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DOT’s New Rules for Crude Oil, Mysterious Factory Worker Deaths in China, Preventing Falls Through Building Design, and more on EHS This Week!
On this week’s edition of EHS This Week we’ve got the week’s top stories in environment, health and safety news:
- Work-related depression/stress the “elephant in the boardroom”
- Emergency shower safety in the workplace
- Department of Transportation (DOT) proposes new oil-by-rail rules
- PHMSA proposes reduced requirements for transporting explosives
- Young factory workers in China dying mysteriously in their sleep
- NIOSH recommendations on preventing falls through building design
Remember to write us with your suggestions, questions and comments. Also, if you are an industry expert and ever want to take part in the program, we’d love to have you.
Until next week, enjoy the program!
EHS This Week Resources
For more information on the stories and resources mentioned in this week’s podcast, check out the links below.
- New proposed rules from the Department of Transportation on crude oil, flammable materials: Read them here.
- Emergency shower safety protocol. Read it here.
Webinar: 5 Essential Steps for Managing Safety to Win Contracts in Construction
Demonstrating that you have comprehensive commitment to safety isn’t just a nice to have in the construction business, it’s imperative. More and more construction projects are actually requiring contractors to show that they have a safety management system in place to protect workers, ensure compliance and reduce risk. Without it, you just can’t win those contracts.
What’s important to know is that ensuring you have those systems in place isn’t as challenging as you might think! In this FREE 30-minute webinar, Intelex construction solution expert Tomas Kuras covers what it means to implement a safety management system for your business and how your company will benefit.
Watch this webinar and learn how to:
- Identify the essential components of a safety system.
- Assess the investment and timelines that are involved with implementing a safety system.
- Calculate the potential savings to your business when utilizing a safety system that streamlines the management
The National Safety Stand-down: Preventing Falls in Construction
Last week over one million workers and 25,000 businesses took part in OSHA’s National Safety Stand-down to Prevent Falls in Construction. This was a voluntary event that encouraged employers across the country to speak with their employees about fall hazards and fall prevention measures.
Falls are the leading cause of death in the construction industry, with fall prevention one of the most frequently cited OSHA standards. This event was designed to help educate both workplaces and employees on ways that injuries and fatalities from falls can be prevented.
OSHA also provided eight helpful suggestions for how an organization could hold their own fall prevention stand-down:
1. Start early so the stand-down is organized, coordinated and everyone involved understands their role and duties.
2. Ask everyone involved with your project to participate (ex. subcontractors, owner, architects, etc.).
3. Review your fall prevention program for a more effective stand-down.
4. Establish … Read more...
EPA’s New Carbon Pollution Rule, National Safety Stand-Down Week, Tips for Safer Construction Sites and more on EHS This Week
On this week’s edition of EHS This Week we’ve got the week’s top stories in environment, health and safety news:
- EPA announces new carbon pollution rule for power plants
- Canada relaxes flight safety rules related to mobile devices
- AIHA Yant Award winner’s research on standing vs. sitting
- National Safety Stand-Down to prevent falls in construction
- EHS professionals invited to fill out 2014 National Safety Survey
- Three steps to a safer construction site
Remember to write us with your suggestions, questions and comments. Also, if you are an industry expert and ever want to take part in the program, we’d love to have you.
Until next week, enjoy the program!
EHS This Week Resources
For more information on the stories and resources mentioned in this week’s podcast, check out the links below.
- National Safety Stand-down. Find out more here.
- EHS Today’s 2014 National Safety Survey. Take the survey here.
Remembering the 2013 Texas Fertilizer Explosion and Bangladesh Factory Collapse, Construction Safety Day, Earth Day and more on EHS This Week!
On this week’s edition of EHS This Week we’ve got the week’s top stories in environment, health and safety news:
- NTSB to hold general aviation safety seminar
- CSB says 2013 fertilizer plant explosion was preventable
- Steps toward safety reform in Bangladesh’s garment industry
- Construction Safety Day and “Fatal Four” statistics
- Earth Day 2014 and the Green Cities campaign
Remember to write us with your suggestions, questions and comments. Also, if you are an industry expert and ever want to take part in the program, we’d love to have you.
Until next week, enjoy the program!
EHS This Week Resources
For more information on the stories and resources mentioned in this week’s podcast, check out the links below.
- Aviation Safety Seminar. Find out more here.
- Safety and Security Guidelines for Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate. View them here.
- The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh. Learn more here
