership column, we discussed the motivations for leaders to improve safety human compassion, building a performance platform and contributing...
NIOSH to Launch Safety-Through-Design Initiative
NIOSH is calling the initiative Prevention Through Design, or In PtD, occupational safety and health is an important component in the design of workplace...
Keep Your Office Safe From Electrical Hazards
According ESFI, overloaded electrical circuits pose both an electrocution and fire hazard. While the number of outlets in offices often is a factor that...
Do You Work for One of America's Safest Companies?
To help you answer that question, consider that previous America's Safest Companies honorees share a number of common traits. Those traits include: Lost-time...
Foulke Kicks Off NAOSH Week
Flanked by winners of the ASSE Kids Safety on the Job poster contest, Foulke expressed his amazement at how the children were able to illustrate the necessary...
Improving Compliance Through Accurate MSDSs and Hazmat Inventory
In the hazmat world today, most large organizations follow a time-honored process for identifying critical compliance needs and spend the money necessary...
9 Keys for Directing Attention to Safety
Ignore it and hope it will improve. This is a common organizational approach and can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. If leaders do not pay attention,...
Elevating Safety to New Heights
Two workers were injured, one fatally, in a tragic fall at the Arkansas State Fairgrounds during the installation of a banner in the food court, approximately...
Asbestos Prevention Tips for Mechanics
Current Best Practices for Preventing Asbestos Exposure Among Brake and Clutch Repair Workers provides health and safety information for professional...
The Road to Wellness
In 1989, Fort Atkinson, Wis.-based Highsmith Inc. looked on the horizon and saw a gathering storm. We were faced with a 53 percent increase in our group...
Fire Safety 101 for the Safety Professional
In theory, fire responsibilities appear to correlate with the safety professionals basic safety-related duties. However, the knowledge base required in...
Active Agenda: Hot Work and Hot-Work Permits
Many will recognize that quote as belonging to Ralph Waldo Emerson, but the words just as easily could have been spoken by a maintenance person refusing...
Governors Release Homeland Security Guide
The guide contains practical advice for governors on how to organize their states to prepare for and respond to hazards of all kinds effectively. It shares...
Small Business Safety: Climbing Higher
In today's global economy, safety consultant Jonathan Klane of Fairfield, Maine, has found that most business operations have been downsized to a lean...
ANSI Approves Standard for Use of Hoists
ANSI A10.22-2007 Safety Requirements for Rope-Guided and Non-Guided Workers' Hoists is one of a series of standards that focus on construction and demolition...
Labor Department Applauds Agencies' Safety Efforts
In a Feb. 15 awards ceremony in the Labor Department's Frances Perkins Building, the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Treasury, the Department...
Study Challenges Link Between Overtime, Safety
Although working very long hours is linked to an increased risk of certain types of health and safety problems for particular groups of industrial employees,...
Kentucky Governor Proposes Social Worker Safety Bill
The measure, called the "Boni Frederick Memorial Bill," was named after 67-year-old social worker Boni Frederick, who was stabbed and beaten when she...
Strategies for Laboratory EHS Programs
In its white paper titled "Three Proven Strategies for Upgrading Your Laboratory Environmental Health and Safety Program," Newton, Mass.-based consulting...
