Safety Best Practices
Off-the-Job Safety: Halloween Safety Tips
Trick-or-treating, dressing up and carving pumpkins are all part of the fun of Halloween, but these activities also offer potential for injury. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) suggests taking several steps to ensure that Halloween-goers remain safe....
Off-the-Job Safety: Put a Cell Phone in Your Child's Jack-O-Lantern
Parents who hear the same Halloween safety advice every year are getting a new suggestion this year: Make sure your child takes a cell phone in his or her jack-o-lantern and knows how to use it, in case he or she is separated from a group or suffers an injury while trick-or-treating....
Stakeholders Weigh In On DOL Risk Assessment Rule
The Department of Labor’s (DOL) controversial risk assessment proposal has prompted a flurry of comments from safety and labor stakeholders, including the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), which announced its support of the proposal in a move that conflicts with several organizations that openly oppose it. ...
NIOSH Works to Advance the “Business Case” for Job Safety, Health
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Williams College of Business of Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, are partnering under a new Memorandum of Understanding to advance the “business case” for the pivotal role that occupational safety and health consideration plays in corporate strategy and planning. ...
Are Manufacturer's Recommendations the Best Solution?
What does the term "manufacturers' recommendations" really mean in the real world? ...
Off-the-Job Safety: September is Home Eye Safety Awareness Month
Most people might not think about wearing eye protection while cleaning, cooking, doing yard work or working in the garage, but according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), half of all eye injuries occur when doing these everyday chores. And while 90 percent of eye injuries are preventable by wearing the proper eye protection, AAO reports that 78 percent of those injured were not wearing any protective eyewear. ...
Checklists Help Preparedness for Flooding and Other Disasters
People forced to leave their homes and workplaces due to flooding or other natural disasters often have only a short period of time to pack up their belongings, so organizations are suggesting creating and following checklists to prepare homes and businesses to allow for a quick getaway and fast recovery after flooding. ...
Going Beyond the Limits
A worker in a machine shop in Illinois is injured when a conveyor belt snaps and strikes him in the face. On the surface, this would appear to be a common workplace injury, especially in an environment where belts and pulleys are moving at great rates of speed. ...
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Confined Space Safety and Rescue: Challenges and Lessons Learned
Engulfment takes the lives of three workers in a trench collapse at a construction site. An employee dies instantly when a spark causes an internal explosion;...
New CSB Safety Video Stresses Safe Hot Work Practices
The victims were employees of Stringer's Oilfield Services, an independent contract firm hired by Partridge-Raleigh to perform maintenance on oil storage...
Combating Workplace Sleep Deprivation
James Herdegen M.D., the medical director of the Sleep Science Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago, spoke to OccupationalHazards.com about how sleep deprivation is a problem more common than most people realize. ...
Only 25% of American Workers Saving for Unemployment
It's clear that our current economic uncertainty presents real worries to American workers, said Bernadette Kenny, chief career officer for Adecco USA....
Survey: Businesses Owned by Women Go Green
Of the 1,200 women business owners who responded to the survey, 71 percent are working to make their businesses greener. They strive to make environmental...
New Skills Help Older Workers Compete in Job Market
On the whole, there is still a good demand for people who want to work, said Ryan Zimmerman, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the universitys business...
The Principles of Green Chemistry
Green chemistry, which focuses in part on manufacturing, designing or using products and processes to reduce or eliminate threats to human health or the...
Personal Productivity Equipment Boosts Safety
By putting a spin on this familiar safety term, EMCOR, a provider of mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure and facilities services,...
Young Workers at Higher Risk of On-the-Job Injury
Just 54 percent of businesses surveyed by Accident Fund Insurance Co. of America, a workers comp insurer based in Lansing, Mich., planned to provide any...
DOT Issues Rule to Increase Railroad Safety
According to Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, simple errors such as improperly lined track switches, shoving rail cars without monitoring the track...
Workplace Bullying May Be More Harmful than Sexual Harassment
As sexual harassment becomes less acceptable in society, organizations may be more attuned to helping victims, who may therefore find it easier to cope,...
Conference Board: Few U.S. Companies Effectively Address Language Limitations
The future for many U.S. based companies appears flush with potential employees lacking English language skills, says Chris Woock, author of the report....
Grant to Support Study of Public Perception of Nanotechnology Health Risks
David Berube, Ph.D., a professor of communication and author of Nanohype: The Truth Beyond the Nanotechnology Buzz, intends to use the 4-year grant to...
SBA: RFA Act Helps Small Businesses Save Billions
RFA, which was proposed in 1980 and amended in 1996, requires federal agencies to review the economic impacts of proposed regulations on small entities...
