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The Safety Daily Advisor community of over 100,000 Safety professionals has spoken. Here are the most popular articles on the Safety Daily Advisor website so far this year — just in case you missed them. OSHA and DOT Speak Out on Texting and Driving Many or all of your workers drive to work every day, […]
Fatigue plays a major role in shiftwork accidents. To minimize risks and prevent shiftwork injuries, take these tips from NIOSH. NIOSH, which has studied shiftwork safety issues for years, suggests these seven practical strategies to improve the safety, health, and productivity of shiftworkers. 1. Keep the schedule regular and predictable. Shiftworkers should know their schedules […]
Recent incidents of air controllers sleeping on the job have prompted renewed concern about the role of fatigue in shiftwork inattention and accidents. Several incidents involving air traffic controllers falling asleep on the job during late night shifts has prompted Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to announce new scheduling rules for controllers: Controllers will now have […]
Shoulders are all too easily injured. And once they are, recovery might be slow, putting a worker out of action and creating production hassles. Here are some tips for preventing these injuries. The shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint and is, in fact, the most mobile joint in the body, allowing 230 degrees of motion vertically […]
According to NIOSH, knee injuries are not only painful and debilitating, they’re also costly, averaging more than $13,000 each. Are any of your employees at risk? Prepatellar bursitis, a painful swelling of the fluid sack over the kneecap, is a common work-related injury, especially among those who spend prolonged periods kneeling, squatting, crouching, or working […]
Whether you’ve been training for a while or are just getting started, here’s a valuable exercise to help you use your personal experiences as a trainee to improve your skills as a trainer. For this exercise, consider all the training experiences you can remember from the home, workplace, school, other organizations, or while learning to […]
Want to know what employees think about the safety of their work environment? A survey is a good way to find out. Here’s a sample employee work environment survey that you can use it as is or adapt to include specific workplace safety and health issues. Work Environment Survey Instructions: Please answer the following questions […]
To keep contact lens wearers safe in chemical environments, NIOSH recommends these guidelines. NIOSH recommends that workers be permitted to wear contact lenses when handling hazardous chemicals provided that the safety guidelines below here are followed and that contact lenses are not banned by regulation or contraindicated by medical or industrial hygiene recommendations. 1. Conduct […]
Along with assigning your workplace safety responsibilities, the General Duty Clause of the Occupational Safety and Health Act gives employees numerous safety rights. Employees have the right to: Work in a safe and healthful environment. Under the General Duty Clause, employees have the right to a safe and healthful workplace free from hazards that could […]
The Occupational Safety and Health Act prohibits employers from taking adverse action against employees for complaining about unsafe workplace conditions. But what does that really mean? The original writers of the Occupational Safety and Health Act knew that they couldn’t police every workplace everyday. They knew that, to a great degree, compliance officers would be […]