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CFL lights pose safety, health, enviro risks
March 23rd, 2011
Compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) light bulbs pose injury, exposure, and environmental risks, requiring handling, storage, recycling and disposal procedures.
Chem workers require medical surveillance
March 22nd, 2011
Medical surveillance is an important part of health and safety of chemical industry workers exposed to hazardous substances.
Health care management culture change
March 17th, 2011
Health care managers have to move the nursing profession from a blame culture to an energizing culture, by intellectual, emotional, and spiritual recognition.
SA public health service crisis
March 16th, 2011
The South Africa government notes “continued dissatisfaction of patients who face rude staff, long queues, dirty and unsafe clinics and hospitals.”
Mining boom drives cheap PPE sales
March 16th, 2011
Mining growth is raising employment, as well as safety and health compliance efforts, personal protective equipment (PPE) sales, and PPE technology innovation.
Mine water report calls for pumping
March 16th, 2011
The December 2010 report on acid mine drainage in the Witwatersrand gold fields basin, outlines risks and treatment options to an AMD ministerial committee.
Metros enforce Waste Information System (WIS)
March 7th, 2011
Johannesburg and Cape Town metros are enforcing compliance to the Waste Information System (WIS) in 2011, by waste handling licenses and volumes reporting.
Quality managers plan registration body
February 22nd, 2011
Quality managers, consultants and auditors aim to form an umbrella federation board for professional development and registration, to start work in 2011.
Risk assessment 100 point checklist
November 30th, 2010
A process risk assessment checklist of 100 points, is promoted in the USA by ETC Compliance Solutions. Rate your site’s process safety management.
Find relevant evidence to justify ‘Yes’, ‘No’, or ‘N/A” (not applicable) to each sub-question, then tally the number of justified ‘Yes’ responses to obtain a percentage score.
Use …
Compliance kills and pollutes
November 3rd, 2010
Some employers use the term ‘compliance’ like a ‘Get out of Jail Free’ card in a Monopoly game. A compliance attitude is likely to kill workers and pollute earth.
The Occupational Health and Safety Act is a bare minimum. In the USA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) are …
