On Wednesday, March 1, 2023, Conn Maciel Carey hosted a special bonus webinar in our 2023 OSHA Webinar Series regarding OSHA’s LEP for Midwest Food …OSHA’s Local Emphasis Program for Midwest Food Manufacturers
Washington, D.C. March 6, 2023 - Today, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) issued a new Safety Alert titled “Hazards Posed by Discharges from Emergency Pressure-Relief Systems.” The CSB’s alert highlights hazards identified with emergency pressure-relief systems from four CSB investigations. The alert advises facilities that while a discharge from emergency pressure-relief … Continue reading CSB Issues New Safety Alert Focused on the Potential Hazards of Emergency Discharges from Pressure Release Valves – General News – News | CSB
Another from the “Reason files”. I present this more as a historical view (even though this rev of the book is only from 2017), rather than as a …12 varieties of rule-following behaviour
How a Koch-owned chemical plant in Texas gamed the Clean Air Act - Grist | Grist — Read on grist.org/project/accountability/koch-oxbow-port-arthur-texas-clean-air-act-pollution/
Here is an extract from James Reason’s “Organizational Accidents Revisited” book (p103). He discusses various “alternative views” around …James Reason and his bitter refusal around “error”
Last week, workers were killed in falls, machinery, chemical plant explosion, shootings, plane crashes, electrocutions and vehicular incidents. On …Weekly Toll
I don’t post much on Zero Harm (mainly because there’s not a lot of quality published evidence surrounding it), but this paper from Fidelis Emuze and…Making zero harm work for the construction industry
By Eric J. Conn and Darius Rohani-Shukla On January 26, 2023, OSHA revealed to the public two enforcement memoranda that it had issued to its field …OSHA Expands “Instance by Instance” Citation Policy: A Game Changer for OSHA Enforcement
Last Fall, I wrote about a Labor Department injunction against Packers Sanitation Services Inc. (PSSI) for illegally employing 31 children between …Labor Department Cracks Down on Child Labor
There were more toxic chemicals aboard the train that derailed in Ohio than originally reported, new data shows. State health officials were initially concerned about the presence of vinyl chloride, a highly volatile colorless gas produced for commercial uses, which spilled after about 50 cars on a Norfolk Southern Railroad train derailed in East Palestine, … Continue reading There were more toxic chemicals on train that derailed in Ohio than originally reported, data shows – ABC News
Innovation flourishes when people on a team openly debate and disagree. The question is how to get them to speak their minds, particularly when it means challenging their leaders or acknowledged experts. Some management experts argue that the best way to get people to speak up is to create psychological safety — an atmosphere described … Continue reading Why Innovation Depends on Intellectual Honesty
One of several studies that explored the relationship between leadership and sleep deprivation. This looked at how sleep influences charismatic …Too tired to inspire or be inspired: sleep deprivation and charismatic leadership
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