Get Too Close, Get Buzzed. Ford Tests Wearables to Keep Workers at Safe Distances. April 17, 2020 By Keith Naughton A dozen Ford Motor Co. workers are experimenting with wearable social-distancing devices that could be deployed more widely once the...
OSHA Inspectors to Prioritize Health Facilities Over Other Sites During Coronavirus Crisis April 15, 2020 By Daniel Wiessner The U.S. agency that enforces workplace safety laws has said it will prioritize work site inspections of healthcare facilities over...
Meat Plant Closures, Absenteeism Rise With Workers’ Fear of Coronavirus, Lack of Safety April 15, 2020 By Tom Polansek and Rod Nickel CHICAGO/WINNIPEG, Manitoba — At a Wayne Farms chicken processing plant in Alabama, workers recently had to pay the company 10...
Warehouse Workers Risk COVID-19 Shipping Knick-Knacks, Luxury Goods April 14, 2020 By Chris Kirkham, Reade Levinson and Nandita Bose As U.S. authorities ordered shutdowns of non-essential businesses to fight coronavirus, retailer Nordstrom Inc. closed hundreds of stores and gave...
How Shaming Works to Improve Workplace Safety: Viewpoint March 10, 2020 By Cass R. Sunstein, Bloomberg View Can a press release save lives? No doubt about it. At least if it comes from the Occupational Safety and...
Bill to Make Healthcare Facilities Safer Places to Work Passes Oklahoma Senate March 5, 2020 The Oklahoma Senate has passed legislation that strengthens laws related to workplace safety in hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Senate...
Employers Taking Proactive Health Steps to Prevent Costly Employee Injuries October 24, 2019 By Beth Pinsker A job does not have to be physically demanding to literally be a pain in the neck, or knee, or...
OSHA’s Top 25 Enforcement Cases Based on Total Penalty October 22, 2019 These are the 25 biggest workplace safety and health violation enforcement actions by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration....
Workplace Quality, Not One Factor, Determines Worker Health, Job Safety: Study October 3, 2019 The terms and conditions of employment — including pay, hours, schedule flexibility and job security — influence employees’ overall health...
Everest Insurance Buys Remaining Shares of Canadian IT Consulting Firm Salus Systems September 26, 2019 Everest Insurance announced it has purchased all outstanding remaining shares of its joint venture partner, Victoria, Canada-based Salus Systems LLC....