COVID-19 Enforcement: A Guide for EHS Professionals Will workplace safety and health inspectors show up at your facility if workers contract coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and one of them files a complaint? Yes, in fact, it’s already happened. Although there are no federal standards for coronavirus exposure or airborne infectious [...]
Supervisors have the most direct and frequent contact with employees, which makes them ideal safety leaders in the workplace. With the right tools, proper training, and encouragement from upper management, your front-line leaders can become your best organizational safety champions. Here are a few suggestions for simple, easy verbal contacts [...]
Beware of Legionnaire’s Risk When Reopening Buildings Building owners reopening vacant buildings as stay-at-home orders expire may need to flush plumbing fixtures weekly to prevent harmful organisms from growing in plumbing, according to a pre-press research study. Employers and building owners should be aware of water contamination [...]
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is the last line of defense against hazards, and it has the potential to prevent injuries and save lives. But safety glasses can’t work when they’re perched on an employee’s forehead; a hard hat is useless if left sitting on the breakroom table; [...]
Cher probably says it best: “If I could turn back time…” In the case of workplace incidents, we’d all like to turn back time. We would like to turn it back to the time before the incident occurred; before someone was injured, before property was damaged, before [...]
