2012 Video of the Week #17 – Sea Crane Accident
A bad day for a lift! High seas and wind are a recipe for a bad day when it comes to making a lift!
OSHA TRAINING REQUIREMENTS (presentation from OSHA)
{jcomments on}A presentation by John Newquist, Assistant Regional Adminstrator, at the Waubonsee Safety Days Conference on March 14, 2012. A GREAT review of the General Industry Training requirements, including many standard specific listings. MANY THANKS to John for sharing with us. Click Here to download the pdf
Work-Related Burns in Michigan: First Annual Report (January 2009 – December 2009)
A Joint Report of Michigan State University and Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs and Michigan Department of Community HealthPrepared by: Joanna Kica, MPA, Martha Stanbury, MSPH, Doug Kalinowski, MS CIH, Kenneth Rosenman, MD Michigan State University’s Occupational and Environmental Medicine Division compiles data on work-related burns in the State of Michigan. This report is the first annual report on occupational burns in
Annual Review and Scheduled Modification to OSHA’s Administrative Penalty Policy
OSHA penalty policy was changed to revise size reductions to small employers under 25 employees. They will get a 60% size reduction vs. 40% now. Click Here for the OSHA Memo (pdf).
If You Want Happiness – A Chinese Proverb
If You Want Happiness -A Chinese Proverb If you want happiness for an hour – Take a nap! If you want happiness for a day – Go Fishing! If you want happiness for a month – Get Married! If you want happiness for a year – Inherit a Fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime – Help Others! MANY
Permit-Required Confined Space Emergency Response: Assessing Employer and Fire Department Practices (Cal-Berkley)
An emergency response plan for industrial permit-required confined space entry is essential for employee safety and is legally required. However, maintaining a trained confined space rescue team is costly and technically challenging. Some employers turn to public fire departments to meet their emergency response requirements. The confined space emergency response practices of employers and fire
Disconnect for Electrical-Discharge Lighting Existing Fluorescent Luminaire
This was shared in one of the safety groups I participate in and I am not sure how I feel about this. Your thoughts/concerns? Would you let this device be used in your organization? Do you feel it replaces LOTO? Any safety people been approached by electrical workers wanting to use these? Anyone have first
The finer points of OSHA’s and EPA’s Management of Change requirements
My Management of Change (MOC) presentation today at the BWC Ohio Safety Congress. Click Here to download the pdf. Many thanks to the BWC (a “Partner in Safety” with SAFTENG for the past 7 years) for asking me to speak on Process Safety.
Are accidents the evil poison we make them out to be?
{jcomments on}We have all debated the “zero accident” goal philosophy and it is often times hard for safety professionals to grasp the thought that an accident may have benefits, but they can and often times do! Now I am in NO WAY advocating we go out and work unsafely so we can have an accident;
Employer Safety Incentive and Disincentive Policies and Practices
MAR 12 2012 MEMORANDUM FOR: REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS, WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM MANAGERS FROM: RICHARD E. FAIRFAX, Deputy Assistant Secretary SUBJECT: Employer Safety Incentive and Disincentive Policies and Practices Section 11(c) of the OSH Act prohibits an employer from discriminating against an employee because the employee reports an injury or illness. 29 CFR 1904.36. This memorandum is intended to provide
EPA cancels their July 2012 Public Access to RMPs
Greetings Everyone: A few months ago, I wrote to tell you about the EPA’s desire to re-establish public internet access for certain categories of information collected by the Risk Management Plan (RMP) Program. In that note, I wrote of the Agency’s intent (in the absence of negative feedback) to post this information online by July
41 Incidents & 1 Updates (3/27/12)
MANY THANKS to my NEW & RENEWING “Partners in Safety”for their support! since 2007 Since 2010 since 2006 2012 Fatality Tracker Electrical 16 (2011 = 81) (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift Mobile Equipment 11 (2011 = 84) (2010 = 110) (2009 = 88) Mining 25 (2011 = 248) (2010 = 480) (2009 =