OSHA’s recent proposal of $16.6 million in penalties in a deadly explosion at a Kleen Energy Systems construction site in Connecticut drew a lot of attention. Less noticed, but in a way equally significant, were the day-in, day-out announcement of …
Employers using contractors are no longer able to require them to retain exclusive responsibility for the safety and health of their employees. FDRsafety President Jim Stanley offers employers tips on creating a specific contractor safety program to address the new environment. Read the full article.
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 …
It would appear that the manufacturing industry is about to get a new sustainability standard, but once again safety has been left out of the equation. UL, Underwriter Laboratories, is a recognized global resource for product safety certification and compliance …
OSHA is giving very specific guidance as to which companies with high rates of workplace injuries can expect to see an OSHA inspector soon. The 4,100 companies on the list were identified from a larger list of 15,000 employers who …
OSHA’s reported decision to suspend a pilot program cracking down on alleged under-reporting of accidents and illnesses doesn’t mean that recordkeeping requirements aren’t being enforced, as a recent OSHA announcement illustrates. OSHA is proposing $1.2 million in penalties against Goodman …
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At their most basic level, sustainability and safety are really about the same thing: conserving resources. In the case of sustainability, those resources are typically thought of as environmental. In the case of safety, the resources are human. Despite this common ground, discussions of sustainability are only beginning to give attention to safety, writes FDRsafety Senior Advisor Mike Taubitz in OH&S magazine. Read the full article.
I just returned from a meeting at National Safety Council, where I had an opportunity to read a recent press release. The essence of the release is shown below. Discussions with industry colleagues suggest that we spend too much time …
Today’s consumers seek organizations that demonstrate socially responsible business practices. ISO, the International Organization for Standardization, has been working on the issue for many years and has decided to launch an International Standard providing guidelines for social responsibility (SR). It …