The Weight of the Nation Conference taking place July 27-29 will explore best practices and strategies for primary prevention in workplaces, schools, and medical care.
The prevailing advice from outplacement firms and job-finding books goes beyond merely hyping the positives and toning down admission of negatives, says Bradford Smart, Ph.D., president of hiring consultancy firm Smart & Associates Inc.
According to Steven Spotts, vice president and general manager at Sperian Protective Gloves USA, the acquisition of a state-of-the-art glove manufacturing facility in Nantong, China; the recently established Global R&D center in France; and the current economic uncertainty have necessitated the decision to close the Buffalo, N.Y. facility.
Funds are being awarded on a competitive basis to state and local workforce investment boards, local public agencies, and nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and community organizations.
Total annual health care costs reached $2.4 trillion in 2008 and are projected to reach $3.1 trillion in 2012. In fact, there appears to be no end in sight to this trend.1 As a result, organizations and individuals continue to search for strategies to deal with escalating health care costs that are outpacing the rate of inflation.
"More important than the number of years Cathy has served in this agency is the influence she has had on making worker safety among the top priorities in America's workplaces," said OSHA's acting Assistant Secretary of Labor Jordan Barab.
Picture this, if you will: An administrator looks at a year-end injury/accident report, head propped up by one hand and one finger across the lips with a baffling look of "Why are these costs so high?" Or picture a department's leader not reporting a small injury on the last day of a flawless (injury-free) month and saying, "I want my bonus for an injury-free month
In Alabama, a framing crew member who was moving a roof truss into place while supporting himself on an 8-inch wide structural beam fell 27 feet to the ground inside the partially constructed building. The native Mexican laborer, who understood little English, was not wearing or using personal fall protection equipment. An 8-foot by 4-foot truss fell at the same time, striking the worker's head when he hit the ground. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
User weight is an important consideration when determining personal protective equipment for workers. Most fall protection product capacity rates up to 310 pounds, a weight aligned with most safety standards' and regulations' test criteria. Users should note that product capacity is more than just user weight, because it includes all clothing and equipment attached to the worker.
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the Great Place to Work Institute, Inc. announced the nation's top 25 small and top 25 medium-sized companies to work for in America.
The transaction, valued at approximately $3.5 billion, will form a new, publicly listed company called Towers Watson & Co.
"As there are no global marketplace boundaries today and with a large number of our 32,000 occupational safety, health and environmental (SH&E) professional members continuing to work in countries and projects around the world, this agreement will help us move forward in preventing injuries and illnesses worldwide," said ASSE President Warren K. Brown, CSP, ARM, CSHM.
"You are not alone," Jordan Barab assured the packed audience of safety professionals present for ASSE's Safety 2009 in San Antonio. "We have your back and your fight is our fight."
For outstanding service to the safety profession and workplace, the American Society of Safety Engineers today named ASSE Past-President James “Skipper” Kendrick, CSP, of Hurst, Texas, as Society Fellow.
LEANWorks! is the name of the Web site, which CDC created in response to organizations’ request for help with this problem.
OSHA inspection personnel from other states will be in Texas in July to check for unsafe scaffolds, fall hazards, trenching violations, and other potential injury and fatality hazards, the Labor secretary announced in her speech Monday morning at Safety 2009.
Going head to head in two sizzling destination cities this week are the annual conferences of the American Society of Safety Engineers (San Antonio, featuring Labor Secretary Hilda Solis) and the Society for Human Resource Management (New Orleans, featuring business titan Jack Welch).
The new WellnessOptions program offered as part of the state employee benefits package has enrolled 26 percent of the state's workers, exceeding the 20 percent goal, Gov. Dave Heineman announced.
Being presented Aug. 13 and Sept. 24 at the Holiday Inn -- DFW Airport South in Fort Worth, the all-day seminar by instructor Tony Douglas will help attendees understand current motor carrier safety regulations.
Patients in South Dakota have the lowest total time spent in the emergency department (3 hours, 52 minutes) while those in Utah have the highest total time (6 hours, 48 minutes).