Safety+Health

“Investing in technologies that monitor employees is an ever-increasing employer trend,” says Don Groover, senior vice president of DEKRA Organizational Safety and Reliability, who wants you to consider your motivations for installing monitoring devices.

As a new year begins, Safety+Health offers an infographic to help paint a picture of the current safety landscape.

Over the past decade, the scaffolding standard has been a mainstay on OSHA’s annual “Top 10” list of most frequently cited violations. Experts say training and a small financial investment are the easiest path to compliance.

The General Duty Clause is intended to be used as OSHA’s catchall for regulating workplace hazards – but first the agency must satisfy a difficult four-part test.

Experts offer insight into ways this essential personal protective equipment can be misused or overlooked.

“Our best and worst habits often define who we say we are,” says veteran safety pro turned professional speaker Richard Hawk, who shares why you should focus on the positive.

“Saying you value safety in the workplace and demonstrating it are two very different things,” says Steven Luttrull, vice president of DEKRA Organizational Safety and Reliability.

“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.”

Safety+Health presents the data on OSHA’s “Top 10” for fiscal year 2019. Also: An exclusive Q&A with Patrick Kapust, deputy director of the agency’s Directorate of Enforcement Programs.

As more states legalize marijuana for medicinal and/or recreational use, efforts to protect cannabis workers’ safety and health are ramping up.