... implication serious injury leadership blender safety performance knowledge prevention krause safety improvement leadership decision improvement strategy new research fatality decision-making process safety safe decision sif event front line explosion Introduction...

... auto safety prevention safety culture procedure motor carrier classroom auto accident injury auto crash us government safety ride vehicle regulation accountability compliance transportation safety safe driving method hazard fatality accident ground transportation Session...

... that can influence people because we had 4,836 work place fatalities in the United States in 2015. This is the highest number since 2008. Why do we need effective and influential leaders? I think these numbers speak for themselves. Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan and Al Switzer...

.../Latino construction workers. Bureau of Labor Statistics Data The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) published in 2014 shows fatal job injuries involving Hispanic/Latino/Latino workers divided in two categories, Foreign Born and Native Born. Statistics for the last 10 years has consistently showed some...

... in incidents associated with confined spaces in 2016. Often times one incident results in multiple fatalities. The BLS reported that during the 1995 to 1999 time period there were 13 confined space incidents that resulted in 24 fatalities. In addition to fatalities, serious disabling injuries and illnesses...

... in accidents and fatalities during the construction and maintenance of wireless sites. Most commonly, these accidents and fatalities are associated with fall hazards. According to the industry news website Wireless Estimator , the industry experienced ten fatalities in 2014, four fatalities in 2015 and seven...

... boredom during the session. A component that could be missing is a convincing discussion of why the information is important to the employee. Statistics about workplace accidents and fatalities may be incorporated into the training, but the impact can be minimal if the information is provided without...

... Session No. 711 Serious Injury and Fatality Prevention in Oil and Gas Exploration Ian M. Threadgold, BSc, CSP, ASP Threadgold Safety Management Katy, Texas L. John Barrett, CSP BHP Billiton Petroleum Houston, Texas Introduction Recent studies have shown that, while the incident rates of less...

... good intentions are only the start for a safer workplace, how to sidestep common misinterpretations that can derail safety efforts, and the importance of leaders at every level being engaged with safety – starting with the most serious events first. safety leadership safety judgment fatality...

... posted on their NIOSH Science Blog about worker fatalities associated with flowback operations. They asked for assistance from the oil & gas industry in further identifying incidents related to chemical exposures during flowback operations. In August of 2014, NIOSH posted again on their NIOSH...

.... occupational injury fatality recording occupational injury health & medicine requirement orchse strategy exposure severity osha criteria health performance criteria illness additional effort illness data immunology subset illness prevention process safety accuracy injury Session...

... Introduction Very few companies know how much it costs them when one of their employees is injured. Even fewer companies recognize the significant impact a fatality or catastrophic accident can have on its brand, its stock price and its profitability. This session will examine the hidden costs...

... Introduction In 2013, 797 Hispanic workers died in the United States from work-related injuries, 18 percent of the 4,405 workers killed on the job that year, according to United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics' Preliminary Report Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries...

... Introduction This year alone in the United States, 40 workers died on the job (as of March 16, 2015). There were 31 1 fatalities reported to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") (through February 14, 2015), and nine 2 fatalities reported to the Mine Safety and Health...

... we talk about preventable fatalities, catastrophic events or even recordable injuries, there was a risk present that for "whatever reason" was not accurately perceived. So, the focus of this paper will be to more deeply explore those "whatever reasons." If you prefer the hazard recognition...

... some realities faced by a significant number of Hispanic workers (PenC Program). Moreover, a quick glimpse of the investigations of fatal occupational injuries among Hispanic workers conducted by the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program provides interesting input about contributing...

... Introduction Construction work is very dangerous. While the construction industry and government agencies have taken many steps in the past years, construction remains a very risky place to work. Data compiled from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that the number of fatalities...

... Introduction i The U.S. oil and gas extraction industry is a high-risk industry. An analysis of oil and gas extraction worker fatalities for 2003–2006 found that workers were killed on-the-job at a rate seven times greater than the rate among all U.S. workers.1 Research also identified...

... Overview Recognizing that the rates of fatalities and serious injuries (FSI) have not declined in the same manner as lost-time or recordable injuries, the safety profession has been engaged in an urgent search for practical new approaches to better managing hazards that have the potential...

... demonstrated positive impacts on all or some of these dimensions (Robson et al. 2010, 12), it is important to emphasize the use of training techniques that have effectively helped reduce the disproportionately higher occupational fatal injury rates among the Hispanic workforce in the United States of America...