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It’s ironic but true. Health care is one of the most dangerous professions in this country. It’s also one of the largest, employing 18 million people and growing. Hospital workers experience about twice as many job-related illnesses and injuries as private industry workers.
You probably recall the incident in which a Salt Lake City Police Department officer forcibly arrested a nurse who refused to let the officer take blood from an unconscious patient. Now, the American Nurses Association (ANA) is calling on the department to conduct a full investigation, make amends to the nurse, and take action to […]
BLR’s Workplace Violence Prevention Symposium will be in Savannah, Georgia, March 6 and 7, 2018. The conference, geared to both HR and safety professionals, will focus on tactical strategies for reducing the risk of security breaches, workplace violence, and legal liabilities through powerful keynotes, sessions, and workshops.
Thousands of people are involved in cleaning up from the devastation and flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. The work can be slow and disheartening. It can also be dangerous. If your employees are performing recovery work, OSHA recommends you first assess the potential for hazardous conditions and/or exposures before starting work. Based on an initial […]
On July 17, a jury in Savannah, Georgia awarded $3.9 million in damages to the family of Sarah Jones, a camera assistant who was killed while filming a biopic about Greg Allman on a railroad trestle near Jesup, Georgia. The incident had already resulted in a raft of citations, fines, criminal charges, and convictions. The […]
The U.S. State Department has issued an updated travel warning for U.S. citizens traveling to Mexico that includes state-by-state assessments of security conditions throughout the country.
Manual lifting results in hundreds of thousands of injuries per year and millions of dollars in lost productivity, insurance claims, and related costs. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has come to the rescue with a new app that brings the Revised NIOSH Lifting Equation (RNLE) to an app for smart phones.
An analysis of federal statistics finds that older people are dying on the job at a higher rate than workers overall, despite a general decrease in the number of workplace fatalities.
A new national campaign to increase awareness about firefighter cancer is calling on firefighters to sign a pledge of safety.
Just in time for the summer spike in temperatures comes an updated app to help employees stay safe when working outdoors in hot weather.