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Itasca, IL — The National Safety Council is concerned about a measure included in New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) recent budget proposal that would legalize recreational marijuana use and is offering recommendations.
Itasca, IL — The National Safety Council has developed a comprehensive plan to combat the nation’s opioid crisis and is calling on each U.S. presidential candidate to adopt the plan in full or use it to “close gaps in existing plans and policies.”
“Safety-related feedback is critical to support safe behavior and correct at-risk behavior,” says Krista S. Geller, president of GellerAC4P, who discusses the concept of “actively caring for people.”
Bonita Springs, FL — With workplace fatalities on the rise in the United States, a new research report from the Work to Zero initiative at the National Safety Council indicates employers “may not be doing enough to protect their workforce.”
“In our consulting work, we routinely see companies simply aiming programs at problems instead of developing strategy,” says Shawn M. Galloway, president of ProAct Safety. He identifies 10 common problems.
“What is safe? The answer may not be as simple as you think,” says Corrie Pitzer, CEO and founder of SAFEmap International, who explains why safety pros need to become “risk competent.”
“When a CAVE person becomes unruly, it’s simply a tactic to throw you off your game,” says J. Kevin Cobb, senior consultant with SafeStart, who offers tools you can use when “citizens against virtually everything” disrupt your meetings and training sessions.
Elk Grove Village, IL — The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is calling on Congress to make workplace safety “a primary consideration” when considering federal legislation that would legalize marijuana use.