Injury prevention - Articles - Page 52

Which precaution has the greatest potential?

April 12, 2016

Human nature involves risk taking; every human takes calculated risks on a daily basis. Safety is about removing risks, and thus competes with human nature. We can address this by trying to change human nature or by increasing the capacity to calculate risks more accurately.

Whatever happened to the I2P2 standard?

The rise and fall of OSHA’s most ambitious standard proposal

Dave Johnson

March 1, 2016

On June 14, 2010, Dr. David Michaels, the newly-appointed head of OSHA, gave a speech at the American Society of Safety Engineers’ annual conference in Baltimore.

What's your golden dog bone in safety?

David Sarkus MS, CSP

February 16, 2016

I recently heard a saying that I really like, “the dog with the bone is always in danger.” Most all of us have a “golden dog-bone” within our organizations – whether it be sales numbers, market share, profit numbers, new product alignment, employee turnover rates, quality, productivity, and yes, safety performance indicators.

Safety pros are obsessed about the wrong things

Phil La Duke

February 10, 2016

Since the advent of the safety function, it’s been borrowing tools from other disciplines and building practices based on data gleaned from the earliest research in industrial psychology.

UL Workplace Health & Safety releases free PPE training course

January 20, 2016

UL Workplace Health & Safety, the industry’s leading provider of workplace health and safety solutions, has released a complimentary training course on personal protective equipment (PPE).

Safe patient lifting bill on Congress' agenda

January 12, 2016

Congress is considering a bill that would force health care industry employers to develop safe patient handling policies.

Remind your workers to take safety home

John Drebinger Jr.

December 22, 2015

I often remind audiences more injuries occur off the job than at work. With all the focus we place on workplace safety, I think most people must not be aware of this fact. For many of my clients, their safety record is so good the safest part of their employees’ day begins when they go through the gate to work.

From NIOSH's Research Rounds bulletin

Slip-resistant shoes reduce food service workers’ compensation claims

November 30, 2015

Each year, food service businesses report that slips, trips, and falls are some of the most common causes of worker injury leading to time away from work. However, employers and workers can avoid slip, trips, and falls by keeping floors clean and dry, fixing flooring defects, using properly designed stairs and handrails, and, as a new study finds, by wearing slip-resistant shoes.

Shortcuts are here to stay – go with the flow!

Dominic Cooper Ph.D.

November 24, 2015

People are hard-wired to take shortcuts due to the balance between energy intake (i.e. food) and energy output (i.e. effort spent on an activity) which means we automatically take the “path of least resistance.”