The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), Fairfax, Va., has announced the results of its biannual membership survey that projects the top public policy issues of concern to AIHA members and the occupational and environmental health and safety (OEHS) profession over the next two years.
OSHA has cited two Florida construction companies following investigation of a roof collapse in which three workers were killed, reported Business & Legal Reports. The fatal accident occurred in May at a site in Miami Beach.
As reported by Business & Legal Reports, OSHA has cited Mountain Pure MS and proposed penalties totaling $164,150 following the investigation of a fatal May 24 accident at the company''''s Magee, Miss., facility.
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), Des Plaines, Iowa, will host a technical conference call on Wednesday, Dec. 13, to address the issue of lockout/tagout (LOTO) for demolition and construction operations.
The
2007 White Paper survey shows a strong consensus exists in most
organizations about essential health and safety interventions. When it
comes to health and safety, there are a lot of bases to cover, programs
to manage. It’s all important, often making prioritizing and resource
allocation problematic.
In part one of my “short
course” in managing stress (October 2006) I mentioned individuals
can have very different thresholds for experiencing distress. Even the
hardiest among us have our limits. So what do we do when we’re
nearing those limits?
It’s not of a concern now,
but OSHA’s standard on access to employee exposure and medical
records (29 CFR 1910.1020) might pose the greatest challenge to
employers in the coming years. Why?
Results
from a recent safety culture survey (conducted by The Human Side Inc.)
at a large facility revealed that approximately 90 percent of the
population did not know who was on their safety team, when they met or
what they did. The other 10 percent, not surprisingly, were those on
the team and management.
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