Potential threats to safety and health reputations, especially for corporations producing popular consumer goods, are often targeted years in advance.
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By Dave Johnson, Phylmar newsletter editor
What do you think of when you hear the words “risk communication”?
Most likely disasters, crises, emergencies, large-scale losses or threats to public health and safety that receive heavy media attention and can damage corporate credibility and reputations.
Bhopal. Exxon Valdez. Deepwater Horizon. Tylenol poisonings. Love Canal. Chernobyl. Three …
California has become the first state to require private industry businesses to develop a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan.
Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 553 into law on September 20, 2023. Employers must implement plans and comply with the law by July 1, 2024. Places of employment not open to the public and with …
Often when people think of learning objectives for a course, they think, “what is the course going to teach?” That is the exact opposite of what a learning objective should be.
A learning objective should describe what the trainee is expected to learn or to be able to do as a result of the training.…
By: Dave Johnson
ACT is an organizational EHS assessment tool developed by Mark Katchen, managing principal of the Phylmar Group, that EHS professionals can used as part of the interview process when seeking employment or when comparing the programmatic commitment of different organizations. ACT evaluates how three critical EHS issues are handled – or not …
The work we do ensures members are informed of what is happening and what is coming. Together, our OSH Forum makes a positive impact on smart public policy and the health and safety of America’s workers. We are actively searching for new members committed to Advancing Safety Excellence.
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (FedOSHA) is moving forward with its 2023 Regulatory Agenda and initiatives. The Agency continues to release information and details that outline its alignment with the Biden Administration’s goals and priorities.
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Heat Illness Prevention continues to be a focus for the Agency and Administration. In addition, Workplace …
Now that Cal/OSHA and the Board have moved on from the two-year COVID-19 regulation, the focus is now on the development of an Infectious Disease rule for General Industry. Stakeholders were surprised to hear at the November 2022 Board meeting that the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has already developed a draft which …
By: Dave Johnson, Phylmar newsletter editor
Many of you are likely among the more than 30 million users of the global phenomenon ChatGPT (which gets roughly five million visits a day), an artificial intelligence chatbot released free to the public last November 30 by the small San Francisco AI company OpenAI. Try it out at …
On March 4, 2022, the Board published the first set of proposed revisions to the First Aid in General Industry and Construction standards. On October 12, 2022, additional changes were published in a 15-Day Notice of Proposed Modifications. Revisions to First Aid requirements were originally prompted by a Board decision in 2011 to grant …
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