Mistão da OSHA, nos Estados Unidos: 1) Dicas de boas práticas em programas de saúde e segurança; 2) prevenção de violências em hospital psiquiátrico; 3) Videos sobre a segurança no cultivo de fumo (tabaco)
OSHA partners share tips for effective safety and health programs
Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs
From June 12-18, more than 100 organizations, many of which participate in OSHA’s Cooperative Programs, partnered with the agency for the first Safe + Sound Week promoting workplace safety and health programs. Kathi Dobson of the National Association of Women in Construction (an Alliance Program participant) and safety director at Alberici Constructors in St. Louis, led the company’s efforts to find and fix hazards before they caused injuries. These efforts included workers performing walkarounds to identify hazards before the start of each workday, and management tracking trends and incidents so that they can better respond to hazards. Learn more about Alberici’s safety journey and their tips for starting a safety and health program here.
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Massachusetts psychiatric hospital cited after continuing to expose workers to serious hazards
Massachussetts
OSHA issued $207,690 in proposed penalties to UHS of Westwood Pembroke, Inc. – doing business as Lowell Treatment Center – a behavioral health facility in Boston, for violations found while conducting a follow-up inspection. In June OSHA issued the center a notification of failure to abate a violation involving workplace violence following a serious violation related to the same hazards that inspectors found in 2015. As a result of the 2015 inspection, the employer and OSHA entered into a Formal Settlement Agreement that outlined specific provisions of a workplace violence prevention program. OSHA opened a follow-up inspection in January of this year after the center failed to provide documentation to show that it had implemented a workplace violence program, and the agency received a complaint alleging employees remained at risk. OSHA found the center had failed to comply with multiple terms of its agreement, and that – despite previous citations and worker injuries – the risks of workers suffering fatal injury or serious harm had not been adequately addressed. For more information, read the news release.
North Carolina releases videos on tobacco farm safety
tobacco farm safety video
The North Carolina Department of Labor’s Agriculture Safety and Health Bureau, the Farm Labor Practices Group, NC State University and industry stakeholders collaborated to produce safety training videos addressing agricultural safety and health hazards faced by tobacco farm workers. These include heat illness and struck-by hazards from farm equipment. The videos also offer guidance on applicable labor laws and regulations, and improving farm labor practices on tobacco farms. The videos are available on YouTube.
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