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Weekly Safety Meeting – Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Weekly Safety Meeting – Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

OHSA and the EPA encourage employers to conduct a root cause analysis when an incident or near miss occurs to investigate the reason why it happened, and to prevent a similar occurrence from happening again. A root cause analysis allows an employer to discover the underlying and systemic causes of...

Safety Tip of the Week – Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Safety Tip of the Week – Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

OHSA and the EPA encourage employers to conduct a “Root Cause Analysis (or RCA)” when an incident or near miss occurs to investigate the reason why it happened, and to prevent a similar occurrence from happening again. A Root Cause Analysis allows an employer to discover the underlying and systemic...

Weekly Safety Meeting – Whistleblower Protection

Weekly Safety Meeting – Whistleblower Protection

A “whistleblower” is a person who informs about illegal, unsafe, or unhealthy activities that another person, group, company, or organization is doing. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), has a Whistleblower Protection Program that enforces the provisions of more than 20 laws protecting employees from retaliation for reporting workplace...

Safety Tip of the Week – Whistleblower Protection

Safety Tip of the Week – Whistleblower Protection

A “whistleblower” is a person who informs about illegal, unsafe, or unhealthy activities that another person, group, company, or organization is doing. OSHA’s Whistleblower Protection Program enforces the provisions of more than 20 laws protecting employees from retaliation for reporting workplace concerns, hazards, or violations. OSHA Whistleblower protections extend to...

Safety Tip of the Week – Slips, Trips, and Falls

Safety Tip of the Week – Slips, Trips, and Falls

Estimates put the number of disabling injuries resulting from falls at over 30,000 per year. The number of deaths is close to 12,000 a year. About one in 10 of these deaths happen in the workplace. Slips, trips, and falls cause numerous injuries every day. But they are among the...

Weekly Safety Meeting – Slips, Trips, and Falls

Weekly Safety Meeting – Slips, Trips, and Falls

Although we’ve seen it in the cartoons and in the movies a million times, not many people actually slip on banana peels. But while the results may produce a few chuckles in the theater, falls are nothing to laugh at. In fact, some estimates put the number of disabling injuries...

Safety Tip of the Week – Actions in Emergencies

Safety Tip of the Week – Actions in Emergencies

Emergencies can create a variety of hazards for workers in the impacted area. Preparing before an emergency incident plays a vital role in ensuring that employers and workers have the necessary equipment, know where to go, and know how to keep themselves safe when an emergency occurs. If an Emergency...