OSHA has ordered its inspectors to issue citations to employers who do not insure that workers are using flame-resistant clothing where there is a potential of flash fires – an enforcement initiative particularly relevant to the oil and gas industry, writesJason LeMasters, Vice President of FDRsafety. Read the full article.
FDRsafety Senior Advisor Mike Taubitz writes that safety professionals should be advocates for blending safety with efforts to make manufacturing processes leaner and to increase sustainability. Integrating lean into business and office processes can be the engine for breaking down the three silos, Taubitz writes in Professional Safety, the magazine of the American Society of Safety Engineers. Read the full article.
Many organizations claim that safety is the responsibility of everyone. However, if Manufacturing calls the Safety Department when there is an obvious hazard and corresponding correction, the words don’t matter. Your organizational culture is probably “Safety is responsible for safety.” …
A recent AAA Living Article entitled “Losing the Drinking Game” had some interesting statistics: Every 45 minutes, someone in the US dies because of alcohol-impaired driving. 2.5 million parents drive under the influence of alcohol yearly About ½ of children …
Companies continue to be uncertain what OSHA’s new focus on recordkeeping may mean for them. A large national retailer just found out. OSHA tagged Lowe’s Home Centers Inc. in Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, with $110,000 in proposed penalties for continually …
I just finished reading an excellent book…. “Out of another @#&*% Crisis – Motivation through Humiliation” (available at ASQ and Amazon) grades US business on how well they stack up against Dr. W. Edwards Deming’s principles. Deming’s 1982 book, ‘Out …
OSHA has come out with more details about its proposed Injury and Illness Prevention Program and it’s now clear to me that what could have been a good idea is headed down the wrong path. I agree that OSHA should …
If employers needed any further proof that OSHA is following through on its promise to greatly increase enforcement, they need only look at initiatives the agency announced last week and a speech by OSHA’s chief that was reported in a …
OSHA has been stepping up enforcement on a variety of fronts, naturally raising a question for company executives: What do we need to do to be ready? In this article, FDRsafety President Jim Stanley, a former No. 2 official at OSHA, explains five key steps to make sure your company is on good footing. Read the full article.