Risk Management


A COOP plan can help an organization recover more quickly from natural disasters, such as this flood in Nashville. (FEMA photo)

Preparing for Long-Term Business Interruptions

Consider what to expect in terms of disruption of services and the length of time it is likely to take for any or all of them to be restored.

This photo was taken while the fires at the Buncefield fuel storage depot in England were still raging.

Same Planning, Different Disasters

Large, man-made disasters are best addressed with a combination of providing the information via communication links and some level of on-site support.

Ten EU Companies Win Good Practice Awards

EU-OSHA announced them during an April 29 small business and workplace safety conference.

NYC Inspection Sweep Totals at Least $954,450 in Penalties

Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri announced the numbers while kicking off the Department of Buildings' ninth annual Construction Safety Week with the 2013 Build Safe/Live Safe Conference.

OSHA Launches Temp Worker Initiative

Dr. David Michaels announced it during DOL's 2013 Workers' Memorial Day ceremony.

Partners Re-Launch Construction Fall Prevention Campaign

OSHA, NIOSH, and CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training collaborate on this campaign with the National Occupational Research Agenda Construction Sector Council.

Contractor Fatality Data Highlight Governments' Role

For the first time, the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data for 2011 include data on fatal injuries involving contractors.

Bangladesh Banks Warned: No Loans to Non-Compliant Garment Factories

Dr. Atiur Rahman, Bangladesh Bank governor, issued it during an April 28 speech at a banking seminar. Since then, deaths in the Rana Plaza building's collapse have risen to nearly 400.



New Zealand Fish Processor Fined for Frostbite Injuries

Two Pelco employees, both with minimal experience, suffered frostbite while unloading fish from holds filled with chilled water.

Oil & Gas Extraction's Fatality Rate 7 Times Higher Than U.S. Average

MMWR published an analysis of the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data for 2003-2010, which tabulated 128 deaths in offshore and on-shore operations.

Eleven Miners Killed in First Quarter, According to MSHA

Since the beginning of the year, there have been 11 fatalities in U.S. mines, including eight in coal mines.

Fifth Edition Construction Chart Book Published

CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training published the expanded edition, a 142-guide to the industry and its workers’ exposures to common hazards, including working at heights, noise above the NIOSH recommended exposure limit, and whole-body vibration.

NIOSH Recommends Lower REL for Carbon Nanomaterials

The agency's new Current Intelligence Bulletin recommends that exposures to carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers be kept below the recommended exposure limit of 1 μg/m3 of respirable elemental carbon as an eight-hour TWA.

Death Toll Passes 100 in Bangladesh Garment Factory Collapse

"Bangladesh is tragically known for its lack of proper building codes combined with out-of-control graft," Charles Kernaghan and Barbara Briggs with the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights reported.

Honeywell Acquiring RAE Systems for $340 Million

"RAE Systems' geographic, manufacturing, and distribution footprint, especially in high-growth countries like China, will help to make our already strong gas detection portfolio an even greater global franchise in a very good industry," said Mark Levy, president and CEO of Honeywell Life Safety.

FDA Patient Network Website Launched

Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, M.D., says the site is an interactive tool for educating patients, patient advocates, and consumers on how medications and medical devices "move from the realm of idea to the realm of the marketplace."

Study Finds No Benefit in Voice-to-Text Technology

Drivers' response times were just as delayed and their performance just as affected by it as by standard texting, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute found.

Rental Company Fined in Crane Overturn Fatality

OSHA has cited Hawthorne Pacific Corp. for 13 alleged serious violations and two other-than-serious violations.

This pictogram represents chemicals that cause skin corrosion or burns, eye damage, or that are corrosive to metals.

5 Tips for Managing the Messy Transition to GHS

Safety professionals are finding that the more time they spend with the revised standard looking at training, the more questions they have about GHS adoption in general.

Another Compounding Pharmacy in Trouble

All health care facilities and health care providers that have received sterile products from Balanced Solutions should quarantine the products and follow the recall instructions from Balanced Solutions, according to FDA.

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