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Why psychological health and safety (PHS) is the future of workplace safety
By Olga Morawczynski Psychological Health and Safety
The safety landscape is about to undergo a major transformation. Over the next decade, the biggest threats to workplace safety won’t come from machinery malfunctions or ladder falls. Rather, they’ll come from psychosocial hazards: excessive workload, unsupportive leadership, workplace bullying, and lack or autonomy. These are the hidden risks that erode attention, impair decision-making, and…
How to Become a Safety Manager
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The work of a safety manager can be fulfilling as you get to promote and improve safety in your workplace. However, it’s not always an easy job, and getting qualified can be challenging without the right credentials. You must consider whether you have the right traits, if you plan to get a degree, which industry…
How to Save Money By Developing Your Own Safety Programs
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While prioritizing workplace safety is essential, it can also be expensive. Developing safety programs internally instead of outsourcing training can protect employees and financial assets. Whether you’re a business owner or manager, equipping yourself or a staff member to develop safety programs can save your company money. Alongside the financial benefits of having a team…
How to Maintain Accurate Safety Records
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Maintaining safety records helps keep your organization legally compliant and builds a culture where every employee returns home safely each day. Safety records rarely make headlines unless something goes wrong, but when an accident happens, they provide critical information. They can reveal emerging patterns linked to workplace dangers, and lives can be saved when action…
OSHA Recordkeeping Requirements
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) covers standards for safe and healthy workplaces in the United States. It establishes regulations, performs inspections, conducts training and education, and works with state agencies and other industry regulators. OSHA also establishes safety recordkeeping requirements to track and monitor workplace accidents in various industries. Learn more about OSHA…
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The Process and Benefits of Process Safety
06.25.2019 ComplianceWhen working with hazardous substances, materials or energy, organizations are required to prevent or control incidents that have the potential…
How to Keep Heavy Equipment Operations on Track
06.19.2019 ComplianceOperating heavy machines can be a dangerous job — even when the equipment is functioning as it should, and employees…
Extreme Heat Impacts Injuries, Study Reveals
06.04.2019 ComplianceExtreme heat affects workers’ health by creating conditions in which illnesses can arise, but new research shows high temperatures have…
Protecting Workers from the Effects of Heat
06.04.2019 ComplianceAs much of the Southeast is battling record high temperatures this late Spring, NASP thought we would share with you…
Improving Safety Knowledge Retention Rates
05.29.2019 CompliancePeople seem attentive during training but afterwards they quickly forget what they’ve learned. What steps can I take to improve…
The Habit of Safety
05.22.2019 ComplianceForming, Changing and Reinforcing Key Safety Behaviors By definition, safety professionals are responsible for controlling exposure to risk. As a…
Safety from the Shadows
05.15.2019 ComplianceThe Problem of Informal Social Power in Industrial Safety Safety is about good intentions. What nobler goal could there be…
Locking Out Decision Fatigue
05.07.2019 ComplianceIf you wanted to summarize the safety profession for a layperson, you would do well to start with lockout/tagout (LOTO)…
DOT HAZMAT Shipping Key Definitions
04.30.2019 ComplianceWhat are the DOT HAZMAT Shipping Key Definitions? Dangerous goods: Interchangeable with the term “hazardous materials” and mainly used in…
Controlling Hazardous Energy with Lockout/Tagout—Common Challenges and Best Practices
04.23.2019 ComplianceWe have found that only about 10 percent of companies run effective lockout programs. In fact, we have observed that…
Temporary structure, permanent safety
04.17.2019 ComplianceHelp keep employees safe during all stages of scaffolding work On a November day in 1994, a 60-year-old painter foreman…
Trenching and excavation safety
04.12.2019 ComplianceProper protective systems, competent person key to incident prevention George Kennedy can recall multiple incidents involving unprotected workers and trench…