Creating a Happier, Healthier Hispanic Work Force
The first step in creating a harmonious work environment for your Hispanic employees is to learn about their culture and how it many impact their work...
Balance Comfort and Safety this Summer
One often overlooked area where employers need to address the potential for heat stress is the loading dock. These equipment options can help keep employees cool...
OSHA Schedules May 13 Combustible Dust Forum
OSHA has scheduled a Combustible Dust Expert Forum on May 13 to consider possible regulatory options that could help protect workers from combustible dust hazards...
Workers’ Memorial Day: On April 28, Nation Remembers Fallen Workers
During Workers’ Memorial Day on April 28, the nation will memorialize, honor and remember those who lost their lives on the job...
Workers’ Memorial Day: Death on the Job: AFL-CIO Releases Annual Report
Think about it: An average of 12 workers are killed per day. If those 12 people all died in the same workplace incident – or in some type of tragedy in our hometown – it would make a significant impact on us. But unless you’re a co-worker, friend or family member of one of those 12 workers killed across the country today, those deaths will slip past with relatively little notice...
Workers’ Memorial Day: ILO: Use of Safety Management Systems Would Benefit Workers Worldwide
April 28 marks the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, and the International Labor Organization (ILO) marked the occasion by releasing a report, “OSH Management System: A Tool for Continual Improvement,” that discusses the application of an occupational safety and health management system (OSHMS) for the effective management of hazards and risks in the workplace...
OSHA Turns 40: Examining the Agency’s Past, Present and Future
This year, April 28 not only is Workers’ Memorial Day and World Day for Safety and Health at Work – it’s also OSHA’s 40th birthday. EHS Today spoke to several occupational safety stakeholders about the agency’s past, present and future...
Four Decades of OSHA: A Timeline
On April 28, OSHA reaches a 40-year milestone. Since it was founded 4 decades ago, the agency established a range of safety and health regulations to protect the American work force; reduced workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities; and initiated a national conversation about occupational health and safety...
Avoiding Trapping and Crushing Incidents Involving Aerial Lift Platforms
Aerial work platforms (AWPs) are intended to make it safer for employees to work at heights. Unfortunately, some workers have been injured or even killed in incidents involving the platforms...
Safety Center Stresses Need for International Construction Safety Training
The director of University of California San Diego Extension’s International Safety Education Institute (ISEI) Construction Workplace Safety Training Program stressed a growing international need for safety training based on OSHA standards to better protect construction workers around the world...
Are You Managing Workplace Conflicts Properly?
It’s the classic joke: Boss yells at worker, worker goes home and yells at wife, wife yells at kids, kids yell at dog. For many of us, conflict – and a bad day – starts in the morning with the kids before we go to work, then kicks into second gear with your co-workers or your boss and finally culminates at home with your spouse and children...
April 20 Marks First Anniversary of BP Oil Spill
The April 20, 2010 explosion that rocked BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers and triggered a catastrophic environmental disaster that would result in millions of barrels of oil spilling into the Gulf. On this first anniversary of the explosion, U.S. Chemical Safety Board Chairman (CSB) Chairman Dr. Rafael Moure-Eraso commented on the board’s investigation surrounding the disaster...
Empower Your Employees and Gain Increased Productivity, Morale
Workers who feel empowered by their employers are more productive and have higher morale, regardless of their industry, a new study suggests...
Senate Introduces Safe Chemicals Act of 2011
On April 14, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., along with Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and others, introduced the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011 to upgrade the nation’s system for managing chemical safety and protect communities from toxic chemicals...
Legislators: Codifying VPP Will Lead to Better Relationship Between Business and OSHA
Legislators on both side of the aisle have introduced legislation that would codify OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs. The legislation, S. 807, sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Michael B. Enzi, R –Wyo., and Sen. Mary Landrieu, D – La., was introduced April 13. Similar legislation, H.R. 1511, was introduced in the House by Rep. Tom Petri, R-Wisc., senior Republican on the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, and Rep. Gene Green, D-Texas...
Respond to Workers’ Angry Outbursts with Compassion for Best Results
If an employee has an emotional, angry outburst at work, simply firing him may not solve the greater underlying problem in the workplace. One expert challenges traditional views of workplace anger by suggesting that these intense displays of emotion actually can be beneficial when they are met with compassion...
Researchers: Job Loss May Increase Risk of Premature Death
A team of researchers at Stony Brook University found that the risk of premature death was 63 percent higher in people who experienced an episode of unemployment compared to those who did not...
Decide to Drive: Orthopaedic Surgeons Launch Distracted Driving Campaign
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) are tackling the distracted driving problem in America with a new, national initiative that encourages drivers to “decide to drive.”...
Ellen Widess Appointed New Cal/OSHA Chief
On April 4, California Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Ellen Widess the chief of Cal/OSHA. She will replace current chief Len Welsh, who has led the agency since 2003...
How Will Japan’s Crisis Affect U.S. Nuclear Safety?
In an interview with EHS Today, a physicist explained that the disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant may have implications for nuclear safety in the United States...
Researchers: Welders May Be at Increased Risk for Brain Damage
New research suggests that workers exposed to welding fumes may be at risk for developing brain damage in an area of the brain also affected in Parkinson’s disease...
ASSE Opposes Proposal to Cut NIOSH Education Research Centers
In a letter to Sen. Thomas Harkin, D-Iowa, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) expressed strong opposition to the proposed elimination of support for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s (NIOSH) Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AFF) programs and Educational Research Centers (ERCs) in the administration’s proposed budget for FY 2012...
We Remember: One Year After Upper Big Branch Explosion
Within days of each other, two landmark workplace safety tragedies were commemorated: March 25 marked the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York, in which 146 garment workers died, and April 5 marks the one-year anniversary of the explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia, in which 29 miners died...
Safety is No Accident: April 4-10 is National Public Health Week
National Public Health Week, held April 4-10 this year with a theme of “Safety is No Accident,” is dedicated to preventing injuries and violence at home...
Call Before You Dig: April is National Safe Digging Month
This April marks the fourth annual National Safe Digging Month, an initiative that urges excavators and homeowners to call 811 before beginning a digging project to avoid the injuries or fatalities that could result from striking a utility line...
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