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In light of recent developments, the GuideUnes need reconsideration. At least one other person has similarly concluded. Updating the GuideUnes is one of the proposals Frank White, Senior Vice President of ORC Worldwide, made in an April 2006 letter to Assistant Secretary for Labor Edwin G. Foulke, Jr. Members of ORC, about 140 mostly Fortune 500 corporations, strive for excellence in safety and health performance. White s comments are pertinent to this chapter ... [Pg.388]

At about the same time, a study was in progress at ORC Worldwide to identify the characteristics of serious injuries and fatalities. ORC... [Pg.149]

Ferguson s statement still applies. This author emphasizes Reliance on traditional approaches to fatality prevention has not always proven effective. Companies with outstanding records showing reductions on less serious injuries may not have had similar reductions for serious injuries and fatalities. At ORC Worldwide (Now Mercer HSE Networks), about 40 companies are presently involved in an additional study to determine what can be done to reduce occupational fatalities. [Pg.150]

As the BLS statistical trends indicate, serious flaws exist today in the way many organizations address SIFs. Many are aware of non-SIFs that have high potential, but few have the consistent visibility needed to address precursors in sustainable ways, according to a Mercer/ORC Worldwide 2008 study of member companies, summarized in a November, 2008 article by James Nash in ISHN, Preventing death on the job Did Heinrich get it wrong ... [Pg.34]

Source Scott Madar, Mercer (formerly ORC Worldwide Consulting)... [Pg.16]

The ORC is a Washington, D.C.-based private industry group with many representatives from the chemical industry. The ORC agreed to help because they were concerned about another worldwide disaster that may cause the United States Congress to quickly develop legislation which may be ineffective. The ORC was also concerned about the proliferation of similar regulations at the state level and they felt a performance standard was essential if the law was to be effective. [11]... [Pg.242]

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