Category Archives: Safety@Risk™

#293 – COVID TREATMENT THAT SAVES LIVES – ALLEN TAYLOR

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Some people with a Covid-19 infection show no symptoms at all and after the disease runs its course, they recover and can no longer infect others. Some people do show symptoms, feel ill for weeks or months, and eventually recover. Other people become seriously ill, require hospitalization, and many of them die. Until recently, the prognosis for patients with serious disease, on mechanical ventilation or supplementary oxygen, has not been good. Continue reading →

#293 – ASBESTOS IS FAR FROM AN ANTIQUATED THREAT – BILL POMFRET PH.D.

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Dr. Bill Pomfret; Managing Consultant of Safety Projects International Inc.re-looks at an old problem and what employers are required to do, if Asbestos is on their site, that it is properly catalogued, and where it exists, and people are trained to deal with it

Anyone involved in manufacturing or production should be intimately aware of the legacy of asbestos. The diseases most commonly associated with the mineral are asbestosis and mesothelioma – commonly take 20 to 30 years to gestate, long after the underlying problems have been corrected. The result is that mistakes made as far back as the 1970s are still returning to haunt businesses – and may continue to do so for decades to come. Continue reading →

#281 – OCCUPATIONAL RISK AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR COVID-19 AT THE WORKPLACE – SHAN SANKARAN

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Now that the economy is rising back up after the downfall due to the COVID-19, workplaces and organizations are opening up one by one. Even though we have come past this overwhelming phase of being quarantined, all of us are obviously excited to get out there and resume our normal lives. But when it comes to going back to our normal life of going out and working, it basically means that there will be contact between individuals now. Continue reading →

#278 – IN COVID TIME, IS YOUR TUCHIS HANGING OUT? – HOWARD WIENER

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Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.”

– Warren Buffett

The current pandemic has wreaked profound dislocation on businesses throughout the world and upended societal norms as we know them.  It may have been an unpredictable, ‘black swan’ event that will not recur anytime soon, though that’s open to discussion, but it’s worth evaluating your risk management practices to see whether you could have done better.   Continue reading →

#263 – POTENTIAL ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF A PANDEMIC – GEARY SIKICH

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At the time of this writing coronavirus is spreading in China and is appearing in other areas of the world.  Seasonal flu is also spreading through much of the world.  As a comparison, the below graphics provide a snapshot of the current situations.  First is the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) graphic with its representative statistics.  Alarming?  CDC estimates 19 – 26 million flu illnesses; currently there have been approximately 8,000 flu deaths.  Alarming? Continue reading →