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Your PPE program should be reviewed periodically to make sure it still meets your needs as well as OSHA requirements. When you review, look for the four essentials described in the Advisor today and tomorrow. OSHA requires the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) to reduce employee exposure to hazards when engineering and administrative controls […]
For more and more workplaces the cure for the upward spiral of employee ill health and healthcare costs is workplace wellness. The benefits can be significant. For years, worksite health promotion was one of those ideas that employers talked about in a "How could it hurt?" kind of way. But these days, the business case […]
Read about the three winners of the Wellness Council of America’s 2009 Well Workplace Gold Award. Although their programs differ, these employers share a solid commitment to and belief in the value of workplace wellness initiatives. The Milwaukee Public School System pays more than $200 million a year to provide free health insurance for employees, […]
Skin cancer accounts for more than half of the cancer cases in the United States each year. And most of the more than 1 million cases of nonmelanoma skin cancer diagnosed annually in the United States are considered to be sun-related. Basal or squamous cell cancers are the most common nonmelanoma forms of skin cancer. […]
If you have hazardous chemicals in your workplace, there’s a lot your workers need to know about hazards and protections. Does your hazard communication training program cover all the bases? Before employees work with hazardous chemicals, there’s a lot they need to know and do. Train them to take these preliminary steps: Read the label […]
If there are hazardous chemicals in your workplace, OSHA says your employees have a right to know about the hazards and how you propose to protect them from those hazards. OSHA estimates that more than 32 million workers are exposed to 650,000 hazardous chemical products in more than 3 million American workplaces. If yours is […]
Providing an adequate number of properly maintained portable fire extinguishers and training your employees to use them could save your organization from experiencing dramatic losses from a fire. The requirements of OSHA’s portable fire extinguisher standard (29 CFR 1910.157) apply to all employers, with two exceptions. The first exception applies if you have a written […]
Fire is an equal opportunity safety hazard. It can strike anywhere at anytime. Are you prepared to meet the challenge of keeping fire out of your workplace? OSHA requirements concerning workplace fire prevention are just about everywhere in the general industry standards. For example, fire safety is an issue in: §1910, Subpart E, Means of […]
June is National Safety Month, and this year’s week-by-week themes are as follows: June 7-13: Teen Driving Safety June 14-20: Preventing Overexertion at Work and at Home June 21-27: Dangers of Cell Phone Use While Driving June 28-30: Summer Safety Teen Driving Safety is next week’s theme, so refresh your workers on the limits […]
Machines are incredibly useful tools. But, like all tools, they must be used safely to prevent injury. Train employees to operate machinery safely and prevent machine accidents. The list of possible machinery-related injuries is long and bloody. It includes severed fingers, crushed hands, amputated arms, severe cuts, and other damage too horrible to mention. Sometimes […]