ANSI Z359.1 was published as the first in a series of standards meant to address comprehensive fall protection programs. Only now are the remaining items in the series, those addressing equipment and programs outside the realm of fall arrest, coming to fruition.
If government subsidies can get businesses to do irrational things like produce fuel ethanol from corn, just think of what subsidies could do to encourage rational, moral behavior, like preventing workplace injuries and illnesses.
Is your company actively involved in developing and implementing lean manufacturing principles and practices on the shop floor? Has your safety organization been exempt from this new method of doing business because it is a “manufacturing improvement”? Well, it’s time to wake up and begin deriving the benefits of lean.
One theme that struck the ISHN staff while we reviewed the “Safety That Soars” contest entries from around the country (see page 26, June issue) is this: There sure are a lot of dedicated people trying to get this safety thing right. It’s heartening to hear from the heartland.
Corporate emergency management is a big deal at least for the 72 percent of companies large and small that actually have a plan to deal with emergencies. But it’s rare that one finds a flawless response to the disaster of the moment. So what goes wrong?
Scratch a safety professional and you’ll find an opinion on safety incentives underneath. The difficult part is coming up with consistent principles, definitions or guidelines upon which to base safety incentive and recognition approaches, and knowing how they can add value to existing safety systems.
Time is of the essence. With multiple regulatory agencies concerned about chemical releases, it’s critical to have internal spill reporting procedures in place at your company. That way, compliance personnel can make the call on what happens next.
Our basic philosophy is L.E.S.S. is more by confining transmissions to: Location, Extension, Situation, Status. What follows are some simple yet important considerations that should be made part of any organizations’ 2-way radio communications requirements.
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