Safety observations announcing

At the end of Monday s safety meeting, Randy, the maintenance group s employee safety representative, announces that on Tuesday he will conduct a safety observation of the maintenance crew working on Unit 1. On Tuesday afternoon Randy gets Jim, another maintenance employee, and says, Come with me to Unit 1.1 want to do a safety observation of the crew there and would like you to come see how these are done so that you can do them later on. Your participation is totally voluntary, but it ll help us ensure a safe workplace. ... 

While the laws of this country require that the safety of foods, chemicals, and drugs be demonstrated by well-controlled studies, the authority of the FDA cannot be exercised beyond the borders of the United States. Concluding that the best means of satisfying the law would be to physically observe the operations and practices of the laboratory, the agency took it a step further by announcing that a refusal to permit such an observation would result in the non-acceptance by the FDA of the uninspected data. This standard applies to all laboratories—foreign and domestic, governmental as well as commercial—that conduct studies intended for submission to the FDA. 

PureSafety has announced the release of its Learning and Safety Management System 6.1, which includes a range of observation, prevention and training tools unprecedented in the industry. Users can report unsafe conditions and near-miss incidents, even anonymously, within their organization, which can then be tracked, researched and corrected immediately - before an incident occurs. Visit PureSafety at www.puresafety. com/ims for more information. Circle 308... 

The power and light company experienced substantial safety improvements as a result of our innovative behavioral safety implementation. Figure 25.4 demonstrates the significant decreases in lost-workday cases, medical aid injuries, and vehicle incidents after the behavioral implementation. Figure 25.5 illustrates the increase in safety scores after the intervention was implemented. The safety committee did not announce that employees were being observed while they collected the baseline... 

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