The increase in recent years in heavy downpours, severe flooding and other severe weather events caused by climate change keeps electricians busy making repairs. It also keeps them in danger. Electrocutions are the fifth leading cause of all reported occupational deaths.
Full article: Backfeeding a danger to electricians
Source: Safety Best Practices
Eyes on the road, hands on the wheel, mind on one task
On April 3, I represented the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) at an event kicking off Distracted Driving Awareness Month and California Teen Driver Safety Week, in Sacramento. I challenged California to lead the nation in acting on NTSB’s 2011 recommendation to ban the non-emergency driver use of portable electronic devices that do not support the driving task.
Full article: Eyes on the road, hands on the wheel, mind on one task
Source: Safety Best Practices
“He’s not the messiah” – How interdependent teamwork tackles the them and us safety culture
The Monty Python fans among you will instantly picture the scene from “The Life of Brian” movie. The massed crowd outside their new-found saviour’s ramshackle bedroom window arguing over their individuality with their new “Messiah” Brian and his mother.
But it would take a ‘serious’ movie geek to remember the next few lines when in unison the crowd chant “Yes we are all different” only to be answered by a lone wavering dissenting voice shouting “I’m not.”
Full article: “He’s not the messiah” – How interdependent teamwork tackles the them and us safety culture
Source: Safety Best Practices
Hazmat Shipping Best Practices: Must-have hazmat shipping paperwork
Your hazardous materials are out the door—safely shipped off by highway, rail, air, or vessel. With the shipment gone, the paperwork you generated is your proof that you followed the regulations properly and did your part to comply.
Full article: Hazmat Shipping Best Practices: Must-have hazmat shipping paperwork
Source: Safety Best Practices
Safety Leadership: Workplace safety requires leaders invested in the long run
“Companies that fail in safety often are those that limit their strategy to ‘quick-fix’ approaches with no long-term vision of what they’re aiming to achieve,” says Guillermo Díaz of DEKRA Organizational Safety and Reliability, who poses five questions to safety leaders.
Full article: Safety Leadership: Workplace safety requires leaders invested in the long run
Source: Safety Leadership
Wyoming nursing facility scores a zero – in a good way
A skilled nursing facility in Cheyenne, Wyoming has achieved injuries, illnesses and lost days that are dramatically below the average for their industry since it began working with Wyoming OSHA Consultation.
From 2016 through 2017, the Davis Hospice Center’s Total Recordable Case Rate (TRC) rate was zero, and their Days Away from Work, Job Transfer and Restriction (DART) rate was also zero. These rates are astounding when discussing the healthcare industry and health and safety challenges they face.
Full article: Wyoming nursing facility scores a zero – in a good way
Source: Safety Best Practices
CPR issues guide to help workers reduce toxic exposures
Every day, an average of 137 workers in the United States lose their lives to diseases and
illnesses caused by on-the-job exposures to hazards like silica dust, asbestos, and a wide variety
of toxic chemicals. That means every year, roughly 50,000 people die from occupational
illnesses, and the toll is likely much higher because of underreporting and incomplete statistics.
Full article: CPR issues guide to help workers reduce toxic exposures
Source: Safety Best Practices
Get ready for the National Safety Stand-Down: Free resources available
Washington — NIOSH, OSHA and the Center for Construction Research and Training – also known as CPWR – are offering a number of free online resources to help employers prepare for the sixth annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction, set to take place May 6-10.
Full article: Get ready for the National Safety Stand-Down: Free resources available
Source: Safety Info-Graphics
What is the National Safety Stand-Down?
The 6th annual National Safety Stand-Down to prevent falls takes place the week of May 6-10, 2019.
The Stand-Down was conceived by OSHA in 2014 as part of the National Falls Campaign to raise awareness surrounding the severity of fall hazards in construction and the importance of preventing them.
In a construction setting, the term “safety stand-down” is used to describe a wide variety of activities where normal work is paused and the entire site focuses on a particular safety issue.
Full article: What is the National Safety Stand-Down?
Source: Safety Best Practices
Weekly news round-up
A downside of telemedicine visits, a safety coordinator and another manager indicted for obstructing an OSHA workplace fatality investigation and smartphone lessons from GM’s ban on using them while walking. These were among the top stories featured on ISHN.com this week.
Full article: Weekly news round-up
Source: Safety Best Practices