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Top 10 industries for OSHA complaints


August 8, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: contractor safety, enforcement, Illnesses, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, inspections, Latest News & Views, New safety statistics, OSHA news, Recordkeeping, Special Report, Top-10 list, What Would You Do?

More than one out of every five OSHA inspections result from employee complaints. Is your industry one of the top 10 that generate the most complaints?

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$10 phone headset or $128K comp bill: Which would you rather pay?


July 18, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: cost of safety, ergonomics, Injuries, Special Report, What Would You Do?, Workers' comp

If an employee requests a reasonably priced piece of equipment to improve ergonomic performance on their job, would your company easily grant it? Here’s one of those stories that should encourage such ergonomic spending.

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Study shows where training falls short


July 18, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Safety training, What Would You Do?

Recent research shows three areas in which many companies would receive “needs-to-improve” marks for employee training. How does your safety training program stack up?

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Safety incentives scrutinized: Now what?


June 27, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: enforcement, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, safety incentives, What Would You Do?, What's Working in Safety

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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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10-year-old had to pick out dad’s headstone, casket


February 28, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, What Would You Do?, Workers' attitudes about safety

Some managers have success with safety training by making it extremely personal. “Imagine what would happen to your family if you weren’t around anymore.” This story from Texas shows the impact a workplace death can have on a family.

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Does your safety training have the ‘dread factor’?


February 24, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: BP, cost of safety, Fatality, fire/explosion, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, mine safety, Research on safety, Safety training, What Would You Do?

It really does matter how safety training is delivered to employees. New research shows the best training contains something called the “dread factor.”

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BP spill safety lesson: You need to encourage workers to speak up


February 22, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: BP, In this week's e-newsletter, Investigations, Latest News & Views, Research on safety, Safety training, What Would You Do?, Workers' attitudes about safety

In an expanded report on the causes of the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, new details show failure of BP workers to speak up about a problem played a crucial part leading up to rig’s explosion.

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Ergonomics: Are you squinting when you read this?


February 18, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: ergonomics, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, What Would You Do?

The press release said, “Feel like you’re getting old simply because you squint to see the small print on your computer screen?” Yep, that’s me, I said to myself.

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Was employee concerned about safety or being disruptive?


February 7, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: construction safety, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, What Would You Do?, Workers' attitudes about safety

An employee brings a safety concern to his manager. The manager thinks the worker is being disruptive. What happens next?

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A model for hazardous chemical management?


February 4, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Chemical safety, hazard communication, Illnesses, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, What do you think?, What Would You Do?, Worker health

A new report recommends OSHA look to the European Union (EU) for a system to manage workers’ exposure to hazardous chemicals.

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