More than 1.9 million people worked in the wholesale trade – non-durable goods industry in 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That year, recordable injuries exceeded 81,000, and occurred at a rate of 4.4 per 100 full-time workers.
I’ve used “past and future” as a theme for this column before. But looking at the coverage in this month’s issue of Safety+Health, I’m struck by how, once more, it applies.
The connection between leadership and process safety has not always been clear. Leaders often struggle to identify how or whether they affect process safety outcomes.
For a bill to become law, it must pass both houses of Congress and be signed by the president. However, if a bill is not passed within two years, or a single congressional session, the process must start all over again.
