Grocery stores and restaurants mop up hazards

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Grocery stores and restaurants have implemented stringent measures to improve occupational health and safety conditions. The move was prompted by a 1993 report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which lists the restaurant and the grocery industries, respectively, as the first and second among workplaces in the total number of occupational injuries. Sprains and strains were the most common type of injuries for both groups. Thus, safety and training measures are tailored to the leading causes of these injuries and uniformly require proper training, commitment and a well-designed work environment.

Grocery Stores, Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores, Eating places, Restaurants & Food Service, Food Services and Drinking Places, Grocery industry, Restaurant industry, Training, Safety regulations

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How to measure your mine safety program

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Evaluations of mine safety programs involve the target areas of technology and its users, the physical work environment, and organizational climate. Mining companies follow different systems to measure the level of success their safety programs have achieved. BHP Copper, for example, put in place its risk-control program Five Star System in 1994, with 73 outlined gradable standards for its smelting plant. Since then, BHP has put in 25 additional standards applicable to all its mining plants. In addition, worker inputs have been intensified for safety program assessment.

Safety Management, Mining (except Oil and Gas), Mining ex Petroleum, Mining industry, Industrial management, Mining, BHP Copper North American Operations

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How to prevent falls in the workplace

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Fall prevention programs in the workplace should be coupled with the development of safety culture in the workplace in order to be effective. Falls are still prevalent in several industry sector and employers could counter this trend by studying fall hazards, fostering a safety culture, purchasing the right equipment and formulating effective training and retraining programs for employees.

Safety Training, Methods, Prevention, Falls (Accidents), Accidental falls, Employee safety education, Safety education

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