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September 2016 newsletter – The key to a strong safety culture

FDR Safety

The key to a strong safety culture: positive employee attitudes. Improve safety performance with Attitude-Based Safety Culture Training. The key to a strong safety culture: positive employee attitudes. When that “want to” culture is in place, employers find that their safety performance improves.

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Safety Around Powerlines – Part II

FDR Safety

If you are involved in a vehicle accident and strike a utility pole and lines fall onto your vehicle, know that the lines are energized. Sydney Delprato, GSP, is the Safety Coordinator at Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative in Hughesville, Maryland. The post Safety Around Powerlines – Part II appeared first on FDRsafety.

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October 2016 newsletter – 6 Tips to Improve Supervisors’ Safety Performance

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6 Tips to Improve Supervisors’ Safety Performance. Need a safety professional to staff your project? 6 Tips to Improve Supervisors’ Safety Performance. A key ingredient in creating a strong safety culture is having supervisors who are committed to their company’s safety program. We can help. Join Our Mailing List.

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June 2016 newsletter

FDR Safety

If you asked the typical small business man or woman if he or she wanted to protect their employees from workplace accidents, the answer would, of course, be yes. However, the reality of day-to-day operations in most small businesses makes it difficult to focus on safety in the workplace. Enforce safe-work rules.

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Older, Not Wiser? Workplace Fatalities Highest Amongst Older Generation

FDR Safety

AFLCIO : These are challenging times for working people and their unions, and the prospects for worker safety and health protections are uncertain. Safety was, is, and will always be a challenge for many. As a concept that can be applied to all avenues of life, safety is something we typically understand and respect more with age.

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Say What? The Rise of Criminal Liability for Construction Accidents

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on safety policies, OSHA and regulatory compliance, contracts, disputes, and all areas where law and construction intersect. “To Last week marked the end of Construction Safety Week 2018 , a combined effort by the Construction Industry Safety (CISI) group and the Incident and Injury Free (IIF) CEO Forum.

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November 2016 Newsletter – Tips on responding to new OSHA drug testing, injury reporting guidance

FDR Safety

One of the most significant OSHA actions of 2016 was issuing guidance on drug testing, injury reporting and safety incentive programs. OSHA threw a curve ball to employers with its recent guidance on drug testing, injury reporting and safety incentive programs, leaving companies wondering how to respond. By Andrew Kaake.

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