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The ideal workplace inspection isn’t one that follows a safety incident. Nor is it a surprise visit from OSHA. The ideal inspection is one you arrange yourself. Self-inspection audits are the most effective way to improve safety management, prevent accidents, and ensure compliance with safety regulations. Work area inspections will: Tell you whether safety and […]
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You may not be able to do anything about the hot temperatures this summer, but you certainly can do a lot to help prevent heat illness by recommending that your employees follow these 6 simple safety tips. Recommend that your employees follow these health-smart tips for beating summer heat hazards, both on and off the […]
Make your employees “accident aware” by informing them of what the organization is doing to prevent accidents. And let them know that they are a part of all of these accident prevention processes. Their input will be solicited and valued as the organization makes its decisions to create and maintain a safe workplace. For example, […]
Noise isn’t just loud and annoying on the job. It can be a safety and health problem as well—a problem OSHA requires you to do something about. Understanding and applying OSHA standards is at the heart of any safety and health program. When the safety issue is hearing conservation, the standard you need to understand […]
Winter brings with it man special hazards. Train your employees to cope with cold temps and severe weather. For many of us, cold winter temperatures are accompanied by periods of foul weather that can create some special hazards. Even though we’re at the end of January, unless the ground hog doesn’t see his shadow on […]
In order to work safely, your workers need to be awake and alert. Are they? One condition that may cause your workers to be tired on the job is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that CFS “results in a substantial reduction in occupational (work-related), personal, social, or […]
“A lot of companies do things right, but an award-winning program does them all.” Those are the words of the disability manager for a company with one such program. Learn the secrets of their success. Integrated Disability Manager Lloyd Hudson explains that employees at his company, American Electric Power (AEP), work in risky jobs and […]
On April 2, the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) announced a formal position opposing “exploitative” child labor. The professional association and consensus standards-setting group called for establishing legislation and regulation to prohibit exploitative child labor practices and adding specific language to global standards that facilitates prevention and steps occupational safety and health professionals should […]
Do you have the resources and the qualified personnel to accomplish your training goals in-house? Our Safety Training Tips editor says that you may find that after analyzing your company’s training needs you don’t have the best training materials or most qualified personnel in house. There are a variety of reasons why you might decide […]