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Occupational health and safety professionals may not immediately see the link between employee engagement and safety, but it exists. If an employee doesn’t feel engaged with their work, they also may not be sufficiently motivated to stay safe.
Here’s a look at why safer employers are engaged workers and vice versa.

Full article: How employee engagement leads to better safety
Source: Safety Best Practices

In a quick and energetic discussion Tuesday morning, Albert Roth of BSI EHS Services & Solutions offered tips on ergonomics programs. He discussed how to simplify ergonomic safety concepts, fun training techniques and problem solving.
He stressed the idea of “keeping it simple.”

Full article: Fun with ergonomics
Source: Safety Best Practices

It’s National Forklift Safety Day, designated as such by The Industrial Truck Association (ITA), which uses it as an opportunity for the industry to educate customers, policymakers, and government officials about the safe use of forklifts and the importance of proper operator training.

Full article: It’s National Forklift Safety Day
Source: Safety Best Practices

Total Worker Health is an area of emerging importance for safety professionals in which ASSP has designated a task force. When done right, the benefits to business and to employees include lower risk, collaborative employee-employer engagements and fewer injuries, ASSP says. In short, TWH can lead to a more sustainable workforce.

Full article: An update on Total Worker Health
Source: Safety Best Practices

While educational is a must, making connections is often the most valuable aspect of attending Safety 2019.
The conference is expected to draw 5,000 OSH professionals, each bringing unique experiences and expertise to the conference. This is a great opportunity to meet and converse with like-minded safety professionals, look for potential employers and employees, and expand your knowledge.

Full article: It’s all about the networking
Source: Safety Best Practices

Construction workers are at risk of death or serious injury if they enter an unprotected trench and the walls col¬lapse. A trench is defined as a narrow underground excavation that is deeper than it is wide, and is no wider than 15 feet or 4.5 meters [OSHA]. Hazards associated with trench work and excavation are well defined and preventable.

Full article: Preventing trenching fatalities
Source: Safety Best Practices

Cal/OSHA is reminding all employers to protect their outdoor workers from
heat illness as temperatures rise throughout California. The National Weather Service
has issued heat advisories for triple-digit temperatures today in Fresno, Kern, Kings and
Tulare counties and forecasts high heat throughout inland parts of the state next week.

Full article: Cal/OSHA to employers: Protect outdoor workers from heat
Source: Safety Best Practices

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), some 22 million U.S. workers are currently exposed to hazardous noise conditions. Excessive workplace noise is linked not only to hearing loss, but also to a host of other medical conditions, including cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, arteriosclerosis, and coronary heart disease (CHD).

Full article: How Modesto wastewater treatment plant eliminated excessive noise
Source: Safety Best Practices

A report on workers comp claims by Colorado teens sheds some light on what are common workplace injuries for young workers across the U.S.
Pinnacol Assurance, which provides workers’ compensation protection to 57,000 Colorado employers, analyzed its claims history for workers under 20. The company found that more than 380 Colorado teens were injured or became ill last year because of their summer jobs.

Full article: Summer jobs can be hazardous to teen workers’ safety
Source: Safety Best Practices

Full article: Communicable & infectious diseases on the rise in the U.S.
Source: Safety Best Practices