Category: Injuries and Illness

Modern safety management goes beyond covering traditional workplace accidents to now being equally concerned with illnesses caused on and even off the job. This section will explain what you need to know to avoid both injuries and illnesses, and to track your progress in reaching this goal.

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Best Practices in Return-to-Work Programs

Getting employees back to work after a work-related injury or illness is important to you and to the employee. Here are some best practice tips from experts in the field. In a BLR webinar entitled "Workers’ Compensation: 30 Can’t-Miss Program Tips in 60 Minutes," Deborah Cordes, Senior Claims Manager at Medtronic Inc., with 20 years […]

RTW: Get Injured Employees Back to Work Soon and Safely

A contractor presents evidence that it had provided training to a supervisor who violated safety regulations. Will this be enough to get the contractor off the hook with OSHA? Injured employees heal faster when they’re restored to their "normal" routines and lives more quickly. Bringing an employee back to work quickly also helps maintain the […]

Health Is Happening–Join the Club

Read about a company that has successfully used health fairs to build employee awareness of health issues and encourage lifestyle changes. The company we’re going to feature today is our own, Business and Legal Resources (BLR), the company that brings you Safety Daily Advisor and provides companies nationwide with solutions for safety, human resource, environmental, […]

Health Fairs: A Good Way to Promote Workplace Wellness

If you’ve been thinking about holding a health fair to promote workplace wellness, here’s some information that can help you get started. Businesses across the country and across industries are embracing the idea that a healthier workforce is more productive and more profitable. They are also taking diverse pathways to encourage their workers to become […]

Home Is Where the Falls Are

According to the National Safety Council, when it comes to off-the-job safety, falls in the home are the second leading cause of accidental death in the community, surpassed only by car crashes. Whether your employees fall and injure themselves on the job or fall and get hurt off-the job, the result is often the same—lost […]

Take Action to Eliminate Slip, Trip, and Fall Hazards

Slips, trips, and falls are among the most common cause of lost-workday injuries. Nowhere is the problem worse than in the healthcare industry. Here are some preventive measures implemented in that industry that could help reduce the risk of these incidents in your workplace, too. Research conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and […]

Heat Illness: Nothing to Fool Around With!

Yesterday, we featured information about heat-related risks and strategies for reducing those risks as the thermometer rises. Today, we talk about symptoms of heat illness and first aid. Not everyone reacts to heat to the same degree and not every work situation poses the risk of heat illness. Factors that increase an employee’s risk of […]

Are You and Your Workers Ready for the Summer Heat?

Every year, thousands of workers become sick from exposure to heat, and some even die. But your people don’t have to suffer. These illnesses and deaths are preventable. With summer just around the corner and heat and humidity on the rise, many employers need to start thinking about and planning to prevent employee heat-related illness. […]

Near-Miss Reporting: The Cornerstone of Effective Accident Prevention

According to the National Safety Council, most accidents are preceded by at least one near miss. That makes near-miss reporting a cornerstone of effective accident prevention. Identification of near-miss incidents is a leading indicator of safety performance. Near-miss incident reports can be used to identify a pattern of undesirable events that enable you to correct […]

The Truth About Accident Prevention

Accident prevention is at the core of every effective workplace safety plan. That’s because when you prevent accidents, you also prevent injuries and illness, pain and suffering, high costs, low morale, and sagging productivity. Common sense tells us that there are two basic approaches to preventing accidents: Controlling the work environment Managing the attitude and […]