In a press tele-conference last week, OSHA chief Dr. David Michaels once again took the opportunity to promote the much-ballyhooed and controversial Injury and Illness Prevention Plan (I2P2). “Certainly, we encourage employers to adopt and embrace I2P2,” he said. “In the VPP (Voluntary Protection Program) thousand of companies have adopted the principles of I2P2. So we know it works."
Users of SafetyNet, the leading technology for saving lives by predicting workplace injuries, now have access to additional features that help them keep their workers safer
August 5, 2013
Predictive Solutions Corporation announced today that version 9.0 of its SafetyNet software, used to predict and prevent workplace injuries, is now available to its customers. “The enhancements in this upgrade are some of the most significant we’ve released in the last several years and are largely based on customer feedback,” said Griffin Schultz, Predictive Solutions’ general manager.
Due to the United States’ renewed interest in becoming energy self-sufficient, drilling for oil and gas in parts of the U.S. has accelerated to a fever pitch.
Treatment for broken bones, etc. was denied or delayed to get bonuses
April 16, 2013
A former safety manager of the Shaw Group has been sentenced to 78 months in prison for deliberately falsifying records of workplace injuries. Shaw, formerly Stone and Webster Construction, held a contract for construction services at several TVA facilities, and used the false injury reports to claim bonuses of more than $2.5 million under the contract.
Cost injuries that occur on the job are immediately obvious; the injury — or at least the pain associated with the injury — will present itself right away.
Honeywell Safety Products today announced a host of new, innovative safety products — across a wide range of applications — to help safety managers build an enduring culture of safety that minimizes injuries and maintains a more protective and productive workplace.
A May 12, 2012, report by the Government Accounting Office “Better OSHA Guidance Needed on Safety Incentive Programs” raises some concerns about incentive programs and the way that many companies are using them.
When Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics subcontractor, decided robots were the solution to its high volume production headaches, the latest much vaunted hope for future jobs followed its mines