Different facilities, same rule broken: Repeat OSHA violation?
The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has issued an important decision that will help determine what is and what isn’t a repeat OSHA violation.
Safety Culture
Negligent safety attitude, circuit failures, led to fatal crash
“Safety needs to come from the top.” You’ve probably heard that one before. However, a federal agency had to remind a public transit provider of that again in its report on what caused a fatal train crash in Washington, DC.
TV’s Survivor: Has disregard for safety gone too far?
One of those so-called reality shows takes too cavalier an attitude about safety, according to a blogger in the general media. If that’s the case, we want to take the issue one step further: Do the media’s messages harm attempts to increase workplace safety?
Safety incentives that don’t discourage injury reporting
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?
Industrial Hygienists Urge Businesses to Prepare for Potential Flu Pandemic Now
Industry Experts Offer Advice on Keeping Employees Safe and Healthy As health experts raised the threat level of the swine flu to 5, indicating “a strong signal that a pandemic is imminent,” some U.S. businesses are just now beginning to look at ways to prepare for the potential health, social, and economic impact of a […]
Safety committee change helped reduce incidents
Companies use a lot of different methods to staff their safety committees. One company believes its method of choosing committee members has helped it reduce incidents and injuries — and that has a positive impact on its insurance costs.
Custom Point Calibration Service Offered by Dickson For Temperature/Humidity Monitoring Safeguard
Custom Point Calibration Service Offered by Dickson For Temperature/Humidity Monitoring Safeguard For Immediate Release (www.dicksondata.com) Occupational health and safety managers using data loggers or chart recorders for environmental monitoring critical to worker health and safety can now call Dickson Calibration Specialists at 1-800-757-3747 or write DicksonCSR@DicksonData.com for no-charge consultations on custom point calibrations best-matched to […]
