Since mind not on task is bound to happen if you know how to do something well, there is much more “leverage” or efficiency in getting people to put more effort than they are currently making (none) into improving their safety-related habits.
Full article: How we lose safety judgment & skill development
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The toughest job in safety? It could be cleaning up toxic messes
The OSHA standards below require employers to certify training. Which requires “A written certificate shall be given to each person so certified”?
Full article: The toughest job in safety? It could be cleaning up toxic messes
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Safety Leadership: Seven practices of great safety leaders
“For a leader to be willing to do the things that are necessary to transform the organization, he or she must take safety personally,” says Jim Spigener, chief client officer at DEKRA Organizational Safety and Reliability.
Full article: Safety Leadership: Seven practices of great safety leaders
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How to prevent your employees from driving distracted
Distracted driving occurs any time you take your eyes off the road, hands off the wheel, and mind off your primary task: driving safely. Any non-driving activity you engage in is a potential distraction and increases your risk of being involved in a motor vehicle crash.
Full article: How to prevent your employees from driving distracted
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NSC urges employers to practice active shooter drills with staff.
The recent active shooter incident at the Molson Coors facility in Milwaukee was not an isolated incident. According to the National Safety Council (NSC), assaults are the second leading cause of workplace deaths and account for more than 16,000 injuries each year.
“Thankfully active shooter events are still rare but when they happen, they are terrifying and can turn deadly in seconds,” according to the organization.
Full article: NSC urges employers to practice active shooter drills with staff.
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DOL's construction safety advisory committee to discuss opioids, suicide
A pair of trending topics will be on the agenda at tomorrow’s meeting of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) Workgroups. The Emerging and Current Issues workgroup will meet from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST to discuss opioids and suicides in construction.
Full article: DOL’s construction safety advisory committee to discuss opioids, suicide
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New Campbell Institute research guides employers on how to prevent serious injuries and fatalities
The Campbell Institute, the global center of EHS excellence at the National Safety Council (NSC), has released a new white paper, Designing Strategy for Serious Injury and Fatality Prevention, the second in its series on this emerging safety trend. The report shares the perspectives of 11 Institute member and partner organizations on a variety of topics surrounding the development of their serious injury and fatality (SIF) prevention strategies and long-term goals, including metrics, tools, communication and performance.
Full article: New Campbell Institute research guides employers on how to prevent serious injuries and fatalities
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Training is key when working at height
No fall protection equipment — regardless of how effective — can save an employee who is not properly trained in its use. Therefore, to maintain a safe and productive environment for workers at height, proper fall protection training is the first and most important step in your fall protection program.
Full article: Training is key when working at height
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CPR goes high-tech
A high-quality telecommunicator CPR (T-CPR) program can save more lives from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and strengthen the chain of survival, according to a new advisory from the American Heart Association (AHA) published in Circulation, a journal of the AHA, today.
Each year in the United States, an estimated 350,000 people experience sudden cardiac arrest in out-of-hospital environments. Sudden cardiac arrest is the unexpected loss of heart function, breathing and consciousness and commonly the result of an electric disturbance in the heart.
Full article: CPR goes high-tech
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