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The Truth About Accident Prevention
From a recent issue of the Safety Daily Advisor: Common sense tells us that there are two basic approaches to preventing accidents: Controlling the work environment Managing the attitude and behavior of employees
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Electrical Safety Month: The Importance of Safety in the Home and in the Workplace
From a recent post at EHS Today: The president of the Electrical Safety Foundation International explains two campaigns created to save lives. The “Be in the Know about the New” campaign addresses latest residential technologies, while “How Do You Know?” … Continue reading
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Study Links Safety Investments with Improved Performance and Productivity
From a recent issue of the Safety Daily Advisor: If you need some more ammunition to convince your top management and managers throughout your organization of the value of investing dollars and time in workplace safety and health, you’ll be … Continue reading
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Fighting Impulsive Behavior: What Are the Risks, What Are the Solutions?
From a recent issue of the Safety Daily Advisor: Some years back, researchers working for NIOSH published an article in The Behavior Analyst entitled "Impulsive Choice and Workplace Safety." The researchers, Brady Reynolds and Ryan M. Schiffbauer, had this comment … Continue reading
Celebrating NAOSH Week May 6-12
From a recent post at EHS Today: With a theme this year of “Safety, What Every Business Needs,” the 2012 North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week kicked off May 6 for a week of events stressing the importance … Continue reading
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NIOSH: Many Female Victims of Workplace Homicide Were Intimate with their Killers
From a recent post at EHS Today: A new NIOSH study finds that nearly one-quarter of working women who are the victims of workplace homicide are killed by an intimate partner.
58 Workers Died on the Job in Massachusetts in 2011
From a recent post at EHS Today: The 2012 Dying for Work in Massachusetts: The Loss of Life and Limb in Massachusetts Workplaces report reveals that 58 workers died on the job in the commonwealth in 2011; an estimated 580 … Continue reading
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‘How Ready Are You?’ Asks Ready Business
From a recent issue of the Safety Daily Advisor: That’s the rationale behind a comprehensive U.S. government campaign called Ready Business, operated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), part of the Department of Homeland Security.
Safety: It’s Really All About Teamwork
From a recent issue of the Safety Daily Advisor: The following information is excerpted from an article entitled "Team + Work = Safety" published a while back in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine and Aviation Operations Safety and … Continue reading
It Takes Teamwork to Prevent Workplace Accidents
From a recent issue of the Safety Daily Advisor: In a safe workplace, there are lots of teams working together. There’s your safety management team. There are employees teaming up with co-workers formally and informally to protect one another. There … Continue reading
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