Safety and health certification programs administered by ISHM include CSHM
February 15, 2013
Up until a decade ago, when human resources professionals were tasked with hiring a safety management professional they often searched for candidates with formal training and a certification such as the Certified Safety Professional (CSP).
High load capacity 4-Post VRC (Vertical Reciprocating Conveyor) now includes patented AutoSenz Safety Control System
February 15, 2013
Visitors to Booth 1252 were treated to the premier showing of Wildeck’s new 4-post VRC design that includes, as standard, the company’s full-featured AutoSenz® D-Series Overload Detection System (U.S. Patent No. 7,408,317).
Capital Safety, home of the DBI-SALA® and PROTECTA® brands of fall protection equipment, introduces an important addition to its popular Nano-Lok™ product line – the DBI-SALA® Nano-Lok™ Arc Flash Self-Retracting Lifeline (SRL).
Hands-free, automatic descent for efficient evacuations
February 14, 2013
Capital Safety, home of the DBI-SALA® and PROTECTA® brands of fall protection equipment, introduces a new addition to the DBI-SALA® rescue category – the Rollgliss™ R520 Escape System.
Capital Safety, home of the DBI-SALA® and PROTECTA® brands of fall protection equipment, introduces two new additions to its popular i-Safe™ 3.0 Intelligent Safety System global product line – the Unitech PA690 Handheld Unit and the MX5 USB Reader for Desktop Application. The highly advanced, automated i-Safe™ 3.0 is known for its ability to make managing a safety inspection program faster, easier and more cost-effective.
Featuring revolutionary, patent-pending temple tips engineered for all-day comfort
February 14, 2013
Gateway Safety introduces Flight™ safety eyewear, venturing into a new territory of comfort and style. Flight is revolutionary eye protection, with an exclusive, patent-pending temple design that features the biggest comfort advancement in safety eyewear in a generation.
From nanotechnology exposure guidelines to unusually large fines for a Sinclair Oil refinery in Wyoming to electrical safety, here are the week's top EHS-related news stories as featured on ISHN.com:
Virtually all catastrophic events in man-made systems are related to technical failures made possible by organizational failures. This explains why catastrophic events continue to occur despite widespread implementation of sophisticated technical and management systems. Deepwater Horizon and Texas City disasters are examples of events caused by weak organizational safety—the context within which technical and management systems function.
OSHA's new Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee held its first meeting last week in Washington, D.C. Representatives from both management and labor highlighted improvements made to the program over the past 18 months.