The professional safety landscape is always shifting, in terms of hot-button issues. Many of you have seen the years of heavy OSHA standards-setting in the 1970s and ’80s, the boom in behavior-based safety in the 1990s, and now the focus on organizational leadership and culture.
In a study published in the April issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, the authors cited a gross underestimation of safety performance data.
In today’s age of computer chips and nanotechnology, gloves seem to be “old school.†Well, guess what! Gloves are going through an evolution, mirroring our economy.
As more and more companies have recognized the impact flame-resistant (FR) clothing can have on reducing burn injury and increasing survivability in electric arc flash, flash fire and molten metal splash accidents, the FR clothing market in the United States has greatly expanded.
Companies have incentive programs for everything from attendance to weight loss — and, of course, workplace safety. Some employers reward employees and departments for working accident-free for a period of time.
After 20 years of having hearing conservation standards in industry, noise-induced hearing loss continues to be one of the most common workplace injuries. Why does hearing loss still occur when an OSHA-standard program is in place?
We all know that neither people nor management systems are ever perfect. Organizations nevertheless depend upon supervisors and managers to eliminate or control unplanned, undesirable events. When these events do occur, since they were not prevented by policy or practice, something has failed in the process.
Five years ago a major consulting firm sent its clients an e-mail in an attempt to dissuade them from attending the annual Behavior Safety Now (BSN) conference.
Did you ever get accidentally sprayed with water while washing the car? The shock of being doused with cold water is usually uncomfortable and the resulting involuntary recoil can add a dangerous dimension to a rather mundane Saturday chore.
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