A SUBCONTRACTOR'S GUIDE TO STOPPING SUBSTANCE ABUSE American Subcontractor's Association Subcontractors must recognize their part of the overall workplace substance abuse problem and commit leader...

The Top Workplace Safety Problem Preventing injuries is a major workplace safety challenge. More than one million workers suffer back injuries each year...

BACKLOG! ARE YOU KEEPING UP? by Grace Bauer Does your office have a serious backlog problem? If you answered 'no' to this question, think again! Most of the offices I talk to every...

BOMBS by Douglas Henderson Bomb threats and actual detonations have become an all-too-frequent problem for American business. This article discusses: Responses to a Bomb Threat ...

BUILD SAFETY AWARENESS Most business owners or managers spend their days (and probably nights, too) working on and thinking about ways to reduce risk in your workplace. Unfortunately, all of it...

INFORMATION DATE 19920218 DESCRIPTION USDOL Program Highlights-Cotton Dust TOPIC Cotton Dust STANDARD NUMBER 1910.1043 SUBJECT Cotton Dust ABSTRACT Cotton dust...

DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC Here's a real-life scenario from a CSR (KM) who felt she couldn't work with people effectively. After having worked in a large brokerage house in the same geographic a...

EMPLOYEE CONDUCT AND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT by Don Phin Most employees with disabilities can maintain acceptable conduct in the workplace. However, on occasion, some employee...

Fact Sheet No. OSHA 93-48 Lead Exposure in Construction ENGINEERING CONTROLS Because lead is a cumulative and persistent toxic substance and because lead-caused health effects may result from low l...

On June 22, 1984, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a standard which set a limit on worker exposure to ethylene oxide (EtO) averaged over an either hour day to protect about 68,000 workers exposed to the substance. The standard was amended April 6, 1988, to further reduce the health risk associated with EtO by requiring control of short-term exposure to EtO as well. Workers primarily employed by hospitals and medical products manufacturers will benefit most from the 1988 amendment.