Occupational safety and health

American Bar Association’s Occupational Safety and Health Law Midwinter panel discussion. The focus of the meeting was about the new standards issued by The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Some of the new standards introduced include placing limits on post-accident drug-testing programs and having certain measures in place for protecting employees from silica and beryllium exposure. Based on these changes, employers will have to revise their workplace safety policies to…

Question #1 The Hazards Communication Standard (HCS) compliance checklist states that you must: Know the regulations; identify responsible staff; identify and list all chemicals; write the plan maintain good labeling on containers; provide quick access to MSDSs for all employees on all shifts; train all employees on all possible chemical exposures; frequently review and revise the program. (Haight, 2012, pg. 154). Of the eight HCS compliance checklist standards listed above “identify…

Introduction Business dictionary.org defines a community as, “self-organized network of people with common agendas, causes, or interests, who collaborate by sharing ideas, inforamtiona and other resources” (2016). In addition to a community, a culture is defined as, integrated patterns of human behavior that include language, thoughts, communications, actions, beliefs, and values (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014, p. 24). Hospital organizations can review problems and issues that specific…

inexperienced managers. The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) implemented in 1970 require employers to maintain accurate records, in addition to adequately storing these documents for a disclosed amount of time (Foulke, & Beck, 1993). The advice one would give the owners concerning the company’s obligation under the OSHA standard in documenting accidents is having one primary person finalize the yearly paperwork. Since Dynamic Duo Inc. does not seem to have a Safety Manager to help with…

According to Buchbinder & Shanks 2012, I Love You…Forever case study, an assault transpired at the clinic, it involved an employee, Nurse Practitioner (NP) Nancy Masters, and intimate partner Joe, who later began stalking her. The author wrote that violence and death are a derivative of stalking. The case study focused on addressing the issue of intimate partner violence (IPV) in workplace and the employers’ response to an occurrence. It was obvious that the hospital needed to review and…

HR development, compensation and benefits, safety and health, employee and labor relation and EEO and affirmative action. HR planning…

a co-op student was vital for success in the program. Understanding of the specific duties that I was expected to do on my own and to audit my own processes and task was essential. Understanding how the goals, functions, and services of the health and safety department and how it relates to the operations and processes of the larger organization is also vital. Secondly, knowning how work gets done and when to perform work independently or with a co-worker. Also knowing when instruction and…

what OSHA and the General Duty Clause is, the effect on construction companies, and lastly I will be informing you of a case regarding the General Duty Clause. What Is It OSHA stand for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA is the general umbrella for protecting worker health and safety The law requires for employers to condition a safe environment for their employees and OSHA sets and enforces this law. According to Small Business What is the OSHA General Duty Clause, “The…

people in their average everyday life believe that registered nurses (RNs) do not have difficulties and that it is set as an easy career. However, a few statistics from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have proven that up to 5.6 million out of the 12.2 million registered nurses suffer from occupational bloodborne pathogens. In addition, between the years of 2012 and 2014 violence in the registered nurses workplace like injuries have increased. It is stated that there was…

various scholars. Physical risk- psychological safety relates to the of feeling safety of an employee and deals with physical risk conditions, such as noise, physical hazard and etc. (Amponsah-Tawiah et al., 2013). Team-psychological safety relates to an employee’s feeling as a member of a team and not being rejected, embarrassed or punished by other members of the team when he/she speaks up (Edmondson, 1999). Energy psychological safety refers to safety-perceived feeling of employees which…