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May, 2006
Fixing What’s Wrong With Disaster Planning, Part 1 of 2
With hurricane season just two weeks away, prudent safety directors should be reviewing their disaster recovery (DR) plans. Hurricane Katrina serves as a dramatic reminder of the need for pre-disaster planning. It also illustrates the importance of accounting for all threats including intentional acts, natural disasters and catastrophic accidents in your planning. Apparently, however, a [...]
The Law of Cell Phones, Part 1 of 2
It should be a no-brainer:
Traffic accidents are the leading cause of workplace deaths;
Talking on cell phones is a distraction;
Employees who talk on cell phones when they drive are more likely to get into serious traffic accidents than employees who concentrate on their driving.
The logical conclusion: Companies that are serious about preventing traffic accidents should ban [...]
Reaching Job-Seeking Nirvana, Part 1 of 2
Dear SafetyXChange Members,
The “war for talent” is on and companies are searching for that most elusive quarry: the Passive Candidate. What is a Passive Candidate? The passive candidate is the candidate everybody wants but who isn’t even looking. It’s the ultimate, the gold standard. How can you become the passive candidate? This series [...]
How to Delegate Tasks, Part 1 of 2
For most safety pros, the key to success is producing results – tangible evidence that employee safety and health is being improved to the benefit of the company. But how can a safety department, especially a small or one-person staff, produce results when there are so many regulations to comply with, and day-to-day routine tasks [...]
Justifying an Investment in Ergonomics, Part 2 of 2
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the Rodney Dangerfield of injuries: They get no respect. That’s too bad because MSDs deserve respect. They now make up about one-third of all reported lost-time injuries; they also tend to be expensive to treat. Last week, in Part 1 of this series, we looked at why so many CEOs resist [...]
How to Cut Landscaping Hazards Down to Size
If you’re into landscaping - whether professionally or at home - this is a busy time of year. Just be careful out there. Landscaping and gardening can be dangerous. In 2002, there were 70 fatalities in America’s ornamental shrub and tree services industry and 637 fatalities in the industry from 1992-2002. That’s an average of 58 deaths [...]
Edwin Foulkes OSHA
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., took over as head of OSHA on April 3. Thus, after a nearly 16-month hiatus, the agency has a full-time leader once more. What can we expect in the first year of the Foulke regime? A recent speech by Foulke’s predecessor, interim Secretary Jonathan L. Snare, offers several clues.
On March 8, [...]
Of Baseball Cards and Bonuses
Dear SafetyXChange Members,
I was never a little boy. But I did collect baseball cards when I was a kid. Some of my most vivid memories of those days come from trading cards with my pals. My goal was to persuade my trading partner to relinquish a card of a treasured player missing from my collection. [...]
When Safety Goes Up In Smoke
Oil and gas companies across North America are working furiously. While the demand for their product shows no sign of cracking, the same cannot be said for the worker who produces it. To remain energized through grueling shifts of up to 16 hours a day, oil and gas industry workers are smoking, snorting, ingesting or [...]
Justifying an Investment in Ergonomics, Part 1 of 2
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) such as carpal tunnel syndrome and back strains are costing U.S. and Canadian companies a fortune. They’re responsible for one-third of all workplace injuries. And this may be a conservative estimate since these injuries often go unreported. To make matters worse, MSDs are among the most expensive and complicated to treat. They [...]
