September 22, 2011 by Fred Hosier
A new OSHA directive outlines the types of businesses and the reasons why inspectors will review a company’s workplace violence prevention efforts.
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Tags: General Duty Clause, healthcare, high-crime areas, OSHA directive, retail, working alone, workplace violence
September 19, 2011 by Fred Hosier
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
August 29, 2011 by Fred Hosier
A new report suggests that at best, companies are only getting half the job done when it comes to measuring their employees’ safety.
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Tags: lagging indicators, leading indicators, manufacturing, risk control, safety committees, safety metrics, Safety training
May 13, 2011 by Fred Hosier
OSHA has made a link between terrorism and workplace safety in New York City — it may not be what you think.
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Tags: emergency action plans, evacuations, New York City, theaters
May 2, 2011 by Fred Hosier
On April 28, 2011, OSHA turned 40 years old. Is the agency suffering an early mid-life crisis?
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Tags: Chamber of Commerce, i2p2, inspectors, job killer, maximum fines, mid-life crisis, OSHA 40-years-old, permissible exposure limits, retaliation, unions
March 17, 2011 by Fred Hosier
The University of Notre Dame is responsible for the death of a student-worker while he was filming football practice on a scissor lift in high winds, according to a report from Indiana OSHA (IOSHA).
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Tags: high winds, IOSHA, Notre Dame, scissor lift, student worker
January 13, 2011 by Fred Hosier
The Presidential commission investigating the BP oil spill says the oil and gas industry needs to take bold action to make it clear that business will no longer be conducted as usual in the Gulf of Mexico. In a nutshell, one section of the report says BP and other companies working in the Gulf need to change their safety cultures.
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Tags: BP spill, presidential commission, process safety, safety culture, Transocean
January 6, 2011 by Fred Hosier
A man suffered fatal injuries while working alone on his family farm in Herkimer, NY.
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Tags: caught in manure spreader, farm, lone workers
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