Are Your Employees Safe When Working on Energized Electrical Systems?
Electrical work can be intimidating to safety managers. As a result, you may not always know whether maintenance workers or contract electricians are working as safely as possible...
Managing Safety: Unions and Behavior-Based Safety: The 7 Deadly Sins
Perceived by some as union unfriendly, behavior-based safety methods have been successfully applied at a number of union sites. Learn the keys to making it work...
Networking Safety - Having Your Cake and Eating It Too
Unfortunately, properly designed safety implementations using light curtains, e-stops and door interlock switches based on traditional techniques using...
Businesses Confirm Value of Corporate Citizenship, Sustainability
The results of a 2009 corporate citizenship survey reveal that despite the recession, corporate citizenship practices, including sustainability, are ingrained in increasing numbers of American businesses...
NIST Develops New Beryllium Reference Material for Occupational Safety Monitoring
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with private industry and other government agencies, have produced a new reference material for beryllium that more closely mimics the form of beryllium workers are exposed to in the field...
OSHA Awards $6.8 Million in Training Grants
On Sept. 18, OSHA awarded more than $6.8 million in Susan Harwood Training Grants to 30 recipients, including labor unions, employer associations, colleges, universities and other nonprofit organizations, in support of workplace safety and health programs...
Safety and the Science of Human Behavior
In an interview with EHS Today, leadership expert Dr. Aubrey C. Daniels discussed positive reinforcement, realistic safety goals, incentives and how the science of behavior can impact workplace safety. ...
MSHA Awards $500,000 in Mine Safety Grants
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) recently announced awarded $500,000 in grant funds to six organizations that provide education and training within the mining industry...
OSHA Extends Rulemaking on Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution
On Sept. 14, OSHA announced that it is opening the record on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on electric power generation, transmission and distribution and for electrical protective equipment...
Boost Productivity by Allowing Employees to Feel at Home at Their Desks
New research suggests that work productivity and morale could be improved by giving employees the freedom to develop the look and feel of their own office environment...
CSB: Inadequate Reactor Cooling System Likely Culprit in T2 Explosion
The fatal December 2007 explosion and fire at T2 Laboratories in Jacksonville, Fla., was caused by a runaway chemical reaction that likely resulted from an inadequate reactor cooling system, investigators from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) said in a final draft report released Sept. 15...
OSHA 2009 SST Program Targets 4,000 Worksites in 3 Industry Sectors
OSHA’s Site-Specific Targeting 2009 (SST-09) program, which will focus enforcement efforts on nearly 4,000 high-hazard worksites on the agency’s list for comprehensive safety inspections, now divides the primary list into three sectors: manufacturing, non-manufacturing and nursing homes...
Woman-Owned Businesses Retain Employees in Tough Economy
An annual survey by the Women Presidents' Organization (WPO) reveals that 55 percent of women presidents and CEOs of multi-million dollar companies have maintained or grown their employee base...
John Howard Reappointed NIOSH Director
On Sept. 3, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that John Howard, M.D., will return to his role as director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) effective immediately...
DOL Withdraws Risk Assessment Rule
The Department of Labor (DOL) on Aug. 31 officially withdrew the controversial risk assessment rule that critics claimed could jeopardize worker safety by delaying rulemaking on occupational exposure to toxins and chemicals...
Global Electronics Industry: Poster Child of 21st Century Sweatshops and Despoiler of the Environment?
The global electronics industry is squarely in the sights of environmental, labor rights and occupational health and safety organizations around the world....
Practice Safety and Common Sense When Handling Compressed Gas Cylinders
Compressed gases are hazardous due to their ability to create harmful environments that are either flammable, oxygen enriched or oxygen sdeficient...
Sandy Says: An Echoing Roar
I woke up this morning to the news that Senator Ted Kennedy had died during the night. Known as the Lion of the Senate for his long service and his bold championing of workers' rights, Kennedy leaves large shoes to fill...
Managing Safety: Steps in Safety Strategy: Executive Decision Making & Metrics
It is not enough to say that safety has been elevated to a core value. For many organizations, existing safety practices and measures were designed around...
AGC: National Construction Fatality Rate Declines 47 Percent
The national construction fatality rate declined 47 percent and the number of recordable safety incidents dropped 38 percent since the federal government switched to a safety oversight approach known as “collaborative safety” in 1998, according to an analysis of federal safety data released by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)...
VPPPA: Barab Addresses VPP Challenges at Opening Session
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Jordan Barab talked about finding a path that will preserve the best of the VPP program while addressing the challenges OSHA faces based on budget constraints and a focus on enforcement at VPPPA...
Edward M. Kennedy, 1932-2009: The Lion of the Senate Roars No More
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, known as a champion of workers’ rights and a proponent of healthcare reform, died August 25 at age 77 after a hard-fought battle with cancer...
Kennedy’s Role in the Senate
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who passed away August 25 at age 77, began his career in the Senate in 1962, eventually authoring more than 2,500 bills...
Man Embarks on 16,000-Mile Journey to Highlight the Dangers of Cell Phone Use While Driving
On August 17, Tony Anschutz began a solo, 2-month, 16,000-mile motorcycle adventure to raise awareness about the dangers of cell phone use while driving – a behavior that causes 636,000 crashes and 2,600 deaths annually, according to the National Safety Council (NSC)...
BLS Data Shows Decline in Worker Deaths in 2008
According to the preliminary Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) fatal occupational injuries findings released Aug. 20, 5,071 fatal work injuries occurred in 2008, representing a 10 percent decline from the 5,657 fatal injuries recorded in 2007...
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