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The article discusses tips on safety and health hazards in workplaces in the U.S. These safety tips include the installation of convex mirrors at intersections, the proper storage of heavy items, and the recognition of the symptoms of musculoskeletal disorders. The article also mentions the types of office injuries in different categories including falls and ergonomics injuries.

The article focuses on the wellness and safety of an employee in the U.S. It states the leading causes of unintentional death in the U.S. in 2006 include heart disease, cancer, and chronic lower respiratory disease. It mentions that workplace wellness programs must be practiced together with off-the-job safety programs in order to lead workers to a healthier working environment which can result to lesser costs and increase in productivity.

The article focuses on the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Top 10 most cited workplace violations for 2006. The standard covering general safety requirements for scaffolding is the most cited violation with 9,012 cases. The standard addressing chemical hazards is the second most cited violation with 6,704 cases. The third most cited violation is the standard that outlines where fall protection is required.

The article provides an overview of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) policy on employer-paid personal protective equipment (PPE) for workers. The PPE policy is based on the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 which states that employers are duty-bound to furnish workers a place of employment free from recognized hazards. The PPE workplace rules govern the industries of construction, shipyards, marine terminals and longshoring.

Discusses how comprehensive wellness programs in the U.S. are creating healthier workers and improving corporate profits. Significant culture change toward a focus on prevention; Increase in the number of employers encouraging lifestyle change through a health plan in 2004; Decrease in absenteeism of employees who participate in wellness programs; Cost savings; Growing awareness that largely preventable factors are driving health care cost increases; Integration of integrating safety and wellness; Multidisciplinary approach to health promotion. INSET: Feature at a Glance..

The article provides some insights into the significance of a strong occupational safety program to protect employees' health and well-being. Employees must be educated on safety work habits and on the use of protective equipment and safeguarding machinery to reduce workplace injuries and deaths. These deaths and injuries cost U.S. businesses almost $200 billion annually in lost productivity.

This article presents an interview with Richard Fairfax, director of U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Directorate of Enforcement Programs about issues and trends regarding the top hazards and violations agency inspectors encountered during fiscal year 2005-2006. He claims that violations cited by OSHA were issued against hazards that cause injuries and illnesses to workers. He explains the OSHA process of re-evaluating how the agency train its compliance officers.

The article discusses a report which noted the workplace violations and a lack of worker protections in the garment manufacturing industry in Los Angeles, California. Some of the findings in the 2015 study include majority of garment workers never received any health or safety training, workplaces were dusty and poor ventilation resulting to heat and dust accumulation.

The article discusses tips from Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) on how to manage food allergies in the workplace. Among the tips mentioned include the importance for workers to provide specific information about food allergy, explaining to co-workers on how they can help to prevent allergy, and the need for the management to consider offering a training session to educate their employees about food allergies.

The article reports on the new study being conducted by the University of Nottingham in England regarding the impact of business organization and culture on worker health and well-being. According to the school, over 500,000 people in Great Britain are reported to become ill for work-related stress in 2006 and 2007. Researcher Maria Karanika-Murray said few studies have been undertaken on the impact of organizational factor to the productivity of workers.

The article highlights the significance of key metrics and leading indicators in helping safety professionals focus on the positive aspects of promoting safety in the workplace. Although lagging indicators are important, they do not necessarily drive improvement in and of themselves. Leading indicators are conditions that precede and affect the incidence of workplace injuries and illnesses thus can help prevent accidents and enhance safety.

The article focuses on the efforts of the U.S. Department of Defense to evaluate military safety and health. The agency began by launching an extensive perception survey administered by the National Safety Council's Research and Statistical Services Department in 2005. The senior leaders had the most positive perception of the military's safety program. Nearly one-third of active duty respondents said increased stress levels and the intense pace of operations in the workplace were causing increased off-duty accidents.

Presents tips concerning industrial safety. Ways to minimize the effects of working in the cold; Precautions to prevent workplace injuries involving filing cabinets; Protection against silicosis; Ways to mitigate accidents while driving at night.

Details the process of implementing an effective occupational safety program and discusses ways to keep compliant with U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards. Need to instill the desire to work safely in each person in the company; Importance for the leaders of a company to show commitment to ensuring a safe and healthful environment; Agency's pledge to include a worker involvement requirement in all new and proposed regulations, standards and initiatives.

The article reports on the findings of the study by the Conference Board of Canada (CBOC) regarding the association between workers' literacy skills and their safety and health. The study claims that investing in employee literacy programs could improve an organization's overall safety record. Accordingly, the report cited survey results demonstrating that more than 40 percent of working-age Canadians lacked the literacy skills needed to perform most jobs well.

The article reports on a heat stress rule that was adopted by the Washington State. The State Department of Labor and Industries rule aims to prevent heat-related illnesses among outdoor employees. Among the rule's requirements are employee and employer training, increasing the amount of water available to employees as the temperature escalates and ability to respond when workers show signs of heat-related illnesses.

The article analyzes the National Safety Council's 2005 injury data on safety and health in workplaces, roads and home and communities in the United States. The data showed more than 113,000 preventable deaths and 24 million disabling injuries in the U.S. According to the article, the cost of all injuries to society increased to more than $625 billion.

The article answers a question on whether there is an alternative to using personal noise dosimeters for determining risk of hearing loss. For a more static work environment an alternative exposure assessment called Task-Based Exposure Assessment Method (T-BEAM) can be used. The concept of T-BEAM revolves around creating detailed breakdown of work elements a person would typically perform and recording a sampled noise level for each task.

The article focuses on the request of the U.S. National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to put more emphasis on occupational safety and health programs. Committee members received briefings and updates from officials on topics that included OSHA enforcement, cooperative programs and standards.

The article presents a list that ranks the top 10 willful violation defined by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration as one committed with an intentional disregard of or plain indifference to the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and regulations. The list includes excavations, lead in construction, fall protection, respiratory protection, scaffolding, machine guarding and lockout/tagout.

The article focuses on companies included in the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) list of Top 10 monetary penalties for failure to adhere to safe workplace practices. The BP Products North America was fined for locating people in vulnerable buildings among the processing units. Arrow Concrete Co. was cited for its failure to provide audiometric testing to employees exposed to excessive noise.

The article presents a list that ranks the top 10 serious violation defined by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration as one in which there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result and the employer knew or should have known of the hazard. The list includes scaffolding, fall protection, hazard communication, respiratory protection and machinery guarding.

The article reports that President George W. Bush has issued a three-year extension on the Safety, Health and Return-to-Employment (SHARE) initiative of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). According to the article, the SHARE initiative sets goals for federal agencies to reduce the number of workplace illnesses and injuries. DOL expects a 16.7 percent decrease in the rate of illness and injury from the 2003 baseline.

The article distinguishes between random and caused variation when examining workplace injuries. First, it is necessary to understand the term variation in order to discern one from the other. A variation is something that requires corrective action. Caused variations are injuries that occur as a result of systemic problems or recurring behaviors. On the other hand, random variations are flukes or isolated incidents that do not represent larger organizational problems. INSET: Seminar teaches safety pros to use data.

The article reports that social and workplace trends are creating new risks and demands on health and occupational safety research in Europe in 2006. Key issues discussed include the job stress created by employees' difficulty in balancing their working and non-working time and the changing organization and nature of work.

The article reflects on the lessons learned during the 93rd Annual Congress & Expo sponsored by the National Safety Council and the XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work which were both held in Orlando, Florida on September 2005. Topics discussed in the conferences includes the growing importance and relevance of workplace safety, and the expanding role of occupational safety and health professionals in the U.S. It emphasized the need to expand the traditional role of safety and health professionals within the workplace and extend their roles as leaders in safety and health practices to homes and communities.

Discusses the findings of a working paper from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work which suggested that the higher a company's occupational safety and health standards, the higher its productivity, and vice versa. Factors that enable higher safety standards to translate into increased productivity; Availability of the report, "Quality of the working environment and productivity," on the agency's website.

Presents tips in dealing with common injuries and preventing infection in the workplace. Importance of examining one's body completely after work; Advantage of wearing tight clothing; Measures in staying awake while driving.

Presents a question and answer advisory on requirements for roping off or barricading an area. Industries with barricade or control line requirements; Implementation of a warning line system; Factors to consider in complying performance-oriented standards for barricades.