Category: Special Topics in Safety Management

Safety is a process, and as such, needs to be managed. This section offers resources to create a viable safety program, sell it to senior management, train supervisors and employees in using it, and then track and report your progress. Look also for ways to advance your own skills in these areas, both for your current job, and those that follow.

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Safety Monitoring of Remote and Lone Employees

Protecting the safety of lone or remote workers isn’t easy, but it’s your responsibility. There are many employees in the workplace who work alone or in remote areas where injuries and illnesses can occur, resulting in delays in emergency response or medical assistance. They include people who work outside normal business hours, such as: Janitors […]

Other Recordable Cases" or Simple First Aid? How to Tell

OSHA doesn’t require you to record injuries that only require first aid. But it isn’t always easy to determine when an incident is recordable and when it isn’t. At most workplaces, injuries requiring only first aid are commonplace. But sometimes there’s a fine line between types of cases OSHA considers "other recordable" and those that […]

Affirmative Defenses to a Workers’ Compensation Claims

When will you be able to use an affirmative defense to a workers’ compensation claim? The answer to this important question, of course, depends on the state in which you do business. So you’ll need to look at your own jurisdiction to see what the specific rules are. But there are some common threads that […]

Workers’ Compensation Claims? The Best Defense is a Strong Offense

They say that a strong offense is the best defense. Well, that applies to workers’ compensation claim defenses, too. As an employer, you need to have a strong administrative foundation upon which you will be able to establish affirmative defenses when you’re faced with a situation where you’ve got a workers’ compensation claim that may […]

How to Integrate Safety into Core Business Processes

How do you fully implement a safety program? By integrating it into all functions of the organization, says one safety expert. In a BLR webinar titled "Injury and Incident Prevention at Work: Good for Employees, Employers, and Your Bottom Line," Wayne Vanderhoof, CSP, and president of RJR Safety, outlined some tips on how to integrate […]

A Safer Workplace Is Everybody’s Job

Accountability for injury and incident prevention can vary significantly from organization to organization. Who is ultimately responsible in your company? Does everyone understand his or her role and responsibilities? In a safer workplace, management responsibilities include: Providing a workplace free from recognized hazards Evaluating workplace conditions, and controlling or eliminating potential hazards Complying with all […]

Maintenance and Safety Go Together Like a Horse and Carriage

Yesterday, we introduced the link between maintenance and safety in the workplace. Today the Advisor reports on an interview with two safety experts who say the link is real and significant—and can have a very positive impact on your organization’s bottom line as well as its safety performance. When maintenance is proactive, the impact on […]

Worker Safety and Maintenance? What’s the Connection?

What’s the relationship between keeping people safe and keeping equipment is safe? Does better maintenance really yield better safety? That’s the topic of today’s Advisor. There are three types of maintenance: Routine or preventive maintenance is conducted to keep equipment working and/or extend its life. An example is a scheduled overhaul or replacement. Corrective maintenance […]

They’re Tired on the Job, and That’s Not Good

You can’t personally tuck your workers in when it’s their bedtime, but there’s plenty you can do to tackle the serious safety problem of fatigue on the job. America is a tired country. About 20% of us get less than 6 hours of sleep on average, and the number of those who say they get […]