A Century of Safety with ASSE
Out of the ashes of one of the nation’s most horrific workplace tragedies rose the American Society of Safety Engineers, a professional membership organization dedicated to the cause of workplace safety and health...
Managing Safety: S.T.E.P.S. (Strategic Targets for Excellent Performance in Safety)
A new safety management process is designed to fit into existing structure and facilitate the selection and accomplishment of basic units of safety improvement...
Another Explosion at Metal Powder Plant in Tennessee Seriously Injures Workers
Emergency crews are on the scene after a third serious incident at the Hoeganaes Corp. in Gallatin, Tenn. An explosion was reported at the plant at approximately 6:30 am this morning, with reports that five workers were injured. Three of the workers are listed in critical condition at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center burn unit in Nashville...
Tips for a Safe & Healthy Holiday and Summer
Despite what the calendar says, most of us believe summer starts with Memorial Day weekend. So, now’s the time to remember these summer safety tips...
The Key to Managing Human Error at Work: Engagement
A worker makes a mistake on the job and causes an accident. He’s at fault, right? Not necessarily. One expert suggests that instead of playing the blame game, employers can more successfully manage human error by engaging workers in safety practices...
Screening Employees To Avoid Workplace Violence
A Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) workplace violence survey found that more than 50 percent of the respondents were concerned that workplace violence might occur at their organization...
Report Slams Massey Energy for Its Role in Upper Big Branch Mine Explosion
An independent investigative panel has released a report calling the fatal Upper Big Branch Mine explosion a “predictable result for a company that ignored basic safety standards and put too much faith in its own mythology.”...
Safety on the Road: Make this Decade the Safest Ever
The Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020, an initiative launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) in May, strives to prevent road traffic deaths and injuries worldwide over the course of the coming decade...
OSHA Seeks Input from Employers through Anonymous, Voluntary Survey
OSHA announced it will survey thousands of employers this summer in efforts to improve its future rules, compliance assistance and outreach efforts...
AIHce: Green Construction and Safety Don’t Always Go Hand in Hand
Does green construction equal safer construction? According to experts who participated in a roundtable discussion at AIHce in Portland, Oregon, May 17 – not necessarily...
AIHce 2011: The Ins and Outs of I2P2 and Worker Involvement
The Injury and Illness Prevention Program (I2P2) is still considered OSHA’s top rulemaking priority and safety stakeholders and businesses alike are curious what, exactly, would make up the rule’s content and scope. Several leaders discussed I2P2 in a roundtable discussion May 16 at AIHce in Portland, Oregon...
Safety Leadership: Failure Is Not an Option
When lives are in the balance, failure is not an option, retired NASA Flight Control Director Gene Kranz reminded a standing-room only crowd at the opening session of the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo in Portland, Oregon on May 16. Kranz, who was honored with a Presidential Medal of Freedom, is best known as the leader of the “Tiger Team” of flight directors who brought the crew of Apollo 13 safely home on April 17, 1970, after the spacecraft’s oxygen system failed...
ATA: For Truckers, a Parking Space is a Safe Place
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) stressed that truck drivers need more access to safe, legal parking on the nation’s highways...
Water, Rest and Shade: OSHA to Educate Workers, Employers about Heat-Related Illnesses
Three ingredients can help save employees working in hot environments from suffering potentially life-threatening heat-related illness: water, rest and shade. OSHA plans to get that message out in a new heat illness education campaign...
Study: Wellness Incentives Can Contribute to Reduced Health Care Costs
According to a new study, offering employees incentives as part of wellness programs can spell better health and reduced corporate health care costs...
Frustrated by Gas Prices? At Least the Roads Might Be Safer
No one likes paying $4 for a gallon of gas, but look on the bright side – paying more at the pump might result in safer roadways...
Why Inattention Blindness on the Road is a Gorilla of a Problem
Some of the nation’s leading distracted driving researchers have uncovered more information about how distracted drivers experience “inattention blindness” while behind the wheel – and, in the process, learned that not all distracted drivers are created equal...
Salute Your EHS Professional on May 4
On May 4, EHS professionals’ hard work and dedication to workplace safety will be honored as part of Occupational Safety and Health Professionals (OSHP) Day...
OSHA Proposes $487,000 in Fines Against Parker Hannifin Plant
On May 3, OSHA proposed $487,000 in fines against the Batesville, Miss., Parker Hannifin Corp. plant for alleged safety and health violations that range from inadequate lockout/tagout training and inspections to electrical deficiencies, failure to unblock exits, lack of machine guarding and more...
Will Your Boss Soar or Sink?
Dr. Linda Henman has helped executives in military organizations, small businesses and Fortune 500 companies define their direction and select the best people to put their strategies in motion. According to Henman, there are five ways to tell if your company’s CEO earns his or her pay...
Celebrate a Century of Safety During NAOSH Week May 1-7
With a theme of “Celebrating a Century of Safety,” the North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week kicked off with opening ceremonies May 2 in Washington, D.C., to raise public awareness of occupational safety and health in North America...
MassCOSH: 47 Massachusetts Workers Died on the Job in 2010; Improved Safety Oversight Needed
The 2011 “Dying for Work in Massachusetts: Loss of Life and Limb in Massachusetts Workplaces” report documents the 47 worker fatalities that occurred in the commonwealth in 2010 and calls for improved oversight and safety precautions to prevent on-the-job deaths...
Sandy Says: Spring Cleaning
Spring cleaning doesn’t just apply to houses. Take a look around your facility; what do you see...
How OSHA, ANSI and GHS Impact MSDS for Sealing Products
Since prehistoric times, information about the materials used in products such as medicines and dyes has been shared between manufacturers and end users. Now, we have regulations and standards from OSHA, ANSI and GHS to contend with...
The Human Dynamics of Injury Prevention: Three New E-Words for Occupational Safety
In this EHS Today exclusive, noted author, lecturer and educator E. Scott Geller, Ph.D., discusses three new “E-words” that allow companies to achieve continuous improvement in safety: Empowerment, emotion and empathy...
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