Help your employees prevent a flu epidemic
Lately, everywhere you turn, you hear another news report that this season’s flu virus appears to be more severe and widespread than in years past.
An OSHA recordable as a Monday morning surprise
If you are an employer who has been approached on Monday morning by an employee who wants to report an injury he or she sustained at work on Friday, you are not alone. At some point, nearly all organizations experience this situation. The injury report is likely to trigger an agonizing chain of events. You […]
Act 2 for workforce wellness programs
With the election behind us, the Obama administration has introduced Affordable Care Act provisions intended to motivate employers and employees to partake in workplace wellness programs.
A healthcare leader’s keys to success: Creating value through safety
After leaving the Ford Administration, I set out to test in the private sector the ideas that I believed could lead to the creation of great value across any dimension of human activity – great social value, great human value and great economic value.
Managing marijuana in the workplace
The November election brought yet another twist in our nation’s roller-coaster ride with marijuana.
Loss leaders: Incidence rates for workforce safety and health
In their recent report on 2011 incidence rates for the U.S. workforce, BLS noted that “The rate reported for 2011 was unchanged for the first time in a decade during which the total recordable cases (TRC) injury and illness incidence rate among private industry employers declined significantly each year since 2002.” Translation: rates had gone […]
Loss leaders: Incidence rates for workforce safety and health
In their recent report on 2011 incidence rates for the U.S. workforce, BLS noted that “The rate reported for 2011 was unchanged for the first time in a decade during which the total recordable cases (TRC) injury and illness incidence rate among private industry employers declined significantly each year since 2002.” Translation: rates had gone […]
OSHA’s newest directive contains a hidden message – EHS professionals take note
OSHA’s newest compliance directive pertains to highway construction work zones.
The 2011 numbers are in: Bureau of Labor Statistics report on workplace injuries and illnesses
The 2011 numbers are in…and many of them don’t look much different from 2010.
Building a work culture of success in occupational health clinics
“The most detrimental thing the leaders of an occupational health service can do is fail to create a culture of success.”