A Louisville, Colorado, psychiatric treatment hospital failed to protect employees from workplace violence, OSHA alleged.

By Taylor A Lewellyn, JD, Legal Editor - EHS On the third day of the annual conference of the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP), speaker Peter Susca urged his audience to take a different approach to managing their organizations’ occupational safety and health (OSH) programs by aligning with the company’s mission to facilitate good-for-business safety solutions.

By Taylor A Lewellyn, JD, Legal Editor - EHS At Safety 2019, the annual conference of the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP), Yeu-Li Yeung, the patient care ergonomics coordinator for Duke University Health System, and Neal Wiggermann, PhD, a specialist research scientist focusing on human factors and ergonomics for Hill-Rom, presented a session describing the benefits of implementing a Safe Patient Handling and Mobility (SPHM) program to reduce healthcare worker injuries and improve patient care.

June 11, 2019 (Notice) - FMCSA requests information on existing or potential sources of data to better understand driver detention times during the loading and unloading of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) and the potential impact of such delays on roadway safety.