A Beautiful, Late Summer Day
Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness. ~ James Thurber...
NSC: Buckle Up and Travel Safely This Labor Day Weekend
According to the National Safety Council (NSC), an estimated 400 people likely will die and 38,800 will be injured in traffic accidents during the upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend. NSC offers safety tips to keep motorists safe while celebrating the three-day weekend...
ASSE Calls for Action, Not Complacency, Following the 2010 Fatal Occupational Injuries Results
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) contends that the recent preliminary 2010 occupational fatality count, which held steady compared to the previous year, should prompt a “call to action” within the occupational safety and health community...
BLS: Preliminary 2010 Worker Fatality Count Holds Steady Compared to Previous Year
Nearly the same number of workers lost their lives as a result of fatal workplace injuries in 2010 as in 2009, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. A total of 4,547 fatal occupational injuries occurred in 2010, compared to the 4,551 fatalities recorded in 2009...
Twitter, Facebook Valuable Communication Tools During Natural Disasters
When phone lines are down and cell towers are out of commission, such as during last week’s earthquake or potentially from Hurricane Irene when it reaches land, Jennifer Regina, a Rowan University (Glassboro, N.J.) adjunct professor of marketing, suggests using social media to contact friends and family...
No Good Night in NC as Hurricane Irene Moves Closer to East Coast
Along the East Coast, residents who have not evacuated are scrambling to board up windows, stock last-minute supplies like batteries and bottled water and ready themselves for Hurricane Irene. The hurricane is expected to hit the North Carolina coast hard before moving up the East Coast...
Is Your Company Ready for Irene?
Business owners and commercial property managers are scrambling to take last-minute action that might help minimize the damage and protect their livelihoods as Hurricane Irene approaches the North Carolina coast...
Researchers Recommend Companies Include Good EHS Performance In Externally Reported Metrics
New research of the top 50 manufacturing firms listed on IndustryWeek’s Top 500 list from 2009 suggests that while reporting about sustainability and corporate responsibility is increasing, few companies utilize their EHS results as part of these externally reported metrics...
OSHA Highlights Grain Handling Safety
According to a Purdue University report, 26 workers died in 2010 in grain bin engulfments and 51 were entrapped overall, representing the most entrapments in one year since Purdue began keeping records in 1978. On Aug. 17, OSHA announced a new hazard alert that outlines the risks inherent in grain handling in an effort to better inform workers and employers of the hazards involved with this work...
Study Finds Correlation Between Pesticide Safety Concerns and Wage Violations among N.C. Agricultural Workers
A new study from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center suggests that North Carolina agricultural workers who are exposed to pesticides also may be affected by wage violations. Thomas A. Arcury, Ph.D., one of the study’s authors and professor and vice chair for research in the center’s Department of Family and Community Medicine, spoke to EHS Today to discuss the study and its implications...
Reducing Minor Injuries Does Not Translate to Reduction in Serious Injuries and Fatalities
Just hours before the catastrophic April 20, 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion, employees and BP officials celebrated the rig’s safety record. How could this happen? According to a new white paper from Behavioral Science Technology Inc. (BST), reducing the occurrence of minor injuries and illnesses in the workplace does not necessarily translate to a reduction in the potential for serious injuries or fatalities...
Textile Association: MassCOSH Report on Laundry Work “Distorts Reality”
The Textile Rental Services Association of America (TRSA) rejected a recent Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH) report that suggested textile service workers were exposed to ergonomic injuries and other safety and health hazards. TRSA claimed the report distorts reality and may have been “prompted by union posturing.”...
Monitoring Your Workplace Heat Index? There’s an App for That
A Department of Labor initiative now allows EHS leaders to use their cell phones to help prevent occupational heat-related illnesses. The new, free application for mobile devices monitors the workplace heat index...
NSC: A New School Years Calls for a Renewed Focus on Roadway Safety
As students across the nation prepare to return to school in the coming weeks, the National Safety Council (NSC) reminds motorists to be safe and share the road with school buses, bicyclists and pedestrians...
At-Home Safety: Keeping Active Kids Safe in the Summer
While it’s probably safe to say that children don’t need hard hats, cut-resistant gloves or fall harnesses like some of their working parents might, they do require safety equipment and some extra precautions to avoid injuries while playing school sports – particularly in the heat of summer...
Best Practices for Monitoring Workers’ Social Media Activities – Or Not
According to a business ethics expert, monitoring workers’ social media practices can protect a company’s reputation and help screen new hires. Unfortunately, it also can foster feelings of distrust among workers and even damage productivity...
Budget Cuts and Environmental Career Trends
Just as in the United States, cuts to the UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs make headlines, Vicky Kenrick explores how these cutbacks actually increase the value of environmental professionals with occupational health and safety experience and skills...
United States Must Take Steps to Protect Domestic Workers
For housekeepers and child care givers who work within private homes, the nature of their work often shields them from outside view. According to an employment law expert, this means domestic workers may face an increased risk of working in unsafe, abusive or otherwise exploitative conditions – and the United States must take steps to protect these workers...
The Safety Professional’s Guide to Risk and Crisis Communication
Safety professionals who apply principles of risk communication can more effectively express their safety training and messages to the work force. In an exclusive interview with EHS Today, Pamela (Ferrante) Walaski, CSP, CHMM, explains what safety professionals need to know about risk and crisis communications...
From Casual to Committed: How Alignment and Engagement Can Create Positive Accountability
“If your employees don’t know where you’re going, almost any road will get them there.” These are words that send chills through the hearts of leaders everywhere...
Safety Signs of the Times
Despite tough economic times, regulations and other factors continue to drive the use of safety signs worldwide to reduce occupational injuries and save lives...
Two Tons of Plastic and Metal
I’m lucky to be writing this. I’m lucky to be alive. I nearly was hit head-on by a wrong-way driver on I-90 a couple of weeks ago...
Managing Safety: Establishing a Sustainable Safety Culture
Organizations in every industry eventually reach an important realization: Safety excellence is equivalent to business excellence...
National Safety Survey: Selling Hearts and Minds on Safety
EHS professionals get to the heart of the matter – employee engagement, OSHA regulations, budget issues and more – when responding to the annual National Safety Survey...
At-Home Safety: The Only Safe Amount of Alcohol for Drivers is None at All
Never mind that you might be below the legal alcohol limit when you have a drink or two before driving home – according to this sociologist, drivers who consume any alcohol are compromising safety on the road...
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