Safety Culture Plus

The Ministry of Labour and the County of Brant OPP are investigating an industrial accident at HGC Management Inc. that killed a city man last Wednesday.

The police were called to HGC Management on Shaver Road and an investigation revealed that 63-year-old John Losey, of Brantford, was killed as a result of an incident involving a fork lift.

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Industrial accident claims life of city man – Paris Star – Ontario, CA

You must read this report.

Investigators from the EPA Inspector General’s office issued a report that outlines a variety of problems in the agency’s “risk management program,” or RMP. The RMP was created as an amendment to the 1990 Clean Air Act. It required certain industrial facilities to file Risk Management Plans designed to “reduce the likelihood of airborne chemical releases that could harm the public, and mitigate the consequences of releases that do occur.”

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Blogs @ The Charleston Gazette – » Chemical safety: Risky management by EPA

Nice article on using incentive program.  I am not a fans for just giving out incentive, just be cause.  These type of incentives must be tied to some activity that the employee performs.  Remember, “There is no Free Lunch.”

STEVEN GREENHOUSE

Published: Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 5:14 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 5:14 a.m.

TONAWANDA, N.Y. — The sprawling DuPont plant along the Niagara River here can be a grim place, but less so on the days when the company hands out coupons to reward workers for a few weeks without injury.

Called “safety bucks,” the coupons look like real money and can be redeemed at Red Lobster, Home Depot and several other businesses in the area.

For some workers who risk their fingers and bones to make Corian, the stonelike countertop material that is the plant’s major product, the coupons have become a modest blessing and benefit. But other workers regard them as a curse, as a way to mobilize peer pressure against workers who might consider reporting an injury.

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In Workplace Injury System, Ill Will on All Sides | BlueRidgeNow.com | Times-News Online | Hendersonville, NC

This is a nice article that explains why LInkUp is another way to find a job.  Remember this is just another job search engine.  All caution must be taken into account when using any online service. 

Posted in April 2nd, 2009

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What Would Dad Say » 12 Reasons LinkUp Will Be the New, Best Way to Find Your Next Job