Why is it that safety professionals keep hoping to instill safe behavior by dealing only with the minds of employees? Think about it — skills training, hazard awareness and even (from my perspective) the misguided attempt to have one employee …
OSHA punishing companies without due process
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Safety programs expert joins FDRsafety as senior advisor
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Fall protection is a vital part of construction safety programs, but as is well-known, a lot of times workers don’t use the equipment or don’t use it properly. Workers’ excuses range from complaints that the equipment slows them down, makes …
Thorough recordkeeping is essential to a strong safety program, but even companies that keep good records may be missing something in their numbers: the high risk presented by maintenance activities. About 6 percent of workers are involved in maintenance activities …
How to reduce off-the-job injuries and cut health insurance costs
Free tool to conduct OSHA required hazard assessment for personal protective equipment
Introducing Steve St. Laurent, Spanish-language safety awareness trainer
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All general industry employers are required by OSHA to assess their workplace for hazards that would necessitate the use of personal protective equipment, known as PPE. If you are unsure how to conduct such an assessment, we are providing the …
A strong safety program saves companies more than $4 for every dollar spent; improves employee morale
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Knowing safety procedures is one thing. Using them is another. Download and view this power point of some scary photos that show what happened when a logger who tried to throw a hook over a pile of logs on a …
Prison terms of up to 10 years could be imposed on officers and directors of companies that knowingly violate OSHA rules under a proposed revision to the Occupational Safety and Health Act now advancing through Congress. The 10-year term would …
Is it really possible to have a workplace where no injuries occur? Emmitt Nelson, a pioneer of the zero-accident approach, believes so. Nelson, who chaired the first Construction Industry Institute task force that researched contractors with few or no injuries, …