A blog on the website The Hill caught my eye this morning. It is entitled “More than 70 percent of Congressional offices violate OSHA worker safety standards.” This is an alarming finding. What was even more disturbing is that the blog went on to say that this result – 70% of office areas in violation of OSHA standards [...]
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There seems to be a “disconnect” between current economic realities and the metrics often suggested for evaluating OH&S programs and management systems. Many organizations are facing a level of financial hardship not seen since the Great Depression. As a result, cutbacks, downsizing and belt-tightening are the new normal. “Do more with less” has become the [...]
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There seems to be a renewed interest in metrics, measuring and monitoring within OH&S management systems. Given the advances in continuous monitoring technology, this interest often translates into the installation of a host of different monitoring devices with alarms – fire detection alarms, security alarms, gas detection alarms, motion sensor alarms, electrical current alarms, high [...]
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The effectiveness of occupational health and safety programs is in the news. On June 18, 2009, OSHA issued a press release announcing that it will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of its Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) and Alliance programs to determine their effectiveness. This is OSHA’s response to a new GAO report that identified problems with [...]
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