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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Survey Says Lots of Workers Not Wearing Required Eye Protection

On-the-job eye injuries can have devastating consequences, such as chemical burns or blindness. Despite these potential hazards, 85% of industrial workers in a Kimberly-Clark Professional survey said they had observed others failing to wear eye protection when they should have been. "This high rate of noncompliance seriously jeopardizes worker health and safety. In many instances, […]

More Questions (and Answers) About OSHA’s LOTO Rules

Yesterday, we provided answers to some important questions about OSHA’s lockout/tagout rules. Today, we treat you to two more. Q. If equipment has a safety interlock and it’s own safety disconnect built in the unit, would it still need to be included in a lockout/tagout policy? A. According to 1910.147(c)(4)(i), procedures must be developed, documented, […]

OSHA Lockout/Tagout Rules: Q & A

OSHA has specific and strict rules about lockout/tagout. Today, we present some questions BLR has received about this issue and the answers BLR safety experts have given. Q. Can a duplicate key for the purpose of lock removal under LOTO be held in a secure area with a procedure in place for access to the […]

Closing the Gap Between Safety as a Value and Safety Culture: Part 2

Yesterday, we presented the views of two leaders in workplace safety on closing the gap between safety as a value and safety culture. Today, we conclude with the thoughts of a third. Jeff Ruebesam, VP of Global Health, Safety and Environmental at Fluor Corporation, spoke about his company’s use of leading indicators to measure employee […]

Closing the Gap Between Safety as a Value and Safety Culture

There is a gap between the value of worker safety and the culture of safety in many organizations. Closing the gap is a major concern for safety professionals and executive managers. Jeff Ruebesam, VP of Global Health, Safety and Environmental at Fluor Corporation, spoke about his company’s use of leading indicators to measure employee engagement […]

Sit/Stand/Walk Workstations: Help for Sedentary Employees

Getting off their chairs while they work might help employees improve overall health, according to some experts. Some new technology in workstation design comes to the rescue. Steelcase, a leading manufacturer of office furniture, has developed new workstation designs that allow employees to sit, stand, and even walk while they work. For example, one of […]

Top 10: Safety Daily Advisor Year in Review

As we reach the end of 2012, we take a look back of some of your favorite articles. Here’s a list of the top 10 posts on the Safety Daily Advisor website this year. Happy Holidays from the Safety Daily Advisor staff. Medical Marijuana in the Workplace Legal use of marijuana for medical purposes raises […]

Check This List to Ensure Workplace Hand Safety

To manage hand safety effectively, you have to anticipate the hazards and check to make sure that you have effective plans in place to prevent injuries. This is just a basic hand safety management checklist. Feel free to add to it. Customize it. Make it your own. And make your workplace a safer place for […]

22 Questions to Ask about JHA Tasks

In yesterday’s Advisor we identified 5 basic steps for job hazard analysis (JHA). Today, we suggest a list of questions to consider before embarking on a JHA. The following list of questions is intended to help focus efforts on identifying and controlling hazards when conducting JHA. Although the list is comprehensive, it is not complete. […]

5 Essential Steps for Successful JHA

Job hazard analysis (JHA) can generally be summarized in 5 basic steps. All these steps are important, which means no step can be skipped if you want effective and reliable results. Step 1. Watch the work being done. Evaluate all aspects of the job task, even those performed infrequently. Observe more than one employee. Observe […]