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Using Total Cost Assessment to Prove Value of Safety Initiatives
Convincing senior management to invest in safety initiatives can be an uphill battle, especially when the initiative isn’t specifically required by law. Of course, demonstrating that the initiative will cut costs and/or boost revenues is a great way to sell it to the business people who control the purse strings. But doing so is easier [...]
Showing How Safety Coordinator Training Improves Compliance
Convincing senior management to invest in training workers and supervisors is a relatively easy task because such training is often expressly required by OHS laws. But the same can’t be said of training for safety coordinators like you. Why, senior management might ask, should the company divert scarce training resources to you if it’s not [...]
John McCain
The conventional view, fostered by labor unions and the Democrats, is that Republicans are in the pocket of the big corporations and prefer a weaker OSHA. Of course, that’s a gross and unfair oversimplification.
Bush’s OSHA is considerably different from Clinton’s, most significantly in its lack of interest in promulgating new standards. However, on the enforcement [...]
Getting Money for Ergonomics Improvements, Part 1 of 2
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), such as carpal tunnel syndrome and chronic back pain, cost companies a fortune in workers’ compensation costs, lost work days and decreased productivity. But ergonomic improvements that can reduce or eliminate MSDs aren’t cheap. And, despite the growing body of studies demonstrating that MSDs are easier and cheaper to prevent than to [...]
Who’s ‘Qualified’ to Work Near Electrical Hazards, Part 3 of 4
Last week, we looked at what triggers the requirement that work be performed by a qualified person. Now, continuing our analysis of the scope of the electrical regulations and standards, let’s examine what it means to be “qualified.”
What Makes a Person ‘Qualified’
To be qualified, a person must be familiar through training or experience with the [...]
