Workplace Safety Culture - Articles - Page 91

Don’t Turn the Lights Out: Don’t Play the Blame Game

Understanding the safety risks of operating equipment

February 12, 2013

The oh-too-human drive to blame can turn out the lights on the real game at play.

Whistleblower advisory committee meets for first time

February 7, 2013

OSHA's new Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee held its first meeting last week in Washington, D.C. Representatives from both management and labor highlighted improvements made to the program over the past 18 months.

Fatal flaws of foreign factory audits

“A spectacular failure” to improve conditions

Garrett Brown MPH, CIH

February 1, 2013

CSR monitoring has been a spectacular failure at improving working conditions.

Dangling the carrot: Motivating teams to cut comp costs

Michael Levy

February 1, 2013

Following are some case studies that illustrate positive results that can come from applying gamification to workers’ health and safety.

BP pleads guilty to crimes surrounding Deepwater Horizon tragedy

January 30, 2013

BP Exploration and Production Inc. pleaded guilty today to 14 criminal counts for its illegal conduct leading to and after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, and was sentenced to pay $4 billion in criminal fines and penalties, the largest criminal resolution in U.S. history, Attorney General Holder announced today.

OSHA honors Skanska USA Civil with highest safety recognition

First self-perform heavy civil contractor in New York region to receive OSHA VPP Status

January 11, 2013

Skanska USA Civil, a leading contractor for civil engineering, construction, and infrastructure projects, announced today that it has been awarded “VPP” status, safety recognition by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP), for its work on the Croton Water Treatment Plant project in the Bronx, New York.

Actively Caring for People: Cultivating a culture of compassion

January 6, 2013

“Actively Caring for People: Cultivating a culture of compassion “is a new book edited by E. Scott Geller, Ph.D., and consisting of contributions from 40 authors writing on aspects of AC4P (Actively Caring For People).

Actively Caring for People: Cultivating a culture of compassion

January 4, 2013

“Actively Caring for People: Cultivating a culture of compassion “is a new book edited by E. Scott Geller, Ph.D., and consisting of contributions from 40 authors writing on aspects of AC4P (Actively Caring For People).