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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Road Rage–A Serious Highway Hazard

Road rage has become an epidemic on highways and byways across the nation. Angry, stressed-out drivers taking out their aggressions behind the wheel may be one of the most dangerous highway hazards any driver has to handle. Do you know of anyone, including yourself, who hasn’t been ticked off by a tailgater, a lane hog, […]

Is Your Accident Reporting Policy All It Should Be?

Yesterday we talked about the importance of accident reporting—not only in assisting with safety compliance but also in preventing future accidents. Today we look at key policy considerations. Without an effective policy, your accident reporting procedures might fail to meet requirements. BLR’s Essential Safety Policies identifies the following elements as indispensable to an effective accident […]

Accident Reporting: Not Just More Paperwork

There are many good reasons for keeping thorough and up-to-date records of accidents and injuries that occur on the job. The primary reason, of course, is compliance with the law. But a thorough reporting and recordkeeping system can also provide you with valuable information concerning accident patterns and prevention. OSHA requires every covered employer to […]

Heavy-Duty Movers Require Heavy-Duty Precautions

At one time or another, virtually all your workers will engage in the manual handling of various materials. But when that material handling involves sophisticated material movers like conveyors, powered industrial trucks, and cranes, hoists, or derricks, the dangers tend to be more severe. Working with heavy-duty material movers includes the possibility of being struck […]

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5 Keys to Improving Worker Safety Attitude

In a previous article we looked at some creative and cost-saving ways to keep your safety programs effective in a down economy. Several of those ideas revolve around increased employee involvement. In this article, we look at some talking points to get your workers to recognize the need to take safety seriously, and to demonstrate […]

Are You on Board with Safety Onboarding?

Many organizations are finding that new-hire safety orientation provides a prime opportunity to put their best foot forward while conveying to workers the commitment to safety. In those first days or hours on the job, it’s important to let them know you care—and to let them know what you expect in return. Today we’ll share […]

Do You Know the 4 Workplace Fire Extinguisher Options?

Workplace fires and explosions kill hundreds and injure thousands of workers each year. One way to limit the amount of damage from such fires is to make portable fire extinguishers an important part of your fire prevention program. But does your workplace comply with OSHA’s fire extinguisher rules? OSHA says employers must choose one of […]

Are Your Security Policies Legal?

Yesterday we reviewed business expert John Di Frances’s advice for changing your organization’s mindset about workplace security. Today we’ll look at some of the laws you must take into account in drafting or updating your workplace security policy. With terrorism and workplace violence in the news, workers are understandably concerned about their security. While there […]

Workplace Security: The Rules Have Changed

There’s nothing new about perils in the workplace. But business expert and motivational speaker John Di Frances says it takes a new mindset to accept that the dangers facing workers today are more complex and potentially far more dangerous. He says that accepting those dangers means addressing security concerns at the very highest level of […]

Keys to Electrical Safety Are No Shock

Every day almost 3 million workers in the United States are at risk from uncontrolled energy when servicing equipment. Injuries range from burns and falls to electric shock (nonfatal) and electrocution (fatal). Here is an overview of key OSHA rules for working safely near electricity. OSHA’s electrical safe work practice rules (29 CFR 1910.331 – […]