Advocacy

OSHA Seeking Stakeholder Input on Leading Indicators

The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is asking for stakeholder input on their current use of leading indicators and their impact on managing their safety and health management systems.

Leading indicators are proactive and preventive measures that can provide insight on the effectiveness of safety and health activities and reveal potential problems. They are vital in reducing worker fatalities, injuries, illnesses, and financial impacts. The goal is to develop sets of leading indicators that OSHA can recommend and encourage employers to use in supporting their safety and health program/management system.

Accidents in the News Through 5/31/23

Apopka, FL – A garbage truck making a left turn struck and killed a motorcyclist at 5:21 am. MORE

New Sharon, ME – An 18-year-old died after her mother crashed their SUV into a recycling truck that was stopped for collection. MORE

Davie, FL – An 83-year-old bicyclist in an outside travel lane prohibited to pedestrians and cyclists was struck and killed by a garbage truck. MORE

Minnetonka, MN – A 78-year-old woman was killed after crashing her vehicle into a garbage truck. MORE

Pequannock, NJ – A garbage truck driver who was allegedly using a cell phone crashed into the back of a stopped vehicle, killing the other driver. MORE

Gibsons, BC – A 94-year-old bicyclist was killed in a collision with a garbage truck. MORE

Greentown, IN – A motorcyclist died in a collision with a garbage truck at an intersection. MORE

Gulf Shores, AL – A 13-year-old boy lost control of his bike on the sidewalk and was killed by an oncoming garbage truck. MORE

Miami, FL – A man riding a bicycle was killed after he was hit by a garbage truck at 7:45 am. MORE

2023 Safety Events

National Forklift Safety Day
June 13, 2023
National
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Trench Safety Stand-Down
June 14–18, 2023
National
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Safe + Sound Week
August 7–13, 2023
National
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CCOHS Forum 2023: The Changing World of Work
September 26–27, 2023
Halifax, NS
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SWANA Safety Summit
September 27–29, 2023
Boston, MA
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