제  목 : OSHA PROVIDES NEW ADVISOR SOFTWARE FOR BUSINESSES
  일  자 : 1998년 09월
  제공처 : Internet

    OSHA PROVIDES NEW ADVISOR SOFTWARE FOR BUSINESSES
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  Businesses and workers have two new tools available to help identify job
  hazards and realize the financial impact of occupational injuries and
  illnesses.

  The Hazard Awareness Advisor and Safety Pays are the latest additions to
  the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) line of
  interactive software advisors downloadable from the agency's Web site at
  http://www.osha.gov/oshasoft.

  The Hazard Awareness Advisor is designed to help employers and employees,
  especially those from small businesses without a professional safety and
  health consultant, locate potential hazards in their specific work
  environments. After questioning users extensively about their activities,
  practices, policies, materials, and equipment, the program narrows the list
  of hazards that may be present. The software then prepares a customized
  report that briefly describes the likely hazards for that particular
  business.

  The program is not a substitute for safety and health professionals. It is
  merely an introduction to hazard recognition. The need for this advisor
  was brought to OSHA's attention by the National Federation of Independent
  Business. Many trade associations and labor organizations suggested
  improvements to early versions of the software. OSHA now hopes to get more
  suggestions from the public for later versions.

  Safety Pays software is designed to illustrate to employers the impact
  occupational injuries and illnesses have on the company's bottom line.
  Using data from the insurance industry, the program analyzes a lost workday
  scenario selected by the user and reports the average direct and indirect
  costs associated with that particular case. The software, using the company
  profit margin, estimates the amount of sales necessary to cover the costs
  of the incident.

  An interactive DOS version of Safety Pays has been in use by OSHA regional
  and state-plan offices. The Windows version is almost identical to it,
  however there are some significant improvements. By using Windows technology,
  the creators made the information easier to read and print. They also added
  explanations of the costs the program used to formulate its report.

  Safety Pays was downloaded more than 220 times in the first day and a half
  after its release. In its first 24 hours on the Web site, Hazard Awareness
  Advisor was downloaded 100 times.

  Other software advisors available on OSHA's Web site are:

       Lead in Construction
       Fire Safety
       Confined Spaces
       Asbestos
       GOCAD (Cadmium Standard Biological Monitoring Advisor)