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... Introduction Preventing fatal and life-changing injury events moving forward will require a different approach than what the safety profession has been doing for most of the last 80 years. Heinrich's safety pyramid approach could only take us so far with its frequency-of-incidents approach...

...Session No. 588 Does Your RTW/Injury Management Program Need Tweaks? An Injured Employee s View Angela DeLong Banerjee, CSP, ARM, ALCM Acuity Insurance Sheboygan, WI Introduction While management may feel they successfully help injured employees through the healing process and ultimate return...

... The Impact of Fleet Management on Your Company's Risk Management Program Employers should consider that a collision can impact numerous policies. For commercial auto policies, there can be first-party bodily injury and property damage and third-party bodily injury and property damage. When...

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... methods providing positive feedback for desired behaviors, and those which encourage worker input, will continue to provide solid injury reductions. However, many BBS processes " miss the mark" and become a " paper chase." Does BBS Really Work? In a three-year study conducted by the American Society...

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... denominator as sports businesses: the employee is an athlete. Therefore using proven preventative sports medicine ideas and techniques is the next wave to subdue musculoskeletal injuries in the workplace. This talk delves into why individuals are vastly different, why this is now more important than ever...

... available data and employees' operational expertise. The ‘Customer’ in this example is our employees and the "defects" are injuries, near misses and unsafe behaviors. The goal is to identify the norms and root causes leading to the defects or injuries and change the norm(s) driving unfavorable performance...

... worked 3 years without lost time injury, five years, some say ten years without any lost time injury. Now, to us, we think that this number may have been achieved by hiding small injuries, however, this could not be suddenly concluded unless/otherwise proved. So, conducted sessions on different drilling...

... The PDF file is a slide presentation. Workplace Health Safety - usually associated with acute injuries, short-term, traumatic exposures Health - usually directed at chronic exposures, persistent, prolonged, repeated Definition Industrial Hygiene - "that science and art devoted...

... employees maintain a healthy lifestyle. But what role does traditional workplace safety management play in protecting workers from unintentional injury and death, and how is that role changing in the modern world? Many safety systems aren't particularly efficient at protecting workers. Most corporate...

... do not consider today's escalation in debilitating medical conditions among workers and the resulting increase in likelihood and severity of injury for the general workforce population. This paper will serve to expand the OHS professional's knowledge base regarding workforce health and raise...

... Introduction Improving Safety Performance and reducing employee injuries, measured by both leading and lagging indicators, is a fact of life for many safety professionals. Everyone is always looking for new and creative ideas to make improvements. This session will give proven, real-life...

... to limit worker exposure. (3) Under a new rule, employers will be required to electronically submit certain records of workplace injuries. This rule would require larger companies and what OSHA considers " high hazard employers" to submit electronic versions of their injury and illness logs. OSHA feels...

... each year. In FY2014, lockout tagout was the 6th most cited OSHA standard. Every year, thousands of injuries and hundreds of deaths are attributable to the unexpected release of hazardous energy, and these accidents could have been avoided with the proper utilization of lockout tagout products...

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... and employee injuries (United States Dept. of Justice, 2013). Accident-based metrics are poor indicators of safety performance and just do not provide the insight necessary for organizational leadership to make informed decisions regarding safety and risk. A more effective approach to achieving sustainable...

... of severe injuries sustained within the workplace. The most meaningful solution developed was a visual three-dimensional model relating two traditionally non-relatable spheres of safety: regulatory requirements and critical safety " to-do's" with the concept of workplace culture. The design is meaningful...

... of everything I hear and read? How do I sort it all out? Controversy exists regarding the most effective methods to changing an organization's SH&E culture and preventing accidents, injuries and health/environmental incidents. Just like the age-old question, " Which came first, the chicken or the egg...