Silver Lining Safety - Safety Bytes

A recent fatality reinforced my belief that safety often results from tragedy. I’ll discuss this and how we can learn more quickly from the losses others have experienced.

OSHA has released guidance for employers outside of healthcare to help them implement Covid-19 prevention measures. Learn what’s in this guidance and if OSHA can enforce it.

An employer is faced with having an employee break one of its safety rules or potentially violate ADA. What do the courts think the employer should do?

Each year, from February 1 to April 30, employers who are required to maintain OSHA 300 logs must post their annual summaries. In addition, many of these organizations must report this information electronically to OSHA. This podcast will review these two requirements.

It’s a new year. Are you setting safety goals for all employees in your organization? What are good safety goals? Listen to this podcast to find out.

Does your workplace safety program focus on injury prevention or OSHA compliance? There is a difference and you need to be aware of it. This podcast will explain.

Pallets, whether wood, plastic, or other material, create three primary types of employee safety hazards in the workplace, yet few employers address these hazards.  This podcast reviews the hazards of pallets and pallet handling.

Employers can generally require vaccinations when they’re a business necessity. But should they? This podcast reviews some of the issues with a workplace vaccination requirement.

Some employers feel that if they self-pay their workers’ compensation claims out of their own pocket, it will reduce their experience modification rate and ultimately lower their workers’ compensation costs. In this podcast, we discuss the practice of employers self-paying all or part of their workers’ compensation claims costs.

Older workers tend to have more serious, but less frequent workplace injuries. This podcast will cover what employers can do to address this issue.