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Why is there OHS malaise in the U.S.?

Voluntary best practices implementation is risk management

February 8, 2021

Federal OSHA is stagnant and ill-prepared to regulate future risks. OSHA has only 1,850 inspectors to cover 8 million U.S. workplaces. OSHA has no regulations for rising concerns such as infectious disease, EMFs, psychosocial hazards, or ergonomics.

Editorial Comments

2021 to bring many changes, hopefully for the better

Benita Mehta

January 17, 2021

I’m sure many people are happy to bid good riddance to 2020 and hopefully look forward to a better 2021.

Thought Leadership

Whistleblowers, past and present

How to avoid repeat mistakes and understand ethical dilemmas

Cory Worden M.S., CSHM

January 17, 2021

In this series, the concept of and need for whistleblowers is explored along with historical and present-day cases.

Best Practices

An interpretation of PWFA laws

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

January 17, 2021

Workplace hazards today are broad and complex. Where specificity of law is absent or ambiguous, such as workplace safety for Covid-19, OSHA’s “General Duty” clause, section (5)(a)(1) of the OSH Act, becomes an enforcement incentive.

Building successful careers

Women in construction should take advantage of available resources

Donald Meeker

December 8, 2020

Women have made amazing strides in many fields and industries throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Unfortunately, there are many others in which it remains a big challenge for a woman to rise to the top — or even, in some cases, to enter the industry at all.

Avoiding repeat mistakes: Whistleblowers, ethics, risk management and due diligence

Cory Worden M.S., CSHM

December 4, 2020

In this series, the concept of and need for whistleblowers will be explored along with historical and present-day cases. In this part one, the concept of whistleblowers, OSHA’s language regarding them and types of whistleblower reports are explored.

Editorial

Roofers, linemen, oil and gas workers among top 10 most dangerous jobs

Benita Mehta

November 6, 2020

Every year, AdvisorSmith researches the most dangerous jobs in the United States based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. The list doesn’t usually vary by too much, but there are some statistics worth a second look in the current list, which uses data from 2014-2018.

Best Practices

House passes Pregnant Workers Act

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

November 6, 2020

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) H.R. 2694 passed the U.S. House of Representatives in September by a vote of 329 to 73. At the time of this writing it is uncertain if the Senate, followed by President Trump’s signature, has passed the PWFA into law.

Complacency depends on what you’re doing

Dave Johnson

October 28, 2020

For all the COVID-19 safety guidelines circulating, some hundreds of pages long, basic best practices are straightforward and known by most Americans. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, recently recounted them in an interview with the Journal of the American Medical Association.