A safety manager, working on a federal government project, could face prison time and millions of dollars in fines for hiding workers’ injuries.
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Tags: fraud, hiding worker injuries, safety incentive program, Tennessee Valley Authority
The cost of poor worker health; best and worst states for getting workers off comp; the history of safe driving via an infographic; and how many days has it been since your last dinosaur incident? Click through to find out more about these topics in this week’s Safety News Summary.
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Tags: car safety, insurance fraud, poor health, Workers' comp
For a while now, OSHA has been telling businesses that they need to take a closer look at their safety incentive programs. Now, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says OSHA has to take a closer look at its guidance about safety incentive programs.
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Tags: Government Accountability Office, injury reporting, safety incentives, Voluntary Protection Program
OSHA is telling its investigators: During inspections, watch for workplace policies and practices that could discourage workers from reporting injuries, which could be a violation of whistleblower and recordkeeping rules. Among the policies they’re told to look for: certain types of safety incentive programs.
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Tags: OSHA inspections, Recordkeeping, safety incentive programs, whistleblower
Like Sammy Hagar, you may not be able to drive 55. But no matter how quickly you’d like to get where you’re going, chances are you’ll stay well under 100 the next time you’re on the open road. The question is why.
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The final, and most comprehensive, report on the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico points to seven company practices that contributed to the incident. They’re the types of mistakes that could be made by any company, not just an oil giant.
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Tags: BP oil disaster, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, cost saving, Deepwater Horizon, risk management, time saving, Transocean
If you’ve been thinking recently that a large part of your company’s injury prevention program has been turned upside down, you’re not alone.
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Tags: American Society of Safety Engineers, Daniel Pink, David Michaels, motivating employees, safety incentives
Transocean Ltd. says it had its “best year in safety performance in our company’s history” despite the explosion of its oil rig that killed 11 workers and spilled 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Its top executives will get two-thirds of their safety bonuses.
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Tags: Deepwater Horizon, executive bonus, safety bonus, Transocean
A lot of debate will occur between this week’s announcement of President Obama’s proposed budget, including funding for OSHA, and the start of the new federal fiscal year on Oct. 1. Forget about that debate for now. Instead, take a look at what OSHA plans to do with its funding, especially if you own a small business.
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Tags: enforcement, inspections, OSHA budget, severe violators, small business
A government investigation into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill looks at specific factors such as how deep a cement plug was set and whether additional barriers should have been installed. But the root causes of the incident that killed 11 workers focus on common subjects for workplace safety: management, communication, previous near-misses, safety culture and government regulation.
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Tags: BP well blowout, government investigation, government regulation, Halliburton, near misses, safety culture, safety management, Transocean
