There are probably innumerable ways to break your wrist at work and qualify for workers’ compensation. But punching a customer?
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Tags: Australia, broken wrist, punched customer, Red Rooster, Workers' comp
Need a reason to address at-home safety as well as workplace safety with employees? By some excuses workers have used to skip work, it seems like their homes are pretty dangerous places.
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Tags: CareerBuilder, dangerous at home, excuses for missing work, lighter side
Imagine this: A company just recently ended a policy from 1847 that allowed its workers to drink as much beer on the job as they liked. The workers are upset, and they went on strike.
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Tags: beer, Carlsberg brewery, policy change
Recently, we wrote about a survey that put “safety” as the No. 6 most annoying thing in the workplace. So, we asked you what is most annoying about workers when it comes to safety. Here are your answers:
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Tags: annoying worker habits, common complaints, excuses, no time for safety, we always did it that way
Part of the problem with having injured employees miss days at work is that they’ll see all those personal injury lawyer ads while they’re watching daytime TV and then decide to sue.
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Tags: injured employees, injury lawyer ads, Trolman Glaser Lichtman
Think you’ve tried everything to get and keep employees’ attention during regular safety meetings? You probably haven’t tried this.
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With the recent swine flu scare, we’ve heard the plea once again for ill employees to stay home instead of spreading sickness at work. Now you can send the message anonymously, “Stay home when you’re sick,” specifically to those who ignore that advice.
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Tags: CDC, e-cards, stay home when you're sick
Instead of “Play ball!” will it be “Play ball — but safely”?
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Tags: baseball, OSHA, shattered bats
If you have employees who work at heights, you’ve probably warned them to properly secure tools so no one below suffers a “struck-by” injury. Recently, an astronaut found out dropping tools in space produces a much different result.
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Tags: hazards, struck-by, work at heights
Safety News Alert sends our official kudos to San Diego entrepreneur Sarah Lavely for using proper personal protective equipment (PPE) at her small business.
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Tags: PPE, small business, stress
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