Ivanka Trump’s upcoming (May 2017) book, “Women who work: Rewriting the Rules for Success” contains an unwritten message for the demographic mean 53-year-old male OSH pro: “you need to change with the times.”
Full article: Time to rewrite safety rules
Source: Safety Best Practices
Compliance bias is the belief that U.S. government mandates such as OSHA regulations are sufficient for most organizations to achieve injury and illness prevention objectives. This bias is outdated and dead wrong.
Full article: We’re blinded by compliance bias
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2017 will be a particularly challenging year for occupational safety and health program improvement.
Full article: 2017 will be a challenging year for pros
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Occupational safety and health pros can participate in these trends while enhancing their safety and health skills.
Full article: Test your physical stamina
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The EPA established a final rule on June 13, 2016 (effective compliance date January 1, 2018) to revise reporting requirements under section 311 and 312 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.1
Full article: Genetic defect risks worry employees
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The following is an overview and summary on how these rules (41 CFR Part 60-20) impact safety and health among the Federal government contractor workforce.
Full article: Feds set new rules against sex discrimination
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Passed Congress this spring and awaiting President Obama’s signature, the Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act1 modernizes the 40-year-old Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) that was the cornerstone of chemical management in the United States
Full article: Are your ready for EPA’s updated Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) law?
Source: Safety Best Practices
Newsflash: None of us are getting out of this world alive. It is just a matter of how and when we die. Can you decipher the medical shorthand below?
Full article: I wasn’t prepared to prevent my heart attack
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Technology and ingenuity have advanced today where reasonable accommodations may allow almost any worker to be productive and safe while performing almost any job.
Full article: Expect workers in their 60s & 70s ill with chronic diseases
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The United Nations Human Rights Council will release a report in June, 2016 to dispel the “myth” that U.S. women enjoy rights and protections under law consistent with international standards
Full article: Busting the maternity leave myth
Source: Safety Best Practices
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