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- Best Defense Against Safety Recalls? Lawyer Up
- The string of product-safety recalls involving lead-based paint seems like it has no end: Yesterday, Target Corp. announced yesterday it is pulling 350,000 Taiwanese-made kids' gardening tools and chairs from store shelves, while RC2 Corp., makers of Thomas & Friends railroad toys, said it would recall additional products from the...
- Blog posts 2007-09-27
- Business Travelers Poorly Prepared for Emergencies
- What steps should you take if you lose your corporate credit card or passport while traveling on business? Or how about if you're the target of a violent crime? Emergencies happen -- and we're not talking about flying with a colicky baby onboard or having to sit through an in-flight...
- Blog posts 2007-07-27
- Turn Product Safety Concerns Into Opportunity
- Today the New York Times business section features a very enjoyable read for anyone who has been annoyed by the relentlessly cheerful Sesame Street character, Elmo. Mattel, the maker of a Dancing Elmo toy, is subjecting the little guys to dismemberment and destruction in a testing lab in China to...
- Blog posts 2007-07-26
- It Pays to Throw Good Money After Bad
- Do the math: investing steadily when stocks are swinging wildly will help you rebuild your tattered retirement savings faster than you might think. If you don't believe it, let us show you how it worked even in the worst bear market ever, the Great Depression. Rational brain, you...
- Articles 2009-04-01
- Operator Newsletter Sheds Light on Process Safety
- Covering a breadth of process safety issues, CCPS's Process Safety Beacon newsletter delivers important process safety lessons to operators and other manufacturing personnel each month. Each free issue focuses on a single process safety incident and describes lessons learned and practical solutions to prevent such an incident. The Beacon is...
- White papers 2004-02-01
- IBM RFID Solution for Asset Tracking - Location Awareness and Safety
- When workers are surrounded by highly flammable, corrosive or explosive materials, serious accidents can occur. Safety and security is of paramount concern. If a disaster strikes, immediate action is required and critical information on the location of employees must be gathered in real time. While this information is sought, minutes...
- White papers
- Beyond Normal Accidents and High Reliability Organizations: The Need for an Alternative Approach to Safety in Complex Systems
- The two prevailing organizational approaches to safety, Normal Accidents and HROs, both limit the progress that can be made toward achieving highly safe systems by too narrowly defining the problem and the potential solutions. One believes that a systems approach to safety will allow building safety into socio-technical systems more...
- White papers 2004-04-09
- Initial Development of a Metric to Describe the Level of Safety Associated With Piloting an Aircraft With Synthetic Vision Systems (SVS) Displays
- Synthetic Vision Systems SVS displays provide pilots with a continuous view of terrain combined with integrated guidance symbology in an effort to increase situation awareness SA and decrease workload during operations in Instrument Meteorological Conditions IMC. It is hypothesized that SVS displays can replicate the safety and operational flexibility of...
- White papers 2005-04-14
- Improving Safety in Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) Operations
- The purpose of this white paper is to delineate positions held by the Helicopter Association International relative to the issue of safety and its enhancement during the conduct of Helicopter Emergency Medical Service HEMS operations. The positions stated in this white paper represent what HAI considers is a balanced approach...
- White papers 2005-08-01
- The Role of Engineering Risk Assessment in Public Safety
- Since the beginning of civilization, engineers have been the gatekeepers for innovation and public safety. As the needs of the public have evolved, so have the designs that engineers have created. As the public needs for safety have evolved, so has the field of safety engineering. This paper describes about...
- White papers 2004-06-18
- Guidelines on Project Safety and Health
- The construction industry, by its inherent nature, is susceptible to potentially dangerous conditions that affect safety of all personnel working on construction projects. As a result, it is imperative in all planning, design, bidding, and implementation that safety is the one constant built into each project. This paper discusses the...
- White papers 2005-10-31
- Opening Pandora's Pillbox: Using Modern Information Tools to Improve Drug Safety
- How the Food and Drug Administration FDA responds to criticism of its drug safety process will determine whether drug safety actually improves. Propping up the Office of Drug Safety with more bureaucratic prominence or adding new requirements to the preapproval process will add to the cost of drug development and...
- White papers 2005-08-01
- Intentionally Designed Automation Creates the Best Places to Work and Receive Care
- The issue of safety is just as much about the safety of those giving care as it is about those receiving it. At the root of this need for improved safety is the importance of creating a healthy environment that fosters safe practice and safe care. A key building block...
- White papers 2004-06-29
- State Director Of Occupational Safety And Health Job Description
- The State Director Of Occupational Safety And Health job description template includes the following job summary: To direct and manage the state's occupational safety and health program, to enforce state statutes in occupational safety and health, and to provide assistance to employers and employees in reducing risks and accidents. Additional...
- Tools & templates 2007-09-09
- Workplace Safety Training And The Benefits
- The benefits of safety training range from reducing insurance costs to saving lives. If you understand safety and learn about it, you can then work without injuring yourself or anybody around you. Whether you work construction, in the health field or are an electrical repairperson, you need to understand the...
- White papers 2007-07-06
- What Female Scholars Learned from Oil Rig Macho Men
- Harvard Business School faculty conduct field research in all parts of the world, but only professor Robin Ely can claim a stint on an offshore oil platform, 130 miles off the coast of southern Louisiana. What was she doing in this "manly men" environment? Studying how gender...
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- Javelin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator instructions We’ll go to Edmund Kim with JP Morgan. Edmund Kim – JP Morgan Hi, thanks for the additional commentary regarding the Dyloject launch in the UK. I have a few questions. One, the – NDA filing for Dyloject now appears to...
- Earnings calls 2008-11-10
- Sample Industrial Health & Safety Engineer Cover Letter
- Use this template as a cover letter to apply for the post of industrial health & safety engineer. The job seeker who wrote this industrial health & safety engineer cover letter shows his understanding of the tasks involved in this job: planning, implementing, and coordinating the safety programs requiring the...
- Tools & templates 2009-01-01
- At Risk: Are You Prepared For The TREAD Act?
- Are you prepared to meet the early warning data reporting requirements of the TREAD Act? The Transportation Recall, Enhancement, Accountability and Documentation TREAD Act was enacted on November 1, 2000. The TREAD Act contains provisions requiring vehicle and equipment manufacturers to report periodically to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...
- White papers 2003-12-01
- Behavior-Based Safety Techniques Can Improve Productivity, Quality, And Safety
- Whether an organization is a Fortune 500 company with worldwide operations or a mid-size firm with one facility, employees are absolutely crucial to the overall performance and profitably of the business. Building the right work environment is essential, yet numerous factors can negatively impact employee safety and productivity. Many are...
- White papers 2009-01-01
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