18
2015
Get Out Those Markers, Crayons and Video Cameras to Celebrate Workplace Safety!
It is time once again for students around the world to sharpen their pencils and charge up their video cameras as the American Society of Safety Engineers announces the kick-off of its 2015 Workplace Safety Poster and Video Contest in recognition of North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week. ASSE is inviting children ages 5 to 13 to create posters and children 14 to…
16
2015
World Health Day 2015 Focused on Food Safety
The World Health Organization is marking World Health Day 2015 on April 7 and has focused it on food safety. Unsafe food is linked to the deaths of an estimated 2 million people annually, many of whom are children, according to the UN agency, which notes that food containing harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites, or chemical substances is responsible for more than 200 diseases, ranging from…
12
2015
Major News Organizations to Reveal New Freelancer Safety Guidelines
A coalition of prominent news outlets and journalism advocacy groups Thursday will release a set of guidelines at Columbia Journalism School for the protection of freelancers.… The recommendations, which will have the support of several prominent wire service organizations including The Associated Press and the Agence France-Presse, set forth best practices for both freelancers and the news organizations that employ them. Data collected by the…
11
2015
HERE’S A CAUTIONARY TALE FOR WORKERS. John Capanna had a bright future at the age of 20. He was already a crew chief for his employer — a good job. Then, a workplace explosion burned over 90% of his body. Capanna worked for a contractor that had been hired by an oil refinery in Paulsboro, NJ. … Oct. 5, 1979 was his last day on…
09
2015
Identify and prioritize risk in your safety inspection program
As OSHA’s website states, “The most widely accepted way to identify hazards is to conduct safety and health inspections.” Conducting safety inspections is a routine task that is, at its core, an activity designed to decrease risk across your business. Yet few companies have a safety inspection program in place that adequately identifies and prioritizes risk. The reality is that risk comes in many forms,…
05
2015
The Cost of a Healthy Workplace
Keeping a business running smoothly isn’t just about hiring the right people. You also need to keep those workers healthy. Failing to do so can be a costly mistake. “The health and safety of the American workforce is vital to the U.S. economy,” said L. Casey Chosewood, director of the Office for Total Worker Health at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health at…
04
2015
Trust plays important role in return-to-work, research group says
Cambridge, MA – Trust is an important predictor of whether an injured employee will return to work, according to new studies from the Workers Compensation Research Institute. In surveys conducted in Arkansas, Connecticut, Iowa and Tennessee, WCRI asked injured workers whether they were worried about being fired as a result of their injury. Between 34 percent and 45 percent of respondents reported being “somewhat” or…
03
2015
The 2-second distraction that lasts longer than 2 seconds
You’re driving, and your attention is drawn away for two seconds to your navigation screen or cell phone. After those two seconds you’re focused on the road again – or are you? New research shows that taking your eyes off the road for just two seconds has an impact that lasts longer. The Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety study shows in-vehicle glances as brief as…
29
2015
Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Create Single Food Safety Agency
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) have introduced bills in Congress that would establish a single, independent federal food safety agency. Food safety oversi…ght is currently split up among 15 agencies in the Departments of Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Commerce. The Safe Food Act of 2015 introduced Wednesday in both houses of Congress would consolidate all the authorities for food…
28
2015
California’s Abusive Conduct Training and the Age of Social Media
Abusive conduct in the workplace has the opposite effect of ethical and moral behavior in the workplace. Now, it has become clear that abusive and ethical behavior in workpl…aces affect organizations outside the workplace, because these behaviors show up in social media and can have favorable or unfavorable affects. Social media sites publish positive and negative reviews for products, restaurants, movies, hotels, foreign tours and…