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Polls Archive

May 29, 2009 by Staff
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When employees are seriously injured or killed because a company didn’t provide adequate safety measures, how should top management be held accountable?

  • Jail time (37%, 144 Votes)
  • OSHA fines are enough (22%, 87 Votes)
  • Fine the managers (22%, 86 Votes)
  • It's up to the company to take action (19%, 81 Votes)

Total Voters: 392

Start Date: July 28, 2010 @ 9:42 am
End Date: August 4, 2010 @ 12:50 pm

Does your company ban employees from phoning or texting while driving for work purposes?

  • We ban phoning and texting (35%, 148 Votes)
  • We ban texting; phoning has to be hands-free (35%, 147 Votes)
  • We have no ban (24%, 100 Votes)
  • We ban texting only (6%, 31 Votes)

Total Voters: 425

Start Date: July 23, 2010 @ 1:17 pm
End Date: July 28, 2010 @ 8:43 am

What's your view on OSHA's General Duty Clause?

  • It's OK, but OSHA misuses it (42%, 118 Votes)
  • It's too vague; it needs to be rewritten (35%, 97 Votes)
  • It's fine and works the way it is (21%, 58 Votes)
  • It should be abolished (2%, 32 Votes)

Total Voters: 281

Start Date: July 15, 2010 @ 10:12 am
End Date: July 23, 2010 @ 12:20 pm

When is the last time senior management has attended safety training with rank and file employees?

  • They don't attend (36%, 116 Votes)
  • This month (26%, 83 Votes)
  • Within the last 2-6 months (21%, 66 Votes)
  • More than a year ago (9%, 29 Votes)
  • Within the last 7-12 months (8%, 27 Votes)

Total Voters: 321

Start Date: July 7, 2010 @ 9:20 am
End Date: July 15, 2010 @ 9:10 am

What other responsibilities do you have in addition to safety? (click all that apply)

  • Environmental compliance (58%, 197 Votes)
  • Other (38%, 130 Votes)
  • Security (37%, 125 Votes)
  • Facilities/maintenance (30%, 102 Votes)
  • HR (30%, 102 Votes)
  • Quality (26%, 88 Votes)
  • Line supervision (13%, 43 Votes)
  • None (4%, 14 Votes)

Total Voters: 340

Start Date: June 28, 2010 @ 12:28 pm
End Date: July 7, 2010 @ 8:22 am

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