How Can Total Worker Health Help My Business or Workplace?
“Today leading companies have learned that because of lost workdays and diminished employee productivity, poor health costs them more than health benefits do.” Safe and healthy employees are less...
View ArticleHow will a healthy work environment benefit my bottom line?
Research shows that healthy people working in a healthy environment are key to business success. That’s because a healthy workplace improves productivity and reduces employers’ costs. A healthy...
View ArticleConnecting Psychosocial Environment and Employee Health
Psychosocial environment refers to the culture and climate of the workplace. Examples of the psychosocial environment of a workplace include respect for work-life balance, mechanisms to recognize and...
View ArticleGHS: Hazard Communication Standard
With newly formatted Safety Data Sheets and chemical labels beginning to arrive at worksites, experts recommend employers take the following steps: Train employees. The deadline to ensure all workers...
View ArticleInjury Risk to Home Building Workers
Home building is physically demanding work and manual material handling may be the most difficult part of the job. Manual material handling includes all of the tasks that require you to lift, lower,...
View ArticleBusiness Case for Safety and Health
Employers that invest in workplace safety and health can expect to reduce fatalities, injuries, and illnesses. This will result in cost savings in a variety of areas, such as lowering workers’...
View ArticleEmergency Medical Services Workers
Emergency medical services (EMS) workers are primary providers of pre-hospital emergency medical care and integral components of disaster response. The potentially hazardous job duties of EMS workers...
View ArticleNASA Workforce Maintenance Program
National Aeronautical Space Agency (NASA), an executive Federal Agency dedicated to Space flight, highly values exploration. The Agency’s exploration success depends on employees’ detailed attention to...
View ArticleOSHA announces Top 10 most-cited violations for 2014
For the fourth year in a row, OSHA’s Fall Protection Standard (1926.501) is the agency’s most frequently cited violation. The entire list is as follows: Fall Protection in Construction (1926.501)...
View ArticleDanger – No Diving
Diving tips: Don’t ever dive into shallow water. Before diving, inspect the depth of the water to make sure it is deep enough for diving. If diving from a high point, make sure the bottom of the body...
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