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Workplace Safety in the Gig Economy: New BLS data on 2015 fatalities

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Workplace Safety in the Gig Economy: New BLS data on 2015 fatalities

“The more things change, the more they are the same.” Alphonse Karr Recently released fatal injury data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that self-employed workers are almost five times as likely to die on the job as employees. It Seems Like Nothing Much Has Changed As promised, the BLS released its 2015 [...]

By Mike Schmidt|2017-07-24T17:21:01-05:00December 21st, 2016|Workplace Safety|Comments Off

Making the Workplace Safer: OSHA’s Top 10 Citations

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Making the Workplace Safer: OSHA’s Top 10 Citations

“If all employers simply corrected the top 10 hazards, we are confident the number of deaths, amputations and hospitalizations would drastically decline.” Tom Galassi, director of enforcement programs for OSHA About this time every year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration publishes its top 10 list of regulatory violations and the Bureau of Labor Statistics [...]

By Mike Schmidt|2017-07-24T17:27:42-05:00November 2nd, 2016|Process Safety, Process Safety Management|Comments Off

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