Topping the list for the 10th successive year is Fall Protection – General Requirements. Also: The Top 10 “willful” and “serious” violations, a list of the year’s highest penalties, and a Q&A with OSHA’s Patrick Kapust.
Full article: OSHA’s Top 10 most cited violations for FY 2020
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Does an abundance of titles hurt the OHS practice?
If the CIH and CSP are high-water marks for quality, what are the lowest quality OHS credentials? The constant flux of the unregulated OHS credential market along with hazy transparency and other issues e.g., no standard benchmark makes this an impossible question to answer.
Full article: Does an abundance of titles hurt the OHS practice?
Source: Safety Best Practices
Safety Leadership: Commit to a culture of learning
“Learning organizations don’t need to experience a catastrophe to understand how to prevent one from happening,” says Sarah Eck of DEKRA North America.
Full article: Safety Leadership: Commit to a culture of learning
Source: Safety Leadership
Why is there OHS malaise in the U.S.?
Federal OSHA is stagnant and ill-prepared to regulate future risks. OSHA has only 1,850 inspectors to cover 8 million U.S. workplaces. OSHA has no regulations for rising concerns such as infectious disease, EMFs, psychosocial hazards, or ergonomics.
Full article: Why is there OHS malaise in the U.S.?
Source: Safety Best Practices
Safety Leadership: Reducing catastrophic incident potential via enhanced human performance reliability
“Telling people to stop making errors or leadership applying discipline won’t improve performance error,” says Matt Hargrove of DEKRA Organizational Safety and Reliability.
Full article: Safety Leadership: Reducing catastrophic incident potential via enhanced human performance reliability
Source: Safety Leadership
An interpretation of PWFA laws
Workplace hazards today are broad and complex. Where specificity of law is absent or ambiguous, such as workplace safety for Covid-19, OSHA’s “General Duty” clause, section (5)(a)(1) of the OSH Act, becomes an enforcement incentive.
Full article: An interpretation of PWFA laws
Source: Safety Best Practices
Safety Leadership: Prevent catastrophic incidents: 5 aspects of organizational performance
Instead of asking, “Can it happen here?” ask, “How can it happen here?” says Mike Snyder, managing director for DEKRA North America’s process safety practice.
Full article: Safety Leadership: Prevent catastrophic incidents: 5 aspects of organizational performance
Source: Safety Leadership
Consider moving beyond OSHA in OHS annual plans
Covid-19 has a silver lining. This is an opportune time to demonstrate your skills to move “beyond OSHA” for those that see advantages in this direction.
Full article: Consider moving beyond OSHA in OHS annual plans
Source: Safety Best Practices
Safety Leadership: Can you develop safety leaders remotely?
“Yes,” says Don Groover, general manager of DEKRA North America, who shares tips.
Full article: Safety Leadership: Can you develop safety leaders remotely?
Source: Safety Leadership
House passes Pregnant Workers Act
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) H.R. 2694 passed the U.S. House of Representatives in September by a vote of 329 to 73. At the time of this writing it is uncertain if the Senate, followed by President Trump’s signature, has passed the PWFA into law.
Full article: House passes Pregnant Workers Act
Source: Safety Best Practices