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August, 2005
Deciding Whether to Contest an OSHA Citation, Part 1
By James F. Laboe
A few weeks ago, Hal Engel wrote an article explaining how to file a Notice of Contest if you want to challenge an OSHA citation. (“Hang onto Your Right to Challenge an OSHA Citation,” SafetyXChange Compliance Weekly, July 11 and 18.) As a follow-up to Hal’s piece, I’d like to address the [...]
Relocation: Deciding Where to Move
By Lauryn Franzoni
In the workplace, you chart your own course. But one day, you may be considering a new job involving a move across town or across the country. It’s enough to rock anybody’s boat.
But a relocation decision doesn’t have to make you seasick. One way to make the experience less unsettling is [...]
Part 3, Identifying Critical Leadership Behaviors
By John Hidley
Last week, I discussed the first of three basics steps an organization can take to improve the effectiveness of its safety leadership – evaluating where you are and determining where you need to be. Today, I’ll discuss the second step – identifying critical leadership behaviors.
7 Leadership Best Practices
First an organization has to define [...]
The UnumProvident Corporation Wellness Program
By David Duncan
UnumProvident Corporation, a national insurer with offices in Chatanooga, Worcester, MA and Portland, ME provides group and individual disability income protection insurance. You’d expect a company like that to pay attention to the health of its own employees. So it’s not surprising that UnumProvident has been honored with a “Best Employers for [...]
The General Duty Clause
Let’s review what we’ve discussed in the first two parts of this series:
OSHA considers the risk of terrorist attack a workplace hazard but
an untraditional one;
There’s no OSHA Standard on terrorism and no plans to create one
OSHA’s policy is to offer assistance to employers and encourage rather
than force them to guard workers from [...]
Take This Job and Shove It
By Glenn Demby
Dear SafetyXChange Members:
Lauryn’s off this week so I’m filling in. Sorry about the rather indelicate title of this story. It’s a lyric from a popular song that I’m sure you’ve all heard. I decided to use it, and risk the ire of some of the more squeamish members of SafetyXChange, because [...]
Part 2, Connecting Leadership to Safety
By John Hidley
In Part 1 of this series, I described the signs of disconnect between an organization’s safety leaders and its work force. There are three basic steps an organization can take to build stronger leadership:
Evaluating where you are and determining where you need to be,
Identifying critical leadership behaviors, and
Implementing a leadership [...]
The Tale of the Good Company
By Richard Hawk
CHAPTER ONE
Once upon a time there was a big company. It was called Good Company and it had Good employees.
Everyone at Good Company worked hard and got paid on time. The parking lot was big enough for everybody’s car — even during the busiest of days. There were plenty of [...]
Preventing Injuries and Illnesses Away from the Job
By Neil Monkman
Last week’s Boy Scout Jamboree tragedy is a somber reminder that not all fatal accidents happen at work. Many of us practice safe work procedures on the job but forget those practices at home. This is somewhat understandable. At work, supervisors and safety managers are constantly watching us. But when we get home, [...]
HAZWOPER and Emergency Action Plans
By Glenn S. Demby
As noted last week, OSHA considers the threat of terrorist attack to be a workplace hazard but treats it as what former Secretary Henshaw characterizes as “a completely different case.” Accordingly, there is no OSHA standard on terrorism and no plans to create one. But that raises a key question:
How [...]
