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September, 2007
When Preparing for Emergencies Don’t Forget the Family Pet
When addressing disaster preparedness with your workers, remind them to include their pets in their family emergency plans. Although it might seem trivial to talk about pets – especially on the sixth anniversary of 9/11 – it’s anything but. Protecting the family pet involves more than simply the safety of the dog, cat or other [...]
Recordkeeping Requirements
One of the things I like about OSHA is that the agency answers its mail. More precisely, OSHA fields questions from constituents and issues public letters explaining how it interprets parts of the law. A couple of recent OSHA interpretation letters clear up some confusing issues relating to recordkeeping. Here’s a summary.
LETTER 1
ISSUE
Recording Injuries to [...]
Don’t Let Digital Dirt Derail Your Job Search
Dear SafetyXChange Members:
As the job market tightens and the cost of recruiting and retaining senior-level talent rises, an increasing number of recruiters and hiring managers are using Internet search engines to screen and eliminate job candidates. If you’re in or are about to enter the job market, you need to be aware of this trend [...]
Hazardous Materials Handling, Part 2 of 3: HMMT
Last week, we looked at the Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) designation and what an individual must do to achieve and retain it. This week, we’ll review another program offered by the Institute of Hazardous Materials Management: the Hazardous Materials Manager-in-Training Program (HMMT).
What is an HMMT?
The HMMT program is not a certified level, but an [...]
Part 1 of 3, Why They Arouse So Much Emotion
For more than 20 years, there has been no more hotly-debated issue in safety than safety incentive programs. Are incentives, recognition and award programs good? Bad? Harmful? Flawed? Or just bad practice? It seems like just about everybody in the industry has an opinion and a real-life “war story” to back it up. The purpose [...]
Practice Makes Perfect
You know the old joke about the guy in New York City who’s lost and turns to a police officer to ask: “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?”
The officer’s response: “Practice, practice, practice.”
The same principles apply to emergency evacuation. How do we safely get out of a building?
Answer: Practice, practice, practice.
The Importance of Practice
Anyone [...]
