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Canadian companies will soon have some help in keeping their workplaces safe. With more than 900 workers dying each year, Canada has one of the worst records among developed nations in occupational health and safety. That’s why the Canadian Standards Association is introducing Canada’s first consensus-based occupational health and safety management standard, called[…]
According to a new report from Homeland Security Department Inspector General Richard Skinner, IT shortcomings contributed to the federal government’s failures in responding to Hurricane Katrina. In addition to difficulties with damaged or destroyed communication networks, FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) was hampered by lack of a common IT system to collect and distribute[…]
Statistics from Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) show that the job fatality rates of small businesses are 6.7 times higher than those for larger businesses and lost-time injury rates are 10% higher. This is why the IAPA (Industrial Accident Prevention Association) has launched the Small Business Safety Calculator, so that for[…]
According to a recent study conducted by WorkSafeBC, 41 people have died, and nearly 1500 have been injured in BC’s oil and gas exploration industry since 2001. While the injury rate within BC’s “Oilpatch Industry” is still about half the average of all other workplace injuries in the province (approx. 300 per year industry-wide),[…]
WorkSafeBC has levied the highest fine it has ever imposed – nearly $300,000 – after a fatality that occurred at a major sawmill, citing the mill’s management “ignored safety concerns and condoned a culture where complacency in the face of danger became the norm.” The death met three standards to justify the high[…]
November 1st 2006 was the official launch of the Safety Accord Forestry Enterprise (“SAFE”) Companies Program in British Columbia. The program is a uniform, sector-wise system of health and safety standards designed and operated by the BC Forest Safety Council which focuses on five main themes: collective safety responsibility, building an infrastructure, training/certification, effective enforcement[…]
Save yourself time and effort… Simply Safety! software is a compliance management software system designed to make small to medium companies more efficient in meeting OSHA compliance requirements. Simply Safety! tracks all your workplace safety incidents in one centralized location helping you meet your mandatory workplace safety and incident reporting duties. meet mandatory OSHA[…]
By Dan Groszkruger, M.P.H., J.D., C.H.E. Then your patient’s opinion of you goes from “Well, my doctor says…” to “I’m going to sue that S.O.B.!” what could account for such a reversal? Two recent research studies may shed some light on this metamorphosis. One concludes that permanent harm, more than physician fault, decides lawsuits.[…]
Reprinted with permission from: The Joint Commission Advisor for Behavioral Health Care Providers, June 1999, 3(6), pp 1-4. While this article focuses on behavioral health, the comments are fully applicable to health care in general. It’s a thorny issue, and one that lawmakers are not likely to resolve anytime soon: How can behavioral health care[…]
First Considerations Assessment of your organization’s “reality” Ask the hard questions Discover feasibility “up-front” Write or revise your plan of action Add or revise policies and procedures (include flow charts) Responsibility and accountability – who does what? Training Methods for monitoring & feedback Implement, monitor and make necessary adjustments Assess: Top Leadership Acceptance of the[…]
