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According to recent data 22 million Americans work evening shifts, night shifts, rotating shifts, or another irregular type of schedule. These potentially sleep deprived workers are more likely to think and move more slowly, decreasing productivity. The likelihood of accidents, however, is increased, as evidenced by the estimated cost to American businesses of $18 billion a year!
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More than half of the small businesses profiled in a recent study by Symantec did not have a disaster preparedness plan in place. Without plans for evacuation, employees won’t know where to go when a crisis strikes and pandemonium can quickly ensue. Taking the time to create even a cursory preparedness plan is worth its weight in safety.
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When the Indiana State Fair stage collapsed, claiming six lives and sending more than 45 people to the hospital, safety officials everywhere took note. What could people in the audience learn? What steps can be taken to make a plan before watching a large performance, attending a football game, or a series finale for any major sport?
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You can train your entire team to make the best of a near miss opportunity. When employees feel empowered to point out a near miss – and perhaps even receive recognition or a pat on the back for doing so – this practice will likely prevent future injuries and may contribute to improved operational performance.
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Disasters are an inevitable part of doing business. It’s a fact of life that has never seemed more obvious than in 2011, as we’ve witnessed a devastating tsunami, earthquakes, tornadoes, fires and flooding.
In the near future, it’s likely your business will be threatened by a critical event that could dramatically impact operations. Because disasters don’t happen regularly, they are often overlooked until it’s too late. Organizations that plan in advance often make it through the crisis while those that don’t suffer serious consequences.
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We’re all familiar with Murphy’s Law, but did you know Murphy had a trilogy of laws?
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Earlier this year, a gunman critically injured a doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital, then killed himself and his mother. In another incident, a man who was unhappy with a relative’s treatment killed a nurse and another employee in a Georgia hospital, before being shot himself. In late 2010, an emergency nurse told CNN that she’d been scratched, bitten, spat on, and struck across the face so hard that her jaw broke. Welcome to another day in the life of the healthcare workplace.
While the violence is not likely to improve soon, hospitals can adopt strategies to reduce violence and help prevent their employees from becoming victims.
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When comparing their current plans against best practices in the industry, many organizations realize that evacuation planning is more than just conducting an annual fire drill or posting a map of available exits. As experts in the human aspects of disaster readiness and response, we’ve compiled a list of evacuation best practices, and those come [...]
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Let’s face it. Some of us succumb to road rage. We end up venting our over-the-top frustrations on some unfortunate soul. And others of us are victims of road rage, finding ourselves essentially being assaulted on the highway. Well, regardless of which side of this divide you fall on, experts have some advice to help keep things under control.
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Survivors of disasters or traumatic events are at significant risk for developing such problems as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression and substance abuse. To address this risk, organizations that have suffered a traumatic event often arrange for critical incident stress debriefings (CISD) for affected employees, hoping this short-term psychological intervention will prove helpful. But it’s not that simple.
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