Category: Injuries and Illness

Identifying hazards that can injure your workers or make them ill is your duty under the law. It also should be a driving force behind your safety and health process. One definition of a hazard is any unsafe workplace condition or practice that could cause injuries or illness to employees. Another is any danger that […]

A return-to-work expert who recommends getting injured employees back to work as soon as possible to promote their rehabilitation. “Return-to-work and rehabilitation need to be focused more at the worksite than at a clinic,” says Dr. Donald Shrey, Ph.D., a specialist in return-to-work programs. “Some people say you need to get people well to get […]

Managing your workers’ compensation program effectively has a big impact not only on insurance costs, but also on employee morale and productivity. When an employee is out on workers’ compensation leave due to a job injury or illness, the results can be difficult for everybody.   The employee must cope with the pain and suffering, […]

The bad news is that slips, trips, and falls are a hazard in any workplace, and any employee is at risk of an accident. The good news is that these accidents are totally preventable. We’ll show you how. In keeping with yesterday’s international perspective on slips, trips, and falls, today we present some safety tips […]

If your workers are slipping and tripping their way through the workday, it’s time to put your foot down and get serious with some high-profile slip, trip, and fall prevention training. According to the Canadian Centre for Occupational Safety and Health (CCOHS), more workplace falls involve same-level falls from slips and trips than falls from […]

The two primary categories of workplace hand injuries are traumatic events and overuse or repetitive motion injuries. Yesterday, we talked about traumatic hand injuries. Today, we turn the focus on repetitive stress hand injuries. Hand-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are painful, sometimes crippling, injuries that generally affect nerves, tendons, tendon sheaths, and muscles in the hands, […]

Your employees know that falling is a hazard. But knowledge alone isn’t enough to keep them on their feet. You need a purposeful program that identifies the problem, implements focused solutions, and monitors the results. Across industries and across the years, slips, trips, and falls (STFs) continue to be among the leading causes of workplace […]

Today, we continue with a review of OSHA’s injury and illness recordkeeping requirements, which began yesterday.  Are there situations where I do not put the employee’s name on the forms for privacy reasons? Yes, if you have a “privacy concern case,” you may not enter the employee’s name on the OSHA 300 Log. Instead, enter […]

Because there are so many possible situations involving occupational injuries and illnesses, OSHA’s recordkeeping rules can often be confusing. Today’s Advisor features some frequently asked questions about recordkeeping requirements. (All questions and answers provided are courtesy of a BLR® special report, Top 100 OSHA Recordkeeping Q&As. Click here to find out how to obtain a […]

OSHA routinely surveys employers to collect data on workplace injury and illness rates. This year, the spotlight turns on 15,000 workplaces with the highest rates. A letter has been sent to about 15,000 workplaces with the highest numbers of injuries and illnesses resulting in days away from work, restricted work activities, or job transfers, known […]