OSHA has cited Wiregrass Construction Co. Inc. in Ariton, Ala., with safety violations for exposing workers to excavation hazards while installing a storm water sewer junction box, according to an agency press release. Penalties total $287,500.
When a recent Australian study linked time spent watching television to heart disease, headlines like “Too much TV may lead to shorter life” were common. But television watching probably isn’t to blame in itself—sitting is the more likely culprit, reports the September 2010 issue of the Harvard Heart Letter.
Safety analytics is an emerging science that is helping to drive improvements not only in workforce safety and health programs, but also in overall business performance.
More than eight of ten workers — 85 percent — rank workplace safety first in importance among labor standards, even ahead of family and maternity leave, minimum wage, paid sick days, overtime pay and the right to join a union, according to a new study from the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago.
There are three critical phases of crisis management, according to a notice issued by the American Society of Safety Engineers: vulnerability assessment, response management, and, business continuity.
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