The Extraordinary Costs of Serious Injuries
A new study of workplace incidents that cause employees to miss six or more work days is out. Keep reading to learn just how much these accidents and injuries are costing U.S. employers, including you!
Category: EHS Management
Climate Change and Worker Health and Safety
You may be aware that climate change is affecting sea levels, weather patterns, and animal habitats—but have you thought about how it could affect the hazards your workers are exposed to? Late last year, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) updated its 2009 framework for identifying climate-related occupational hazards based on review […]
New Antiretaliation Recommendations from OSHA
Even as OSHA faces ongoing legal action over its electronic recordkeeping and antiretaliation standard, the agency has issued recommended practices to help employers create an environment where employees feel comfortable speaking up. Get more here.
Essential Elements for a Successful Safety Survey
If you’re considering conducting a survey to assess your safety and health management system, make sure you cover the basics. Check out this list of key elements to address in your safety survey.
Guidance from NIOSH on Worker Health, Safety, and Well-Being
If you’re looking to jump start an occupational safety and health program, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has some help for you. The institute, and its Total Worker Health initiative, have released a workbook with valuable information and recommendations. Keep reading for details.
Budget-Conscious Safety: When You Can’t Buy New Equipment
Maybe you’re approaching the end of the fiscal year. Maybe your company was just acquired, and everything is on hold while things shake out. Maybe your company was affected by floods, wildfires, or some other recent disaster. Whatever the reason, there’s just no money to replace that big piece of process equipment or rolling stock […]
Is Your Workplace Feeling Shady? Get Proper Lighting!
What if an inexpensive, simple fix could improve productivity, control ergonomic hazards, enhance security, and reduce accidental injuries in your workplace? Would you look into that? Here’s some good news: Proper workplace illumination can accomplish all of those things, and chances are, much of what you need is probably already present in your workplace.
Can You Put a Price on Nature?
There is an idea among conservationists and sustainability advocates that if the economic value of natural resources, especially water, were truly apparent, that there would be more concern among lawmakers and business leaders to protect them.
OSHA Head Cites Deepwater Horizon, Asserts Workplace Deaths Are ‘Rarely Accidental’
Although workplace deaths are often called accidents, they “are rarely ‘accidental,’ as in a matter of chance or bad luck,” according to Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health David Michaels in a recent opinion piece. Michaels says the issue can usually be traced back to decisions by employers and managers. Agree? Disagree? […]
An Important Reminder: Control Hazardous Energy
More than 120 deaths and thousands of injuries occur each year because equipment unexpectedly starts up or is released. Keep reading for reminders about controlling hazardous energy by locking and tagging out equipment.