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The National Safety Council has designated June as National Safety Month. Worker safety has improved in recent years, but, according to the NSC, "Nine out of 10 accidental fatalities and two-thirds of disabling injuries to workers occur off the job. In 2005, more than 60 percent of all accidental deaths involved either workers who were off the job or their family members." The articles below can help your employees avoid accidents and injuries on and off the job.

It is the employer's job to provide a safe, healthy workplace. (Item #1)   Avoiding common office hazards can lead to a safer environment. (Item #2)   Do your own safety inspection with these checklists. (Item #3)  

Are you in compliance with the three labor laws that protect American workers? (Item #4)   Complacency is your enemy where safety is concerned. (Item #5)   Poor indoor air quality is becoming more and more common; is your building sick? (Item #6)  

Pay a visit to the National Safety Month web site for more information to help keep your families and communities safe: http://www.nsc.org/NSM/

As always, we look forward to hearing about your concerns with regards to business continuity. If you have a topic you'd like to see covered, please email me at [email protected]

Best Regards,

Bob Mellinger
President
Attainium Corp

Quote of the Week

"He that's secure is not safe."
- Benjamin Franklin -

Articles

1. Office Environment & Worker Safety & Health
Maintaining a healthy office environment requires attention to chemical hazards, equipment and work station design, physical environment (temperature, humidity, light, noise, ventilation, and space), task design, psychological factors (personal interactions, work pace, job control) and sometimes, chemical or other environmental exposures.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/officeenvironment/officeenvironment.html

2. Common Office Hazards: Small Changes Can Reduce Big Hazards
Contrary to popular belief, every workplace has potential hazards, and many hazards are caused by very ordinary items commonly found in most offices. Avoiding these potential problems in the workplace helps ensure sure that you and your coworkers stay much safer.
http://nonprofitrisk.org/tools/workplace-safety/nonprofit/c1/selfinspect.htm

3. Self-Inspection Checklists
Use this self-inspection checklist to check out your workplace. This is something most organizations can and should do to ascertain whether hidden hazards exist.
http://nonprofitrisk.org/tools/workplace-safety/nonprofit/c1/selfinspect.htm

4. Safety and Health in the Workplace: Compliance
Read an overview of the three U.S. labor laws protecting the safety and health of workers in America: The Occupational Safety and Health Act; the Mine Safety and Health Act; and the child labor laws under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The article also contains information on drug-free workplaces.
http://www.dol.gov/compliance/topics/safety-health.htm?cm_sp=ExternalLink-_-Federal-_-DOL

5. Avoiding Corporate Complacency
Too often individuals and companies become complacent when it comes to safety. Managers are satisfied with mediocre safety performance and do not work to improve the environment by raising safety awareness and eliminating the potential for injury. Over time, the entire organization gives little meaningful attention to safety.
http://www.sideroad.com/Workplace_Safety/workplace-safety-article.html

6. Do I Work in a Sick Building?
There is more and more evidence that the quality of the indoor environment can have profound effects on the health of building occupants. The World Health Organization estimates that up to 30 percent of office buildings worldwide may have significant problems, with 10 to 30 percent of the occupants of the buildings experiencing health effects which are, or are perceived to be, related to poor indoor air quality.
http://www.safety.com/articles/do-i-work-in-a-sick-building.html