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From the United States Department of Labor: Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Rule requires engineering controls to keep workers from breathing silica dust The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a final rule to curb lung cancer, silicosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease […]
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A Safety Management Approach Bob Lapidus, CSP, CSMS Monday Morning, 8:00am The main facility is due its weekly inspection. I have too much paperwork to do. I will skip this week’s inspection and do it next week. Tuesday Afternoon, 2:00pm I really need to talk […]
Empowering high school students to make a difference in the world. Sacramento, CA, June 29, 2016 — Safety Center creates a Youth Advisory Council (YAC) with funding from The Allstate Foundation to raise awareness around teen safe driving issues. YAC members will plan and help […]
From the United States Department of Labor: Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Potential Hazard Employee exposure to wet floors or spills and clutter that can lead to slips/trips/falls and other possible injuries. Possible Solutions Keep floors clean and dry [29 CFR 1910.22(a)(2)]. In addition […]
Assemblyman Bill Quirk has proposed new limits on cellphone use while driving and in CBS’s report on this proposal, they included an interview with Safety Center’s own Gail Kelly, Senior Vice President of Community Programs. Gail: “Doing anything that takes your eyes off the road, […]
From the United States Department of Labor: Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Provisions call for employers to electronically submit injury and illness data that they already record Why is OSHA issuing this rule? This simple change in OSHA’s rule-making requirements will improve safety for […]
A Safety Management Approach Bob Lapidus, CSP, CSMS I believe the main reason the labor unions and OSHA are against the use of result-oriented incentive programs, such as giving a reward for not having any injuries, is because such programs can be an inducement not […]
A Safety Management Approach Bob Lapidus, CSP, CSMS Ever since I was a child, I believed that safety belts were life-saving devices to be worn when riding in a vehicle. I even asked my dad to install them in our 1958 Chevrolet, a car that […]