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Curing Cultural Cancer?

Leaders take control of themselves first. They have to discipline themselves to not kneejerk attack disaffected workers.

A personal fall arrest system should be designed and tested as a complete system because components from different manufacturers may not be interchangeable or compatible. (Miller Fall Protection by Honeywell photo)

The ABCs of Personal Fall Arrest Systems

All workers exposed to falls should be trained by a competent person to recognize fall hazards and to be familiar with available control methods and equipment.

Conferences Are Golden Opportunities

If you haven't taken the time to attend any of these OSH conferences, you're missing a golden opportunity to learn and network.

Recessed and wall-mounted safety equipment is very appropriate in laboratory specifications. It’s both highly visible and completely out of the way.

Coordinating Guidelines and the ANSI Z358.1 Standard

While ADA has no specific guidelines for eyewashes or eye/face washes, it does outline other guidelines that can be helpful, such as maximum sink and/or counter height.

It is imperative to select only equipment that has been tested and approved to tie off at foot level or below.

Fall Protection for Iron Workers

It is imperative that you select only equipment that has been tested and approved to tie off at foot level or below.

By June 1, 2016, OSHA expects all employers to be fully compliant with GHS adoption.

The Ripple Effect of Missed GHS Deadlines

How employers are experiencing the impact of the missed deadlines and what they can do to get on the right path toward full GHS compliance.

We can avoid having cosmetically enhanced pigs running about in the training department by remembering this scary truth about safety training: Trainees always learn something.

The Scary Thing About Safety Training

Safety training can make a substantive impact on employee morale when instructors take this approach.

Continuous atmospheric monitoring is always best practice. (MSA photo)

OSHA's New Confined Space Standard

It is generally agreed that this new standard was written to mirror many facets of its general industry counterpart.



We must remember to always wear our hard hats. If they are sitting at a desk, on a work bench, or in a truck, they are definitely not going to protect us.

Heads Up!

Just as important as actually wearing a hard hat when needed is making sure the hard hat fits properly. Hard hats must fit securely to provide maximum protection.

Teaching employees to handle and use each chemical safely does not require them to carry around volumes of manuals or countless handouts.

Three Hazmat Rules Every Employee Can Remember

Teach employees to get into the good habit of reading every label every time they pick up or pour from a container.

Perceived low-risk tasks typically involve the highest frequency of injury.

What Were You Thinking? The Key to Communicating More Effectively

The occurrence of experientially based at-risk behaviors driven by anticipated gains that outweigh any perceived costs is not limited to the highways or to drivers; it occurs all too often in the workplace.

Companies often send out an all-staff email if bad weather is predicted, but would employees really know what to do in a serious emergency, be it related to nature or man-made?

Plan, Prepare and Recover: How Businesses Can Manage Through Emergencies

Smaller companies often struggle, not knowing where to turn or having the budget to develop a robust business continuity plan.

Provide training in small "chunks" shortly before the time it

Adult Learning Principles for Safety Training

Your employees bring a lifetime of experiences to every training session. Sometimes they’ll know more than you do about specific hazards and safety conditions in their current jobs.

Describe what you will be protecting employees against, how you will be sure respirators are selected the right way, and options.

The More Things Change . . .

Training about a company's respiratory protection program and the uses and limitations of the respirators in use is still training, even if more delivery options are available.

The CSD can also automatically provide the first responders with the proper isolation and protective actions and safe distances necessary in the case of a spill or accident.

Hazmat Identification, Control, and Emergency Response: The Fundamental Weakness in the System

The solution includes the development and use of electronic standards and methods for automatically identifying hazardous materials and waste.

$1 Million in Grants for Mine Safety Training Available

MSHA has announced the availability of the grants, which are part of the Brookwoord-Sago mine safety grants, a program that has entered its ninth year.

Report Concludes Rare Earth Plant Complies with IAEA

The review concluded that the Malaysian government has implemented all recommendations from a 2011 study.

More than 10,000 Americans were wounded by fireworks in 2014, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Handle Fireworks Safely, OSHA and CPSC Remind

A post on CPSC's blog said its most recent fireworks report showed 11 consumers were killed and more than 10,000 were injured by fireworks in 2014.

OMB Clears National Tunnel Inspection Standard Rule

DOT's regulatory agenda indicates the final rule will be published during July 2015.

Google Integrating Rail Crossing Info into Mapping Services

This means drivers and passengers can have additional cues that they are approaching a crossing, wrote Sarah Feinberg, acting Federal Railroad Administrator.

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