Did DuPont Prioritize Cost Over Safety at Belle, W.Va., Facilities? Chemical Safety Board Investigation Indicates It Did
Despite having a reputation for safety, the three serious incidents that occurred in a 33-hour period at DuPont Corp.’s chemical plant in Belle, W.Va., on Jan. 22-23, 2010, were the result of a series of preventable safety deficiencies, according to the draft report from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), and some of them were related to the cost of alternative equipment that would have prevented the incidents...
Mobile Apps Tempt College-Age Drivers into Distraction
Many college students juggle their coursework with part-time jobs, busy social lives and other obligations. But a packed schedule is no excuse for these students to endanger themselves and others by driving distracted – a risk too many college-age students take despite being aware of the consequences, a new survey says...
Safety Board Says Hanford Site Has ‘Atmosphere Adverse’ to Safety
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB), following an investigation triggered by whistleblower Dr. Walter Tamosaitis, has released a report, Safety Culture at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, analyzing the failures in the safety culture at the Department of Energy’s waste treatment plant (WTP) at the Hanford site in southeast Washington state...
Sandy Says: War Zone
While others celebrate the Fourth of July with picnics and parties, I stay home with the hose at the ready...
A Study of Safety Intervention: The Causes and Consequences of Employees’ Silence
When you read incident reports and news coverage of highly public “accidents,” you often find references to a bystander who, somewhere along the line, saw that something was wrong but said nothing. In retrospect, that person’s decision not to speak up can seem heartless, weak or even immoral...
Don’t Let Fireworks Fry Your Fourth
Fireworks can be fun and are a staple when celebrating the Fourth of July, but OSHA and the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) are warning both workers and employers that they can be dangerous too...
Doing the Right Thing: Linking Safety, Ethics and Economic Prosperity
Striving to “do the right thing” can help safety professionals create sustainable safety programs that also have a positive impact on a company’s economic health...
Study: Parents Must Play a Larger Role in the Safety, Health of Working Teens
A new study suggests that parents often are not well informed about the safety risks that confront their working teens...
How to Submit a Standout America’s Safest Companies Application
EHS Today Senior Editor Laura Walter offers tips for submitting a strong America’s Safest Companies application...
Don’t Slip on Fall Prevention June 19-25
Every year, falls lead to millions of emergency room visits in the United States and can cause serious injury or even death. During the week of June 19-25, the National Safety Council (NSC) is holding Fall Prevention Week to raise awareness about preventing risky slips, trips and falls...
This Father’s Day, Put Down the Cell Phone and Focus on the Road
A woman who lost her father in a car crash caused by a distracted driver is urging others to honor their own dads this Father’s Day by putting down their cell phones and focusing on the road...
Safety 2011: The Power of One
Nancy Brinker, founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, advised ASSE Safety 2011 attendees to believe in “the power of one.”...
Safety 2011: Do Americans Care More about Chickens than Workers?
OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels and NIOSH Director Dr. John Howard sat down with Diana Stegall of the American Society of Safety Engineers to discuss the focus of the agencies and the role those agencies play in the lives of safety professionals. Believe it or not, the subject of chickens came up...
Sound Off in the EHS Today National Safety Survey
How would you rate the importance of employee safety and health in the everyday operations of your business? What challenge would you most like to see OSHA address in the coming year? What do you think about OSHA’s Injury and Illness Prevention Program rule? Make your voice heard on these issues and more by participating in EHS Today’s annual National Safety Survey...
Safety 2011: Safety Is a CEO Issue
While using the fallout from the BP oil spill disaster as an example, Thomas Krause, Ph.D., told safety professionals at the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Safety 2011 conference that they are responsible for communicating safety to senior leadership – leadership that, in some cases, exhibits “a profound failure” of understanding safety within their organizations...
EHS Out Loud Blog: The Past and the Future of the Safety Professional
In this latest EHS Today blog post, Senior Editor Laura Walter checks in from the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Safety 2011 conference and expo in Chicago with some thoughts on future leaders in the occupational safety profession...
Safety 2011: What Motivates Employees?
Several times during the opening session of Safety 2011 in Chicago, author Daniel Pink noted that according to the physics of behavior, if we reward behavior, we typically get back more of that behavior. Conversely, we punish the behaviors we don’t want, and therefore should get less of that behavior...
Researchers Find Variation in States’ Distracted Driving Legislation
Distracted driving is the attributed cause of hundreds of thousands of crashes annually and has prompted states to create new highway safety laws. Even so, experts say distracted driving research and the legislation intended to combat the problem may not align...
Risk Assessment in the Machine Safeguarding Process
Designers and users of powered equipment and machine tools historically have sought the best methods and controls for preventing injuries associated with use of their equipment...
The Director of International Labour Organization Says Workers Are Being “Squeezed,” Calls for Social Justice
Director-General Juan Somavia called on employers and governments to commit to a new era of social justice in his opening remarks at the 100th International Labour Conference in Geneva...
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...
Off-the-Job Safety: Children and Lawnmowers Can Be a Dangerous Mix
Time and again, Dr. Edwin Harris, a Loyola University Health System pediatric podiatrist, has treated children who have lost toes or the front parts of their feet in lawn mower accidents...
Sandy Says: Making Dumb Mistakes
An off-the-job safety experience, requiring a trip to the emergency room and six stitches, reminds me that complacency is the fastest route to injury...
The 50 People Who Most Influenced EHS in 2010-11
Here’s a quick look at those individuals whom the editors of EHS Today feel had the most impact on occupational safety, health, the environment and risk management in 2010-11...
Safety – A View from the Top
An employee’s amputation alerted this CEO to the fact that his company had some serious safety challenges...
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