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Don’t Let Lack of Buy-In Undermine Your IT ‘Solutions’
Implementing a new IT a new system that allows you to track work injuries in real time and identify the hazards that cause them is a pretty impressive accomplishment. Or so you’d think. Only some people may not be so impressed—like the personnel that have to receive employee reports and input [...]
A Blaze on the Water: The Morro Castle Fire
The Morro Castle was a ship built with great expectations. She would ship mail along the eastern seaboard, and be the luxurious cruise ship for millionaires and businessmen, couples and socialites and anyone who wished to enjoy the 59-hour stretch between New York and Cuba. From her christening in March 1930 to her destruction four [...]
Using Peer-to-Peer Education to Improve Your Safety Culture
Informal peer-help networks already exist in most workplaces. People are social creatures, with a powerful drive to interact and communicate, and in a work environment this often translates to employees with more experience or specialized skills offering guidance to their coworkers. Peer-to-peer safety education programs seek to broaden and strengthen these peer-help networks, and to [...]
September 12, 1940, The Hercules Munitions Plant Explosion
The Hercules Company explosives plant in Kenville, NJ, covered more than 1,200 acres and was a great place for local residents to find jobs during the Great Depression. But it was also a dangerous place to work. Accidents at the plant were common. In March 1934, 4 workers were killed in a packing house explosion [...]
Achievement Based Safety and the 21st Century Workplace
As the business world moves away from its industrial roots to an information and technology driven economy, health and safety strategies are bound to change. The challenge for safety professionals is to adapt. Those of us who continue to utilize the same tools and techniques of 25 years ago will be swept up. Let me [...]
Hispanics – Safety Study
A SafetyXChange member is working on his dissertation and needs your help.
“I need EHS professionals to participate in a survey. The survey and study focuses on Hispanic employees, their employers’ practices regarding employee safety, and the workplace, social and cultural factors contributing to injuries, underreporting, the evaluation of current prevention [...]
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Hurricane Katrina may haunt its victims for many years
7.7 million
What does this number represent?
Answer: The number of Americans 18-years-old and over who suffer from PTSD.
Here are some other PTSD statistics:
30% of all Vietnam veterans have experienced PTSD
120,000 children in Louisiana will develop PTSD and other anxiety disorders [...]
A Crossword Puzzle for Workers
Puzzled by Emergency Preparedness?
Looking for a fun way to increase your workers’ safety awareness? Test how much they know about emergency preparedness with this safety puzzle.
For more puzzles like this, go to www.safetysmartonline.com and click on the “Puzzles and Games” in the Training Tools Section. If you’re a subscriber to Safety Smart! Online, you’ll get [...]
Staying Safe During a Power Outage
We’re in peak hurricane season and one of the problems faced by people in the path of such storms is the loss of electricity. Many businesses and homes have back-up generators at the ready, not just for hurricane season but year-round. But these machines are not without their hazards. So here’s a Safety Talk to [...]
Hurricane Preparedness is in Your Hands
Hurricanes can cause substantial property damage, not to mention the injuries and loss of life that accompany the huge storms. This devastation can be caused by high winds, tornadoes, storms surges and inland flooding. There are many steps that you and your workers can take to reduce the effects of a hurricane, both at home [...]
