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OSHA’s Top 10 List of Most Frequently Cited Standards: Scaffolding
Continuing our rundown of OSHA’s Top 10 List of Most Frequently Cited Standards for 2023, we’ve reached number four, OSHA’s Scaffolding Standard. Working at heights is serious business. The safety risks are higher…quite literally. That’s why the OSHA Scaffolding Standard is such a technically detailed regulation. OSHA defines a scaffold as, “an elevated, temporary work […]
Kickstart Your ESG Program Through Environmental Compliance
Many companies around the world are required by laws and regulatory requirements, including those in their operating permits, to track and report on their waste management and environmental impacts to air and water. The act of identifying and managing these regulatory requirements is known as environmental compliance. If you’re an environmental, health, and safety (EHS) […]
How VelocityEHS and Fit For Work Are Revolutionizing Workplace Safety
Combining User-Friendly Tech with a Human Approach Liberty Mutual started publishing the Workplace Safety Index in 2000. This survey of workplace injuries has consistently identified overexertion as the leading cause of injury across all industry types. Overexertion injuries result from activities such as lifting, pushing, pulling, carrying, or throwing items. Awkward working postures, such as […]
It Only Takes a Few Minutes to Get Accurate MSD Risk Assessment Results
By Kelly Wernette-Leff, MS, AT, ATC Employees in the industrial and manufacturing industries today are expected to easily handle the fast-paced and demanding work while balancing a safety-first mindset. Truthfully, that’s a big ask of employees as they work a busy shift, and many employees end up developing musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) from repetitive tasks, awkward […]
Solutions from the Hierarchy of Controls to Reduce MSD Risk
By Amanda Morton, VelocityEHS Consultant The hierarchy of controls is the framework that safety professionals use to determine the most effective improvements to reduce exposure to hazards in the workplace. Exposures include chemical hazards, physical hazards, biological hazards, and musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) risk factors such as heavy lifting and repetitive motion (OSHA). One of the […]
5 Mistakes Companies Make With Ergonomics
More and more organizations are realizing that they need an ergonomics program to help keep employees safe and healthy from musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), but many of them struggle to develop a strong, effective ergonomics process that can be sustained over time. In some cases, this means a process that never really gets off the ground; […]
Manual Material Handling Tasks Don’t Have to Mean MSD Risks for Employees
Manual material handling (MMH) is one of the most prevalent types of work performed across industries. It involves the spatial manipulation of objects (raw materials, product, etc.) and is a basic form of work that requires minimal qualifications or experience. MMH Tasks Expose Workers to All Primary MSD Risk Factors MMH requires the body to […]
New Case Study Published—Corning: Overcoming Challenges to Achieve Best Safety Record Ever!
We recently published a case study sharing the story of how Corning, one of the world’s leading innovators in material science, achieved its best-ever safety record in 2022. Corning took a three-step approach to safety and health, through employee respect and engagement, visual management, and a leadership-supported strategy. In order to achieve this, Corning implemented […]
Kickstart Your ESG Program Through Operational Risk
There are so many possible workplace hazards to assess, analyze, identify, and get controls in place for, both physical to psychological risks, that having the systematic approach of an operational risk management program is essential. With an operational risk management program, you’re better positioned to identify workplace hazards and get controls in place to mitigate […]
