June Memo to Members Celebrating 90 Years of Safety · 2018-06-11 · Mowing Safety Tips Grilling...
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June "Memo to Members" Newsletter May 2018 Conference Highlights June is National Safety Month MNOSHA: Electronic Reporting Now Required 2018 Job Outlook for Safety Pros Workplace Safety Index NSC Injury Facts - Now Online NETS Newsletter: Safe Summer Driving Make the Fourth a Blast: Drive Sober (Poster) NHTSA: Highway Safety Compliance Assistance Program Eyes Off the Road... Here - Not There ACT: Prevent Hot Car Deaths New CO Law for Boaters Summer Safety: Resources to Share Fireworks Safety Bicycle Crash Facts ; Safety Videos Mowing Safety Tips Grilling Fire Safety Celebrating 90 Years of Safety In June, we celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Minnesota Safety Council. A lot has changed in 90 years. Ninety years ago, a group of concerned businesses met in Duluth to work together on workplace safety. Today, we have a well developed safety system that includes everything from Minnesota OSHA and their MnSTAR and MnSHARP programs to associations of safety professionals to emerging efforts like Total Worker Health. Ninety years ago, horseless carriages were still quite new. Today, we have almost as many vehicles as people. The vehicles are packed with safety equipment and soon will be driving themselves. Ninety years ago, electricity wasn't available in every part of our state. Today, we use battery powered smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors to help make our homes safer. When you look back, it's hard to imagine how it was then versus how it is now. Read more Rules and Regulations MNOSHA: Electronic Reporting of Injury and Illness Data Now Required MNOSHA has adopted the federal rule requiring annual reporting of injury and illness data. All OSHA Seeks Public Input for Beryllium Rule OSHA has proposed a rule that would extend the compliance date for certain ancillary requirements
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June "Memo to Members"Newsletter
May 2018 ConferenceHighlightsJune is National SafetyMonthMNOSHA: ElectronicReporting Now Required2018 Job Outlook for SafetyProsWorkplace Safety IndexNSC Injury Facts - NowOnline
NETS Newsletter: SafeSummer DrivingMake the Fourth a Blast:Drive Sober (Poster)NHTSA: Highway SafetyCompliance AssistanceProgramEyes Off the Road...Here - Not ThereACT: Prevent Hot Car Deaths
New CO Law for BoatersSummer Safety: Resourcesto ShareFireworks SafetyBicycle Crash Facts; SafetyVideosMowing Safety TipsGrilling Fire Safety
Celebrating 90 Years of Safety
In June, we celebrate the90th anniversary of theMinnesota Safety Council. Alot has changed in 90years.
Ninety years ago, a groupof concerned businessesmet in Duluth to worktogether on workplacesafety. Today, we have a well developed safetysystem that includes everything from MinnesotaOSHA and their MnSTAR and MnSHARP programs toassociations of safety professionals to emergingefforts like Total Worker Health.
Ninety years ago, horseless carriages were stillquite new. Today, we have almost as manyvehicles as people. The vehicles are packed withsafety equipment and soon will be drivingthemselves.
Ninety years ago, electricity wasn't available inevery part of our state. Today, we use batterypowered smoke detectors and carbon monoxidedetectors to help make our homes safer.
When you look back, it's hard to imagine how it wasthen versus how it is now.
Read more
Rules and Regulations
MNOSHA: Electronic Reporting of Injuryand Illness Data Now RequiredMNOSHA has adopted the federal rule requiring
annual reporting of injury and illness data. All
OSHA Seeks Public Input for BerylliumRuleOSHA has proposed a rule that would extend the
compliance date for certain ancillary requirements
annual reporting of injury and illness data. AllMinnesota employers with 20 or more employeesare now required to electronically submit theirdata to federal OSHA by July 1, 2018.
OSHA Issues Proposed Rule to ClarifyCrane Operator RequirementsOSHA is moving to finalize changes to its craneoperator certification requirements, according toa proposed rule published in the May 21 FederalRegister. Comments on the proposed rule are dueJune 20. MSHA: Final Rule on Examinations ofWorking Places in Metal and NonmetalMinesThe Mine Safety and Health Administration(MSHA) has published a final rule on Examinationsof Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines.The rule is effective as of June 2, 2018.
compliance date for certain ancillary requirementsof the general industry beryllium standard to Dec.12, 2018. Four Standards Back on OSHA's Radarin Spring Regulatory AgendaDespite the Trump administration's focus onderegulation, OSHA is set to move ahead on fourstandards previously relegated to "long-termaction" status, according to the Department ofLabor's Spring 2018 regulatory agenda, releasedMay 9. Staying Ahead of Environmental Rulesand RegulationsThis article looks at how technology and humanintelligence can help EHS executives stay aheadof rapidly evolving environmental policy to stay incompliance.
New Resources & Online Tools
OSHA Fall Prevention TrainingGuideThis training guide helpsemployers provide training toworkers to prevent falls andincludes a series of shortToolbox Talks about various fallprevention topics.
Best Practices for Tractor-TrailerDriversOSHA and the trucking industry havecreated a new flier on the three mostcommon hazards tractor-trailerdrivers face after reaching theirdestinations.
Hazard Identification TrainingTool OSHA's Hazard IdentificationTraining Tool is an interactive,online, game-based training toolfor small business owners,workers and others interested inlearning the core concepts ofhazard identification.
Oil and Gas Workers: FatiguedDrivingFatigued driving is a major causeof crashes in the oil and gasindustry. This new NIOSH factsheet gives drivers informationabout fatigue and tips to staysafe behind the wheel.
Preventing Hearing LossNew NIOSH Safety and HealthBulletin with information onpreventing hearing loss caused byototoxic chemicals and noiseexposure.
Farm Safety Check: FatigueThis safety checklist from theUpper Midwest AgriculturalSafety and Health Center looksat the impact fatigue can haveon physical and mental healthand what can be done topromote safety on the farm.
Contractor SafetyManagementContractor workers are threetimes as likely as employees tobe hurt or killed in theworkplace. This free whitepapersummarizes an EHS Todaysurvey of hundreds ofprofessionals across multipleindustries on key trends incontract safety management.
Safe + Sound Week Raise awareness of the value ofsafety and health programs duringSafe + Sound Week, Aug. 13-19.Take advantage of free resources toshow your commitment to safety andbuild your program. Join NIOSH,OSHA and partners for a free webinaron June 26 at 12 p.m. CDT to learnmore.
June is National Safety MonthCreate awareness and helpprevent unnecessary injuries anddeaths at work, on the roadsand in homes and communitiesby downloading and sharing freematerials from the NationalSafety Council during NationalSafety Month this June and allyear long.
Articles of Interest
Shining a Light on SunSafety in the WorkplaceThis article highlights the fiveS's of sun safety when itcomes to protecting workersfrom UV exposure.
Damaging Noise in theWorkplaceAccording to OSHA, at least 22million workers are exposed topotentially damaging noise atwork each year. This articlehighlights measures employersand employees can take toprotect themselves. Microlearning: A NewApproach to SafetyTrainingThis article looks at a newsafety training approach called"microlearning" that utilizesshort, focused, readily-available modules to improveworker performance.
Falls: Among DeadliestHazards for WorkersFalls are the second-leadingcause of work-related deaths inthe United States, representing14 percent of all workerfatalities over an 11-yearperiod, according to a newstudy from NIOSH. Why Workplace WellnessWorks While workplace safety hasbecome a critical component toworker well-being, integratingworker wellness into acompany's core values isbecoming just as essential,according to a new CampbellInstitute study.
Immigrant ConstructionWorker Training According to a recent studyfrom NIOSH and the AmericanSociety of Safety Engineers,immigrant construction workersemployed by small companiesdo not receive the sameamount of safety and healthtraining as their counterpartsat larger companies. Long-term Opioid UseDelays Return to WorkA Workers CompensationResearch Institute study ofworkers with low-back injuriesshows those who receivelonger-term prescriptions foropioid painkillers takesignificantly longer to return towork than those not prescribedopioids.
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