This Occupational Safety Blog has gotten great reader response in the eight months since I began writing it, and now we are going to make it even better by adding two author/experts to the writing team. Fred Rine, CEO of …
I wrote earlier this month that OSHA appears to be heading towards reissuing an ergonomics standard – a step that I think is ill-advised given the extensive efforts already underway in industry to address the problem and the fact that …
After many years working for OSHA, in the private sector and at FDRsafety, I have pretty much seen every type of safety program there is. My partner at FDRsafety, Fred Rine , is one of the safety and health professionals …
OSHA just gave notice of what at first glance might seem to be a small step – but one that signals the beginning of a long walk down the wrong path. OSHA’s gave notice that it is proposing to revise …
One of our clients, a large corporation, has adopted safety values rather than priorities. The difference between the two? Priorities change, values don’t. Every manager and worker is expected to live by these values as part of the company’s world-class …
Recently I have been consulting in the airline industry and some of my time is directed at working to reduce back injuries for baggage handlers. I came across a new product that has specific application for these workers. One major …
The Obama administration has placed a lot of emphasis on rapidly creating “green” jobs – to help both the economy and the environment. But David Michaels, new head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, is warning about the perils …
Dr. David Michaels, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Dec. 3 to lead OSHA, has an ambitious agenda for the agency. Michaels, an epidemiologist and university professor associated with a public health group funded by plaintiffs’ attorneys, will have as …
An important indicator of how OSHA intends to continue extending its reach was unveiled in the form of its Fall Regulatory Agenda, which details where the agency intends to go with rulemaking over the next 12 months. An issue that …
If there were any doubt that OSHA meant business when it said it was stepping up enforcement of recordkeeping rules, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis dispelled it with her reaction to a new report by the Government Accountability Office. The GAO …