Imagine this. A machine in your workplace has a sharp blade that chops things. Do you really have to tell employees not to stick their hands near the blade when the machine is running?
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Tags: common sense, machine guard, warning sign, Workers' comp
Here’s a cautionary story for workers. John Capanna had a bright future at the age of 20. He was already a crew chief for his employer — a good job. Then, a workplace explosion burned over 90% of his body.
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Now that OSHA is keeping an eye out for incentive programs that discourage workers from reporting injuries, what can you do to encourage safe practices?
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Tags: encourage safe practices, incentive programs, report injuries
OSHA added something new to its Web site this week.
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A government agency says the February 2008 explosion and fire at the Imperial Sugar plant in Port Wentworth, GA, that killed 14 workers and injured 36 others, was caused by poor equipment design, maintenance and housekeeping.
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Tags: Chemical Safety Board, combustible dust, dust explosion and fire, Imperial Sugar explosion, poor housekeeping
The American Society of Safety Engineers is calling on safety pros to support efforts to cut down on distracted driving since the leading cause of workplace fatalities is motor vehicle crashes.
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Tags: ASSE, cell phones and driving, distracted driving, driver education, motor vehicle crashes
More than four million people have now viewed a video on YouTube that shows the tragic consequences when texting-while-driving causes a crash. Despite that, some safety pros say the video ultimately won’t do much good.
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Tags: driving and texting video, gory videos, Gwent Wales police
The highways aren’t getting any safer for American workers. In fact, the tragic numbers are mind-numbingly consistent year in and year out.
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Tags: highway deaths, Safety training
New regulations; accidents with multiple fatalities; the President-elect’s take on what OSHA should be doing. What is the top safety story of 2008?
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Tags: new regulations, Obama, OSHA, top 10
UCLA has paid $31,875 in fines and taken corrective steps after a lab fire that claimed the life of an employee. But now, the university wants to appeal the citation for a technical reason.
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Tags: Cal-OSHA fine, Sheri Sangji, UCLA fatal fire
Now that some states and cities require workers to complete a 10-hour OSHA training course to be hired in certain industries, more fraud has appeared in the training industry.
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Tags: 10-hour OSHA course, fraudulent safety trainers, OSHA cracks down
OSHA has proposed $99,000 in fines against a stamping company after an employee’s hand was crushed while operating a 75-ton mechanical power press.
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They may not say it aloud, but you know one of the primary reasons some employees don’t follow safety rules is because they think, “It won’t happen to me.”
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Tags: accident victim, employee don't follow safety rules, it won't happen to me, optimism bias
Five online videos produced by the Ontario, Canada Workplace Safety and Insurance Board emphasize that “there really are no accidents.”
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Tags: gory videos, no accidents, safety videos
How do you choose people on your staff to be first responders? A safety manager for an Illinois company found a way to make sure employees were up for the job.
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Tags: emergencies, first responders, paramedics
As of Jan. 12, 2009, OSHA can issue per-employee citations for personal protective equipment and training violations. Now we have an example of how the agency, under the Obama administration, plans to use its new, powerful weapon.
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Tags: chemical contamination, eyewash, hazardous chemicals, per-employee violation, PPE
Since we started SafetyNewsAlert.com several months ago, we’ve heard from many readers that OSHA needs to hold employees as well as employers accountable for safety to reduce injuries and fatalities. Now, OSHA has taken steps with one company to do just that.
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Tags: employees accountable, OSHA fine, reduce injuries, reduce supervisor salaries, settlement
Ever need to show upper management that safety saves money? One employer recently quantified the savings realized after putting more emphasis on workplace safety.
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Tags: inspections, safety classes, safety saves money, training, Workers' comp
As a safety pro, you’ve probably heard this claim: Once you get on OSHA’s inspection list, it’s tough to get off of it. A Midwest company can attest to that.
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Tags: carbon monoxide, fall protection, inspected, OSHA, violations
“How do I get all my employees to wear their safety gear all the time?” It’s one of the top challenges safety pros face year after year. So we asked 290 of your peers about their experiences to find out the top reasons workers give for not wearing PPE.
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Tags: excuses, PPE, workplace injury
OSHA now has a new, powerful weapon in its arsenal to hit companies hard for PPE and training violations when a new rule takes effect.
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Tags: OSHA fines, per-employee, PPE, Safety training
A recent survey shows employees’ failure to use personal protective equipment is a widespread problem.
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Tags: PPE, Safety training, survey
During safety training, it’s often difficult to counter some workers’ “it won’t happen to me” attitudes. Perhaps you can get their attention with this story of a man’s recovery after losing his forearm in a machine at work.
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Stupid: Performing stunts on a forklift. Really stupid: Recording the stunts and posting them on the Web.
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Tags: forklift, safety courses, stunts
Just how cynical are some employees about workplace safety?
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Tags: getting caught, protective gear, Safety training, speeding, ticket
Life and health are priceless, so it’s impossible to put a real cost on workplace accidents. However, a Web site has added up the costs of damage and other expenses, such as clean-up, to calculate the most expensive accidents in history.
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Tags: expensive accident, reckless driving, safety procedures
Workers who don’t speak English fluently are a hot topic when it comes to safety training. But that’s not the only language problem that could be negatively affecting safety training, according to three new studies.
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Tags: construction, Hispanic workers, new study, Safety training, young workers
Just before Halloween, the Alberta, Canada, government has resurrected a blood-and-gore ad campaign that warns young people about workplace injuries.
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Tags: grisly videos, Injuries, teens
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