The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has new guidance on its Accidental Release Reporting Rule, clarifying when employers should submit a report after an accidental release. This guidance is also meant to help employers better understand the rule in general. CSB’s guidance document clarifies several key terms in the reporting regulation, such […]
An inadequate process safety culture and a lack of proper inspection programs led to the 2017 industrial boiler explosion that killed four people at the Loy-Lange Box Company in St. Louis, according to the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB). The CSB released its final investigation report on the incident July 29, finding […]
Use of temporary workers continues to increase in the U.S. – there was already a 682% increase in temporary workers between 1992 and 2017, jumping from 341,884 to 2.7 million – and now there’s a new guidebook for protecting them. On July 18, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released “Protecting temporary […]
A new white paper from the National Safety Council (NSC) builds on prior research and outlines how employers can calculate the benefits of safety technology in the workplace. Making the Business Case for Safety Innovation takes a look at the benefits of eight key safety technologies, including fatigue monitoring and autonomous mobile robots, to illustrate […]
If 2020 was the year occupational safety was thrust into the spotlight, 2021 was the year that proved it needs to stay there. COVID-19 hasn’t gone away. Neither have all your other safety responsibilities. And no one needs to remind you of that. You’ve made it through two very tough years. Go ahead, pat yourself […]
A safety consultant says taking a page from the military’s playbook — something called Commander’s Intent — can help companies achieve their safety goals. In a presentation at the National Safety Council fall 2021 conference, Shawn Galloway, President/COO of ProAct Safety Inc., said Commander’s Intent is the overall purpose of something — the “why” it’s […]
To reach excellence in safety, first you have to define what it will look like. Safety success has to be defined not only in results but in performance terms. It has to be defined in ways that are observable. This is the way one company I worked with defined safety success: If the bosses are […]
The psychosocial impact of the pandemic on workers has been profound. People are experiencing high levels of stress, burnout and fatigue. Essential workers are stressed about their own and their family’s safety. For others, stress may come from a family member losing their job. Even people who are working from home are experiencing more stress, […]
When a company lists safety first in its values, what do leaders have to do to back up that statement? GTI Group, a logistics company, says this about Safety on its webpage: “We do the right thing. Period. The safety of our employees, clients and the public come above everything else. We operate within the […]
