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This week is the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) fall safety stand-down, and OSHA is encouraging employers to be creative about engaging employees in a discussion of fall hazards and fall protection. So when you’re planning your stand-down activities, look for ways to engage workers that go beyond your usual toolbox talk.
This week is the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) fall safety stand-down, when OSHA and its partner organizations encourage employers nationwide to take time out of the workday to address fall hazards in their workplaces. Different fall hazards require different solutions, so OSHA recommends that employers begin by determining what types of fall […]
This week is the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction. During this week, OSHA encourages all employers—not just construction employers—to take a break for the purpose of having a toolbox talk or other safety activity addressing fall hazards and fall prevention. Employers that participate in the […]
In OSHA’s 1989 Safety and Health Management Program Guidelines, “Management commitment and employee involvement” were a single major element. In its proposed revisions, OSHA has broken out “worker participation” into its own section and greatly expanded it. In the new section, OSHA has targeted two common employer practices— incentive programs and postincident drug testing—as having […]
In 1989, OSHA published a guidance document to aid employers in creating an effective umbrella program encompassing all of its safety and health management activities. OSHA issued a draft update of these guidelines in November 2015, for public comment. The comment period closed in February, and OSHA is poised to issue its updated guidelines.
The EPA has streamlined the self-reporting process under its Audit Policy and Small Business Compliance Policy by developing an online tool for disclosing violations. This infographic highlights what you need to know about EPA’s e-disclosure process.
A final rule was published in the March 29, 2016 Federal Register that amends the list of chemical substances that are partially exempt from reporting processing and use information under the Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) rule.
You probably know that a strong health and safety program can boost your company’s bottom line, but three new studies published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine suggest that strong safety and health programs can also boost your company’s stock price.
Yesterday, we looked at how the 3M® Abrasive Systems Division in Alexandria, Virginia, took a closer look at its hearing conservation program to better characterize worker exposures. It was a first step in reclassifying the “hearing conservation areas” in the plant so that only workers who had actual hazardous exposures would be subject to annual […]
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has announced the winners of its Safe-in-Sound Excellence and Innovation in Hearing Loss Prevention Awards for 2016. The purpose of the Safe-in-Sound Awards is to identify and honor excellent, real-world examples of noise control and other hearing loss prevention practices and innovations. One of this year’s winners, […]