Volume 2, Issue 6 | June 2022 |
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In this Issue:
Leading Voices of the Advisory Board • June is Safety Month • Now Offering Safety Supplies • Florida's Latest Data on Safety, Health & Sustainability • OSHA Inspection Educational Webinar RSVP • Trench & Excavation Training Discount
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A Message from Florida Chamber Safety Council
Executive Director Jason Mozo, J.D.
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Hello,
Summer has arrived and we are kicking it off with June being Safety Month here in Florida! I want to thank each of you for your continuous support and steadfast dedication on establishing a safe and healthy workplace for your employees. Without you, we cannot move the needle forward in establishing Florida as the safest, healthiest and most sustainable state in America.
The Florida Chamber Safety Council continues its focus on training by offering more FREE Educational Webinars on a variety of safety and health topics as well as scheduling public safety training courses. In addition, we are now offering safety supplies to businesses throughout Florida, such as Eye Protection, Fall Protection, High Visibility apparel, Safety Inspection products, and much more to come. We want to be your one stop resource for all safety and health needs, be it trainings, customized safety programs, consultations, and equipment. We are here for you in every facet when it comes to establishing a safe and healthy workplace.
With June being Safety Month, we want to remind you the week of June 20 is National Trench & Excavation Safety Stand-down week! Unfortunately, so far in 2022, we have had multiple fatalities in Florida where workers have lost their lives working in unprotected trenches and excavations. The main causes for this is a lack of required training provided to employees in dealing with Trench & Excavation as well as not providing the required protective systems so employees can work safely.
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Upcoming Trainings and Webinars: |
7 Safety Trainings Open to the Public in 2022: |
Free Educational Webinar for Florida Businesses: |
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Let’s stop this upward trend in fatalities in Florida now and work together on providing the necessary trainings to employees. We are offering discounts of up to 35% off our Trench & Excavation Safety Training classes. Click here to schedule a safety training course as well as a safety tool box talk at your project during the stand-down week of June 20. Nothing is more important than doing our jobs safely, so we go home to our families and loved ones each and every day. And always remember, safety is no accident!
— Jason Mozo, J.D., Executive Director
Florida Chamber Safety Council
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Leading Voices: Florida Chamber Safety Council Advisory Board |
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OPINION: In Florida, Safe Workplaces Start with Leadership
As chair of the Florida Chamber Safety Council and corporate safety leader with NextEra Energy, it’s been my experience that great safety performance is driven by great leadership at all levels of a company.
Show me a company with an authentically low injury/near-miss rate and I’ll bet that company has outstanding leadership. The inverse of that is true as well: companies that are struggling with their safety record are typically ones that have not exhibited the right safety leadership.
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June Recognized as Florida Safety Month |
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Last year, the Florida Cabinet met with our Executive Director, Jason Mozo, J.D., to present an important safety resolution naming June safety month in Florida. As June begins, we want to remind you of our 6 upcoming virtual safety training opportunities open to the public and the dozens of trainings we can host privately at your workplace customized to the needs of your employees. To request a training, please email safety@flchamber.com and to browse our collection click here.
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Browse our Growing Collection of Safety Supplies for Florida's Workforce |
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A large part of making safety a priority in the workplace is making sure your workforce has the right equipment. The Florida Chamber is partnering with national leading companies providing high-quality safety supplies to Florida’s workers. We are currently offering an extensive line of Bollé Safety Eyewear Protection and will soon be offering Fall Protection Equipment and Worksite Apparel.
Shop an Extensive Collection of Protective Eyewear Now
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To ensure businesses across Florida have access to essential safety supplies, we are now offering hundreds of styles of Bollé Safety PPE Eyewear including industrial, tactical and blue light options enhancing sight, reducing eye fatigue, perfecting precision, boosting motivation, and improving wellbeing for your employees on the job site.
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If you would like to become a partner vendor to help make Florida the safest, healthiest and most sustainable state, please contact Florida Chamber Safety Council Executive Director Jason Mozo, J.D., at jmozo@flchamber.com or call (850) 521-1237.
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Florida's Latest Data on Safety, Health & Sustainability |
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According to the Florida Chamber Safety Council's Florida Workplace Safety Report released in 2020,
Safety
The BLS characterizes the mechanism that causes an injury as an “event.” The types of events are broken into a classification system like NAICS codes for industries. Analyzing event data, transportation is the greatest cause of workplace fatalities. Over one-third of all workplace fatalities involved a transportation incident. Event data in Florida varies over time; however, transportation incidents remain the leading event in workplace fatalities year after year for the period studied. Over the past eight years more than one third of fatalities are due to transportation incidents. These incidents are also trending upward over time. Falls, slips, and trips was the second most frequent type of fatal event at work, over 20 percent of the total. These incidents are also increasing over time in Florida with total fatalities doubling over the past eight years.
Health
In 2018, opioid overdoses in Florida led to the loss of 3,189 lives. One-third of these deaths involved prescription opioids according to the CDC. From 2017 to 2018 the level of prescription opioid overdoses was unchanged in the state. The opioid epidemic is often described as three waves. The first wave refers to the increase in prescription opioids. Beginning around 1999, across America the rate of opioids prescribed per person tripled. Subsequently, from 2007 to 2017 drug overdose deaths across the county increased by 82 percent (CDC 2019). The data suggests that 2010 was the peak of opioid prescriptions nationally. After that year, opioid prescription rates begin to stabilize and then decline. However, around this time heroin overdose deaths began to spike, christening the second wave. The third wave refers to the spike, beginning in 2013, of synthetic opioids including fentanyl.
Sustainability
Air pollution can exacerbate existing asthma and according to the CDC poor air quality can contribute to the onset of asthma. In Florida, when adjusted for age, about 9 percent of the population has been diagnosed with asthma. The state has the 12th lowest level of asthma diagnosis in the country.
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Last Chance to RSVP for Tomorrow's Complimentary OSHA Webinar |
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As a part of the Florida Chamber Safety Council Educational Webinar Series, we would like to invite all Florida businesses and their employees to attend our upcoming FREE webinar that will highlight your legal rights during an inspection and how to effectively handle an OSHA inspection. This webinar will be led by Advisory Board member, Former Head of OSHA and current Partner with Fisher Phillips, Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., as he provides insight on:
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· Strategies for handling different types of OSHA inspections
· How to create a OSHA inspection preparation plan
· Your rights when OSHA arrives at your business
· How to spot potential alleged violations OSHA may site
· and much more!
Ed is the only attorney in the country to have been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to run the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
The live webinar will also feature a Q&A.
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Up to 35% Off our Trench & Excavation Training |
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Join the Florida Chamber Safety Council as we educate organizations on the OSHA standards and requirements and best safety practices to lower workplace injuries and eliminate fatalities. The Florida Chamber Safety Council is dedicated to keeping Florida's workers safe and has declared June Trench & Excavation Training Month.
The Florida Chamber Safety Council is offering Florida's job creators 25% - 35% off* our Trench & Excavation Training if booked during the month of June. Participants will leave this training with in-depth knowledge and understanding of the OSHA Regulation 29 CFR 1926 Subpart P Excavation Standards, as well as an introduction to current protective system design, selection, and installation.
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Florida Chamber Safety Council Advisory Board
Thank You to the Visionary Companies and Leaders who are Working Together to Create a Culture of Safety, Healthy and Sustainability across Florida
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Florida Chamber Safety Council
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