Optimum Safety Management President to Speak at MSCI Safety Conference
Safety in the metals industry. Often talked about, but what can you do to ensure that your organization is adhering to standards as well as improving the engagement, productivity, and profitability in your company? The Metals Services Center Institute looked to answer that question, and now brings together leaders for its annual Safety Conference. This […]
A Brief Overview of Flame Resistant Clothing Standards and Practices
Created to answer one of the most serious hazards to workers—especially those in the electric power generation industry—flame resistant (FR) clothing is personal protective equipment (PPE) to be provided at no cost to employees who come at risk of exposure to flames or electric arcs.
EHS Today Releases 15th Annual Safety Survey Results
What’s the latest in safety and health? What are managers looking for in order to measure safety system effectiveness? The latest results are in, and we would like to share with you some of the key highlights.
Optimum Safety Management Heading to MSCI Forecast 2016
Each year, the Metals Service Center Institute highlights what the economic future of the industry—domestic, continental, and global—will be like in the coming year. Titled MSCI Economic Summit: Forecast, this conference brings together industry leaders, economists, and speakers for a two day conference to cover what’s ahead—and Optimum Safety Management will be exhibiting.
Updates Proposed for Decades-Old Beryllium Standard
Used in aviation, consumer electronics, spacecraft, X-Ray equipment, and more; beryllium, its alloys, and its oxides have long been considered versatile and important. This metal, however, is also a workplace hazard to those workers who come in contact with it.
OSHA Embracing a Journalistic Attitude
From 2010’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program, now nearing 500 employers to a new tactic brought up to highlight unsafe employers, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has made one thing clear—those employers who don’t protect workers will be made known.
OSHA Releases Training Requirements Guide
News from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration front: OSHA has released a compiled booklet of the training requirements that responsible parties need to know in order to protect employees.
What Are the Costliest Injuries in the Workplace?
$59.58 billion. Looks like a lot of money, right? That’s because it is. That number, the direct cost of the top ten leading causes of the most disabling injuries in the United States, exceeds the gross domestic product of 102 countries in the world.
UV Safety Infographic
July is UV Safety Month, so we put together an infographic with some sun safety tips! What are UV Rays? Ultraviolet Radiation is simply one form of energy coming from the sun. UV rays are invisible rays that can damage the skin and cause melanoma and other types of skin cancer. Sun Safety Tips Remember that UV rays […]
Hearing Safety: Building a Hearing Conservation Program
In part one of our hearing protection series, we shared with you how the ear works, how decibels are measured, and how loud equipment is in the workplace. Today, we would like to share with you the controls to reduce exposure, as well as the different types of hearing protection available, including pros and cons […]
Combining Safety Cultures while Merging Companies
One of the best movie moments, in my opinion, is in the movie Miracle when coach Herb Brooks calls for each player to introduce himself, his hometown, and for whom he plays. The players do not originally understand the request, stating the college for whom each played.
Five Critical Elements of an Effective Safety Management System
Are you missing anything in your safety program? From the very top of your organization to those on the front line, everything has to fall perfectly into place to ensure that your organization can recognize its Return on Safety™. But what can you do to ensure that your safety program provides the unmatched engagement, productivity, […]
