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What you should know about ANSI/ASSP Z10.0-2019 OHSMS

January 1, 2020

This is a voluntary consensus standard. It uses recognized management system principles in order to be compatible with quality and environmental management system standards such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001.

Cellphone-related head and neck injuries

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For Your Health & Wellness: Cellphone injuries

Cellphone-related head and neck injuries on the rise, study says

A. Pawlowski

January 1, 2020

People distracted by their cellphones are tripping, falling and hurting their heads and necks more often, with such injuries increasing “steeply” over a 20-year period, a new analysis has found.

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For Your Health & Wellness: Obesity and the brain

Obesity may change the teen brain, MRI study shows

Amy Norton

January 1, 2020

Obese teenagers can have certain brain differences from their thinner peers -- changes that might signal damage from inflammation, a new, preliminary study suggests.

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For Your Health & Wellness: Coping with pain

11 alternatives to meds

January 1, 2020

Several techniques can help reduce stress and promote relaxation. Listening to soothing, calming music can lift your mood -- and make living with chronic pain more bearable.

New Year’s Resolutions to improve safety at your workplace

January 1, 2020

Lose weight. Quit smoking. Finally finish that home repair to-do list. A new year is perceived by many as an opportunity to make changes that will lead to positive changes in one’s health, relationships, environment, etc. The start of a new year is also a good time for safety professionals to take stock of the safety status quo at their company, and find ways to fix problems or to take the company’s safety culture to the next level.

Puerto Rico manufacturer improves workplace safety, stays OSHA SHARP

December 27, 2019

A small mattress manufacturing operation in Puerto Rico has succeeded in updating and improving work practices, improving machine guarding, increasing employee participation in safety and health activities, and improving the safety and health management system already in place at the site with help from Puerto Rico Consultation Services, which performs local assessments and consults as part of federal OSHA’s On-Site Consultation Program.

The Twelve Days of Workplace Safety

December 25, 2019

On the first day of work my employer gave to me training in using PPE On the second day of work my employer gave to me nitrile rubber gloves and training in using PPE