As the country continues to navigate the coronavirus pandemic, employers and employees are working through their responses to COVID-19 in real time. Local, state, and federal directives vary widely, leaving much of the workplace safety – coronavirus response to employers to figure out on their own.
Topics: OSHA, Regulatory Information, Workplace Health and Safety, Compliance, In the News, Coronavirus
2020 will be known as the year of the coronavirus, and with infectious diseases at the front of everyone’s minds, we thought that now would be the time to take a look at emerging infectious diseases circling the globe.
Topics: In the News, Hospital & Health Care
In the span of just a few months, the coronavirus went from an unknown virus to a global threat, with infections in almost every country in the world. It grounded the global economy to a halt, decimated healthcare systems, and flipped our understanding of day-to-day life on its head.
Topics: Workplace Health and Safety, In the News, Hospital & Health Care, Safety Management, Coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic has taken over almost every facet of day-to-day life. New developments seem to appear on the scene every hour, and the situation between one area and the next can be dramatically different.
Topics: In the News, Coronavirus
Every day, more cities instruct citizens to stay at home and practice social distancing. Grocery stores are selling out of pantry items and hand sanitizer. Non-essential businesses are ordered to close or work from home. Countries are going into lockdown and closing their borders.
Topics: Workplace Health and Safety, In the News, Incident Management, Hospital & Health Care, Safety Management, Coronavirus
When most people take to the air, they’re probably ignoring the in-flight safety instructions and thinking about how best to run time on the plane. They’re not generally worried about safety. They typically assume that planes are built to fly safely.
Topics: In the News, Logistics and Transportation
In August 2019, McDonald’s announced that it would roll out a brand new workplace safety training program for workers and managers in response to employee complaints.
Topics: In the News, Training Management, Food & Beverage
Most of us don’t think twice about where our food comes from. We buy it from the store, take it home, eat it, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Topics: In the News, Food Safety, FDA, Food & Beverage
We are a species obsessed with data. We generate a mind-boggling 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every single day. Between our smartphones, wearables, and internet interaction, there’s an astonishing amount of information about us.
Topics: In the News
Don Foerster, longtime safety director for the City of Huntingburg, Indiana, announced his retirement this summer. He has served as Huntingburg's safety and risk management director for 24 years, the first person to hold the title.
Topics: In the News
