Washington – How can the federal workers’ compensation system balance the needs of injured workers with the wise use of taxpayer funds? The question was debated during a May 20 hearing convened by the House Workforce Protections Subcommittee.
Full article: House hearing debates federal workers’ comp system
Source: Workers’ compensation
Portable fan
The 12-Inch Axial Fan, model number CVF-12AC, is a rugged, lightweight polyethylene fan designed to accommodate a variety of applications at demanding jobsites.
Full article: Portable fan
Source: Facility safety
Safety Leadership: Is your personal brand helping your safety leadership?
Steven Luttrull and Jennifer McKelvey from DEKRA Insight offer guidance on understanding and developing your personal brand to improve job performance, satisfaction and effectiveness.
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Source: Safety Leadership
Padlocks
To better help customers with security coding efforts for different work site locations, departments and employee identification, Master Lock has introduced six vividly brilliant colors for its durable 6121 ProSeries Weather Tough Padlock.
Full article: Padlocks
Source: Lockout/tagout
Safety Leadership: Putting safety leadership in the path of supervisors’ work
Great safety leaders change the culture for the better, but how they impact culture change depends on a leader’s unique role. For front-line supervisors and managers, becoming a great safety leader is a special challenge.
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Source: Safety Leadership
OSHA: Workers bearing more injury, illness costs
Washington – The financial burden of workplace injuries and illnesses increasingly has shifted to the worker, deepening social inequalities, according to a report released March 4 from OSHA.
Full article: OSHA: Workers bearing more injury, illness costs
Source: Workers’ compensation
Universal cable lockout
The Safelex Universal Cable Lockout with Integrated Hasp is a lockout device designed to meet unique industry needs and allow safety professionals to better protect employees from energy releases during equipment maintenance.
Full article: Universal cable lockout
Source: Lockout/tagout
Safety Leadership: Applying behavior-based safety to serious and fatal injury prevention
For years, organizations have sought to understand the growing gap between incident rates that have steadily declined across industry and fatality rates that have not. The answers have challenged the conventional wisdom on accident causation.
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Source: Safety Leadership
Salary Survey 2014
Safety+Health presents the results of its 2014 Salary Survey of safety professionals. How does your salary stack up?
Full article: Salary Survey 2014
Source: Performance measurement
ATRI ranks states for trucking safety and enforcement performance
Arlington, VA – Maryland tops a list of states that show “superior safety and enforcement performance” regarding commercial motor vehicles, according to the American Transportation Research Institute.
Full article: ATRI ranks states for trucking safety and enforcement performance
Source: Performance measurement