Safety program standard: Is the writing on the wall?
On the last day of February and the first day of March, a group of high-powered safety and health representatives will meet in Boca Raton, Fla., for another round of meetings aimed at drafting voluntary guidelines for occupational health and safety systems.
It will be at least another year before the group, organized as the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z10 Committee, publishes a proposed standard for public comment. And final guidelines for how to document and audit safety basics such as employee involvement and management commitment are years away.