We had an incident in which an employee got his hand stuck in a piece of equipment and was seriously injured. As a result, we developed a process on how to use equipment properly. We went through every job safety analysis (JSA) for every piece of equipment. If the foreman didn’t sign off for you, […]
When I was in my fifth year as a supervisor in an OSHA enforcement office, we had what was unfortunately a relatively routine case involving a contractor. An employee was on the third level of a scaffold doing plaster work on a residential construction site when he fell, broke his neck and was killed. This […]
As a safety pro, you want to see workers have a certain level of confidence in their job duties, but overconfidence – the kind that leads employees to think they can ignore safety rules – can lead to trouble. When workers are so overconfident in their skill level at a specific job task, they can easily make […]
The Small Business Safety and Health Handbook was recently revised in a joint effort by OSHA and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The handbook highlights the benefits of implementing an effective safety and health program, provides self-inspection checklists for employers to identify workplace hazards and review important workplace safety and health […]
Some safety pros bear the burden of having witnessed horrible injuries or fatalities which had a serious impact on their own lives, giving new meaning to what their career choice means to the workers they’re responsible for. Pierre Laudenberg, owner and senior auditor of San Pedro, CA-based Lift Auditors LLC, has 40 years of experience […]
Perhaps you’ve overseen workplace safety for a long time. You’ve seen theories on workplace safety come and go – and come back again. Or you could be brand new at this and wondering how to keep up with the latest safety management best practices. Either way, when faced with the concept of “New Safety,” you […]
Looking for a safety management program that will lead to a self-sustaining safety culture? The Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) does just that. SHARP is aimed at smaller companies that need more help with their safety programs. It’s offered through federal and state OSHAs (the requirements in each locale may be a bit […]
The American Society of Safety Professionals’ (ASSP) Safety 2021 Conference and Expo will now take place in September as a hybrid in-person and virtual event. Safety 2021 will take place Sept. 13-15 in Austin, TX, and online. This framework replaces ASSP’s original plan to hold Safety 2021 in Denver in June. ASSP says it’s working […]
The tragic event that many credit as starting the modern workplace safety movement happened 110 years ago. One century plus one decade later, where is the U.S. when it comes to occupational safety and health? On March 25, 1911, 146 workers died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. fire in New York City. The conditions created […]
