One of the threads we've continued to follow in this blog is the use -- and sometimes overuse -- of prescription painkillers after someone suffers a workplace injury.In our May 24 post, for example, we wrote about how the risk of overdose death from over-prescribed...
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Shining the safety spotlight, part 2: industry pushback
In the first part of this post, we introduced the proposal by federal safety regulators to make companies report more information online about workplace injuries.In this part of the post, we will look at the way employers are pushing back against the proposal.Industry...
Shining the safety spotlight, part 1: workplace report proposal
In recent years, our society has been learning hard lessons about what happens when there is too little transparency and not enough disclosure. Sex abuse cases involving priests, teachers and others are a case in point. For years, the problem was that organizations...
Digital tools and workplace accident prevention, part 2
In the first part of this post, we raised the question of how the application of enhanced technology could make for a safer and smarter workplace.The types of applications we are talking about go far beyond traditional tools like personal protective equipment....
Digital tools and workplace accident prevention, part 1
The technological revolution we are living through now has already transformed the way millions of people communicate and conduct many aspects of their daily lives.After all, the fabulous capacities of smartphones would have been the stuff of science fiction not that...
Underage drinking, car accidents and creating a safer society
Drunk driving accidents claim thousands of lives every year. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the overall national death toll has been around 10,000 in recent years. In 2010, the number of deaths was more than that figure. In...
Fatal construction accidents: are immigrants more at risk?
Issues relating to the eligibility for workers' compensation of construction employees who are injured in on-the-job accidents are one of the themes of this blog. In our September 20 post, for example, we discussed the lag in compliance with fall protection standards...
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