Sometimes in our focus on the complexities of rules and regulations, we forget the simple, common-sense questions where clear answers can make a real difference in safety. In this month’s OSHA Training Blog, Curtis Chambers addresses some of those issues …
It’s easy for safety professionals to keep their gaze on the trees rather than the forest. There are plenty of pressing daily problems to solve and it becomes easy to push strategic thinking to the back burner. For those who …
Dramatic accidents involving long falls or amputations in machines are often what makes headlines when it comes to non-fatal safety issues. But the costliest disabling injuries for industry, at least when it comes to Workers Compensation, involve something much more …
As we have stressed here before, a key factor in safety is making sure that the people involved have the right attitude. That truth is driven home by a fascinating article called “Cognitive – Behavioral Safety: How Stages of Change …
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 …
If you want strong performance on safety, make sure senior management is behind it, put a safety management system in place and create a company culture that values it. Those were the findings at a recent meeting focused on The …
Most of us take voluntary safety standards for granted. As I look at my computer’s AC adapter, I see more than 20 symbols. As a consumer, I know that the manufacturer is declaring that the device conforms to numerous global, …
OSHA is getting ready to abandon its proposal to use Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) as its standard for exposure limits to chemicals. OSHA recently decided to maintain its mandatory permissible exposure limits (PELs), rather than switch to the TLVs, designed …