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Visualizing a Comprehensive Safety Excellence Strategic Framework

Most organizations, both at the corporate and local site level can only effectively manage and execute against four to five major priorities per year.

Training helps to eliminate improperly worn, poorly maintained, or nonfunctional equipment that leads to a false sense of security, which can be worse than no protection at all.

Respirators—Mandatory or Voluntary, Know the Difference

It's more important than ever for employers to stay focused on OSHA regulations—not only to avoid citations and costly fines, but also to protect the organization's most valuable asset, the employees.

The impairment argument is incredibly complex. Many employers use the term in workplace drug and alcohol policies but this may not be the most prudent choice as marijuana impairment cannot necessarily be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

Legalized Marijuana—The Popular Perspective

As a safety manager, an HR director, or a company executive, remaining confused and silent toward the issue of legal marijuana may prove to be a very costly mistake for you and your company.

Beyond Supercharging: How Do You Actually Upgrade Safety Actions?

Two methods for change may appear to have comparable components, even be called by similar terms, but may actually be done very differently. And everyone knows the difference.

As a component of a WMSD prevention plan, task-specific pre-shift stretching and warm-up exercises can help acclimate the body for the demands of the active work day ahead.

Workplace Stretching Programs

They are another tool in the musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) prevention toolbox.

Too Much Bad News in 2015 CFOI Data

Dedication, communication, training, effective management and disciplinary action when necessary, and adherence to best practices and current standards are part of the answer.

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Essential Elements of Worker Protection

The more information you have about your own organization and workforce, the better the insight into how to reduce hazards to an acceptable level.

NRC Proposes Lower Fees for FY2017

The proposed rule reduces annual fees by 7.3 percent from last year for operating reactors, by 16.1 percent for most fuel cycle facilities, and by 1.5 percent for spent fuel storage and decommissioning reactor licensees.



Unwilling to Move, Canadian Diamond Company's CEO Stepping Down

Dominion Diamond Corp. announced that it has begun identifying potential candidates to succeed CEO Brendan Bell, who has agreed to serve until June 30. Moving the corporate offices from Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories to Calgary "is not the right move for my family," he said.

Senate Confirms Elaine Chao as Transportation Secretary

She served as U.S. secretary of Labor from Jan. 29, 2001 to Jan. 20, 2009, during the presidency of George W. Bush.

Senate Transportation Committee Sets Hearing on Regulatory Burdens

The Feb. 1 hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Eastern time and will examine the negative impacts of unnecessarily burdensome regulations on the nation's economy, and how a better approach would create jobs and spur economic growth.

DOT Cautions Travelers Regarding Super Bowl Tickets

Some travel packages won't include a ticket to the game.

This screen capture from the CSB safety video shows the Anacortes Refinery

HTHA Cited as 2017 Emerging Risk

Risk experts cited it along with terrorism, cyberattacks, vulnerabilities brought on by the Internet of Things (IoT), and more in the Willis Towers Watson Wire's outlook, "What Risks Will Emerge in 2017?"

FDA: Elevated Levels of Belladonna Found in Teething Products

The toxic substance was found in certain teething tablets.

DOL Wins Longshore PTSD Case

The case involved disability benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act sought by a forklift driver who accidentally struck and killed a co-worker.

President Signs Order to Reduce Federal Regulations

The order will require agencies to control the costs of all new rules within their budget and will be prohibited from imposing any new cost in finalizing or repealing a rule for the remainder of 2017 unless the cost is offset by the repeal of two existing regulations.

NTSB Opens Amtrak Accident Docket

The docket concerns an April 2016 incident near Chester, Pa. A train moving at 106 mph, within the maximum authorized speed of 110 mph, hit a maintenance backhoe, killing two maintenance workers and injuring 41 people aboard the train.

Oregon's 2017 Safety Break Set for May 10

Safety Break invites employers to bolster workplace safety and health with training, award recognition gatherings, or other creative activities. Coordinated by Oregon OSHA, it's a voluntary initiative.

WV Governor Taps New Chief for Miners' Safety and Health Bureau

"Greg Norman has always been a strong advocate for our coal miners and will continue working to keep them as safe as possible," Gov. Jim Justice said Jan. 25. "He has the experience and the knowledge to improve safety and enhance training. Greg's expertise will continue to make a real difference for our miners."

ILO Symposium to Explore the Future of Work

The April 6-7 symposium at its Geneva, Switzerland, headquarters will convene leading thinkers on workplaces of the future, technology and automation, sustainability, and young workers.

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