Safety Occupational Health
Safety Occupational Health
January 5, 2009 Newsletter
in this issue

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Best Wishes for all the Holidays you Celebrate
52 Weeks of Safety: Week 48
12- Month Incentive Idea: Increase Near-miss Reporting for Improved Safety Performance
Answer this Safety Question and Win a Mancomm Book
2007-2008 Hardcopy Issues of Safety Spot News Online
Carl speaking at ASSE Dallas lunch meeting


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Workplace safety has many different facets. I've found in my work with companies across the country that the focus on safety is often directly correlated with an individual's responsibilities. Three facets are directly related to the business of safety: strategic, tactical, and personal. Executives and senior managers are often concerned about the strategy, or big picture, of how safety fits into the overall business. Tactical activities are more

52 Weeks of Safety: Week 48

WEEK 48 PROTECTIVE FOOTWEAR

---------------------QUESTIONS------------------

1. Employers must ensure that employees' footwear protects them from what hazards?

a) Sole-piercing objects
b) Rolling objects
c) a, b, d are all correct
d) Electrical hazards

2. If you purchased protective footwear in the year 2007, it must comply with what standard?

a) ANSI Z41.1-1967
b) ASTM F496-94
c) ASTM Z87
d) ANSI Z10

12- Month Incentive Idea: Increase Near-miss Reporting for Improved Safety Performance

In this video presentation Carl presents an idea for you to use in the coming 12 months to increase near- miss reporting. Carl does not agree with rewards for not being injured because it leads workforce to cover-up injuries that are caused by hazards. Those hazards go unreported and uncorrected. Organizations can learn from near-miss reporting that is done correctly. Providing an incentive for near-miss reporting can have a positive impact as Carl explains in this online video.

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2007-2008 Hardcopy Issues of Safety Spot News Online

Visit this webpage to find online copies of Carl and Deb Potters Safety Spot News Hardcopy.


Carl speaking at ASSE Dallas lunch meeting

SPECIAL INVITATION

If you are in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex, you are invited to hear Carl speak at the Southwest Chapter - ASSE on Monday, January 12. This is a great opportunity get energized for the New Year. And if Carl can be of service to your organization while he's in the area, please give us a call at 800-259-6209.