Guidance on Swine and other Pandemic Flus

What can your company due to reduce the risk of a pandemic flu affecting your business? OSHA has some helpful guidelines on flu preparedness and response.

Here are some good suggestions:

• Communicate to employees what options may be available to them for working from home.
  
• Communicate the office leave policies, policies for getting paid, transportation issues, and day care concerns.
  
• Make sure that your employees know where supplies for hand hygiene are located.
  
• Monitor public health communications about pandemic flu recommendations and ensure that your employees also have access to that information.
  
• Work with your employees to designate a person(s), website, bulletin board or other means of communicating important pandemic flu information.

The OSHA guidance includes helpful information on protecting employees, minimizing transmission, and even how to maintain operations during a pandemic.

Click Here for More Information: Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for an Influenza Pandemic

OSHA to investigate Dallas Cowboys practice facility collapse

You may have seen in the news the terrible tragedy that occurred during the wind storm at the Dallas Cowboys practice facility. OSHA has announced an investigation into this accident. OSHA investigations occur in these instances, and do not imply wrongdoing. While the investigation is complicated, it will focus on a simple theme.

1. Where there any identifiable hazards at the practice facility?

2. Were employees trained on the hazards, or did the company provide methods for mitigation or elimination?

Now is a good time to look at your own facility and determine if their are any hazards that your company has not dealt with. After an accident is always too late.