Conducting a job hazard analysis helps both employers and employees identify potential dangers in the workplace, making it easier to prepare against occupational hazards, from the most common to the most severe.
Full article: White Paper | 4 Steps tp Conducting a Job Hazard Analysis
Source: Safety Best Practices
Safety Leadership: Using artificial intelligence to identify serious injury and fatality potential
“Under the right circumstances, AI can achieve an acceptable level of accuracy in classifying SIFp based on an analysis of case narratives,” says Don Groover of DEKRA.
Full article: Safety Leadership: Using artificial intelligence to identify serious injury and fatality potential
Source: Safety Leadership
OHS professionals have an active role in diversity and inclusion within workplaces
CEOs Action for Diversity & Inclusion (1) state that “… diversity and inclusion are multifaceted issues and that we need to tackle these subjects holistically to better engage and support all underrepresented groups within business.”
Full article: OHS professionals have an active role in diversity and inclusion within workplaces
Source: Safety Best Practices
Safety Leadership: The false dichotomy of the ‘systems vs. culture’ debate
“It’s not an ‘either/or’ question,” says Rebecca Timmins of DEKRA.
Full article: Safety Leadership: The false dichotomy of the ‘systems vs. culture’ debate
Source: Safety Leadership
OHS pros need to consider all helpful vs harmful arguments
“First do no harm” is a fundamental ethical principle practiced among physicians and related healthcare professions throughout the world. OHS pros should be aware of its concepts.
Full article: OHS pros need to consider all helpful vs harmful arguments
Source: Safety Best Practices
Safety Leadership: Chronic unease: A state of mind to manage safety risks
“When leaders awaken their anticipation skills, it improves their ability to identify potential risk,” Mike Snyder from DEKRA says.
Full article: Safety Leadership: Chronic unease: A state of mind to manage safety risks
Source: Safety Leadership
Chemical risk communication with carbon dioxide as an example
OHS pros should know of chemical health and safety risk beyond the basics of what may be found in a safety data sheet.
Full article: Chemical risk communication with carbon dioxide as an example
Source: Safety Best Practices
Reducing the risk of MSDs from overhead work: New resources
Waterloo, Ontario — Overhead work is associated with shoulder injuries. New resources from the Center of Research Expertise for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders, also known as CRE-MSD, are intended to help employers and workers address MSD risks caused by overhead work.
Full article: Reducing the risk of MSDs from overhead work: New resources
Source: Safety Info-Graphics
Can PWFA transform how OHS is practiced?
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (H.R. 1065, February 2021) is being fast-tracked into federal law. The bill has wide bipartisan support. President Biden campaigned on the law’s passage.
Full article: Can PWFA transform how OHS is practiced?
Source: Safety Best Practices
Safety Leadership: It’s time to rethink incident investigations
“We’re challenging the paradigm that treats every incident as though it’s unique,” say Don Groover and Mike Snyder of DEKRA.
Full article: Safety Leadership: It’s time to rethink incident investigations
Source: Safety Leadership