February 27, 2012 by Fred Hosier
You know Mike Rowe, the guy on the Discovery Channel who hosts Dirty Jobs? A viewer recently called him out on not wearing the proper safety gear on his show. His response? “Of all the platitudes embraced in the workplace there is none more pervasive, erroneous, overused and dangerous than ‘Safety First!’”
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Tags: Dirty Jobs, Mike Rowe, safety first, Safety Third
July 25, 2011 by Fred Hosier
A researcher thinks he’s found three genes that are linked to being accident-prone. What could this mean for workplace safety?
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Tags: accident prone, China, DNA, genes, vehicle crashes
March 8, 2011 by Fred Hosier
How did a company successfully appeal a safety citation and get an administrative law judge (ALJ) to order OSHA to pay the employer’s attorney fees?
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Tags: attorneys' fees, Equal Access to Justice Act, fall protection, Paramount Advance Wireless, unpreventable employee misconduct
July 7, 2010 by Jim Burger
Your state says it’s OK to bring guns to work. But as an employer, you think that’s a safety hazard that violates your rights and undermines your responsibilities. What now?
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Tags: guns, OSHA
June 30, 2010 by Jim Burger
Those who think workers are too quick to blame everyone else for accidents that happen in the workplace will be heartened by this employee’s attitude.
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Tags: Injuries, OSHA
May 7, 2010 by Fred Hosier
When a new stretch of the Bay Bridge opened in San Francisco last year, the California Department of Transportation posted signs warning drivers about an upcoming sharp curve and announcing a 10 m.p.h. drop in the speed limit. Now the family of a deceased truck driver is suing, claiming the signs weren’t enough.
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Tags: Bay Bridge, Caltrans, safety warnings, truck crash, wrongful death lawsuit
