Compliance and Safety

Office Germs Infographic: Just How Dirty Is Your Office? June 18, 2013 No Comments

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Office Safety Video & DVD Program Provides all the information that is needed for a comprehensive employee training session. View Product

Safety Orientation For Office Environments The most important part of office safety is thinking safety on the job in an office environment. View Product

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New Study By AAA Evaluates Driving Distractions (radio, cell phone, GPS, etc.) on a scale of 1 (distractionless) to 5 (extremely distracted) June 17, 2013 No Comments

Evidence continues to mount that operating electronic devices, including cell phones, in hands-free mode while driving isn’t safer than using hand-held models. The latest evidence is from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. The organization calls its recent study results “the most in-depth analysis to date.” The new findings show mental distractions exist even when drivers keep [...]

Employee witnesses a death: Is his PTSD covered by workers’ comp? No Comments

A truck driver witnessed a fatal crash on the job. Should workers’ comp cover his treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? Shaun Armstrong was driving a one-ton dump truck for the John R. Jurgensen Co. While stopped at a yield sign on an access ramp to I-70 in Ohio, a vehicle crashed into the back of [...]

CSB Video Explains’Inherently Safer’ Concept: Building Safety Directly into A Process, Not Adding Safety Features On Afterwards No Comments

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Process Safety Protecting Employees Training DVD A comprehensive employee training program is essential to safe operations at your facility. View Product

Just Another Day Safety Awareness Training DVD Coastal’s new hazard recognition training program developed especially for the experienced worker.View Product

Process Safety Management Training Video This program provides an excellent overview of the [...]

Incredibly Skilled Excavator Operator Rescues Man Stuck in Mud June 11, 2013 No Comments

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Trenching & Shoring Safety Basics For Field Personnel This has been developed specifically for those persons actually working in or around trenches, excavations. View Product

Excavations: Safe Work Essentials Training Video Ensures that all worksites and workers are aware of the hazardous injuries that can occur from excavations. View Product

Trenching and Excavation Safety Training DVD [...]

OSHA Inspected Philadelphia Building Collapse Site, but Did Not Shut It Down June 10, 2013 No Comments

Yesterday, a four-story building undergoing demolition in Philadelphia’s Center City district collapsed directly onto the Salvation Army store next door. According to Reuters, six people were killed. Already, questions are being raised about whether the building collapse was yet another workplace accident that could have been easily prevented. So far, reports have focused on whether or [...]

The Guilt Trip: Increasing Self-Responsibility For Safety No Comments

I bet you’ve used the term “guilt trip” when explaining personal feelings or when attempting to understand the behavior of others. What do we mean? Can we use this metaphor to improve safety? I think we can put people (including ourselves) on a guilt trip for safety and thereby increase self-responsibility for injury prevention. Let’s explore [...]

Woman Caught Defrauding Workers Comp On ‘The Price Is Right’ Game Show No Comments

TV anchorman Dan Rather once wrote a book, “The Camera Never Blinks.” A former postal carrier collecting workers’ comp should have considered that before going on a TV game show. Cathy Cashwell was a postal carrier in Fayetteville, NC. She suffered a shoulder injury at work in 2004 and claimed she could no longer lift mail [...]

How To Build a Safety Culture: Top Down, Bottom up, or Inside Out? June 4, 2013 No Comments

Imagine you’re sitting in a cave for a very long time, not days, weeks but thousands of years. It’s very, very quiet and all you can hear are the droplets of water on the floor below. As time goes by the calcite in the water begins to form stalactites on the roof above (top down) [...]

OSHA Is Understaffed, Underfunded, and Completely Ineffective No Comments

A new AFL-CIO report says OSHA’s compliance staff can only inspect workplaces once every 131 years on average. According to the report, Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, OSHA is underfunded, understaffed, and penalties are too low to deter violations. As a result, after several years of decline, the fatality and job injury [...]

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