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Here’s a checklist developed by NIOSH to help you evaluate your hearing conservation program. Use it to benchmark your progress and identify where improvement is needed. Training and Education Has hearing protection training been conducted at least once this year? Is the training delivered by a qualified instructor? Was the success of each training program […]
Every year 30 million people are exposed to hazardous noise on the job, and thousands suffer from preventable work-related hearing loss. Now, some innovative technology comes to the rescue and helps protect workers in noisy environments. For example, at 3M’s Hutchinson, Minnesota, facility, a 2012 Safe-in-Sound award winner, workers undergo annual fit testing, using 3M’s […]
Finding new solutions to old ergonomic problems in material handling jobs is a mission for this manufacturer. Read about some of their innovative products. Customers rely on Knight Global for products that reduce ergonomic risk in their facilities. Knight Global designs ergonomic systems for manufacturing facilities. The Auburn Hills, Michigan, company opened in 1984 as […]
By David Micah Kaufman Our guest author today is the founder of BIGGER PIES!, a professional services consulting firm in San Francisco, and regular contributor to BLR publications. In this article, originally printed in BLR’s OSHA Compliance Advisor, Mr. Kaufman explains how to prevent MSDs when using new technologies. Ergonomics, literally the “study of work,” […]
Even though the recent shootings in Colorado and Wisconsin did not involve work settings, they serve as an important reminder that violence may lurk when and where you least expect it. Although in most workplaces violence is not expected, it can erupt with little or no warning almost anywhere. That’s why you need to be […]
September is National Preparedness Month, which makes it a good time for refresher training on emergency preparedness. While this recognition is held in September to mark the anniversary of the 9/11/01 attacks, emergencies also include natural disasters, fires, chemical spills, and other incidents. So your workers need to be prepared—especially in the workplace, where so […]