Worker safety and health - Articles - Page 6

Lose two fingers and be a safety champion?

The importance of educating workers about safety culture

April 10, 2013

Have you ever had a discussion with someone who honestly believed they held safety as a value, yet they were so off the mark you were left speechless?

Protect your machine operators

Risk assessments lead to guarding options

Eric Esson

April 2, 2013

Light curtains, laser scanners and other presence-sensing devices have long been a common method of guarding industrial manufacturing processes.

Full-body harness

April 2, 2013

The new Miller AirCore™ Harness from Honeywell Safety Products combines comfort features with functional components.

Restricted space fall protection

April 2, 2013

The Restricted Space Fall Protection is free standing, easily portable and provides fall protection for up to two workers.

How will your job kill you?

Considering the top causes of workplace fatalities

Phil La Duke

March 22, 2013

If you die in on the job, statistically, it will be in a way that you probably don’t worry too much about.

Why the nurse wouldn’t administer CPR

Timothy Ludwig Ph.D.

March 14, 2013

A mountain blizzard rages outside the windows, classes are cancelled at the university… being socked in for the day, one gets philosophical.

Single-gas monitor

March 6, 2013

Industrial Scientific’s Tango™ TX1 single-gas monitor offers a three-year runtime and patent-pending DualSense™ Technology, which increases worker safety

Don’t Turn the Lights Out: Don’t Play the Blame Game

Understanding the safety risks of operating equipment

Timothy Ludwig Ph.D.

February 12, 2013

The oh-too-human drive to blame can turn out the lights on the real game at play.

Dangling the carrot: Motivating teams to cut comp costs

Michael Levy

February 1, 2013

Following are some case studies that illustrate positive results that can come from applying gamification to workers’ health and safety.

Do you hear what I hear?

Ten tips for selecting a hearing conservation partner

January 4, 2013

For employees in loud workplaces, the sentimental sounds of the holidays just passed may come to exist only as a faint memory if the proper precautions aren’t taken.