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Hydration benefits: Why water is the essence of good health

April 1, 2020

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition recommends drinking up to 3 liters of fluid a day. Water is vital for all cell function. It helps your brain to produce hormones and neurotransmitters, supports the lubrication of joints, keeps your skin cool through sweating or respiration, and your body to excrete waste.

For your health & wellness: Sleeping habits

Better sleep habits may help reduce heart disease risk, aid in weight loss

April 1, 2020

Sleeping well, long enough and having regular bedtimes, in addition to meeting the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Life’s Simple 7 (LS7) guidelines, may help reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular diseases.

Editor's Letter

Survivors of a fatality can struggle for answers

Dave Johnson

April 1, 2020

. Gene Hobbs was working for the Meade County Road Department, raking along the edge of a road shortly after noon, when he was run over by a dump truck backing up, killing him upon impact, on December 13, 2016.

Best Practices

The toughest job in safety? It could be cleaning up toxic messes

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

April 1, 2020

The OSHA standards below require employers to certify training. Which requires “A written certificate shall be given to each person so certified”?

Safety Technology

ISEA work group begins the process

A standard for connected worker issues?

Dave Johnson

April 1, 2020

ISEA – the International Safety Equipment Association – is moving forward with a connected worker task group of member companies -- all safety equipment manufacturers -- to decide what actions are needed to ensure and advance safety in the broad, rapidly expanding field of connected worker devices.

Ingredients for the best jobs: What makes good jobs better?

Dr John Kello

April 1, 2020

Do you have a great job in EHS? What is a great job? Excellent, enriched jobs have the following characteristics:

Training

IEEE 1584: What to know about your next arc flash analysis

Complex calculations

Chris Guffey

April 1, 2020

Any organization utilizing electrical assets in their production environments or facilities will be aware of NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace. This standard is what OSHA uses when assessing companies’ adherence to certain safety standards. However, NFPA 70E is further informed by the standard 1584-2018, which is developed by the IEEE.

Closing Time

Does punishment work? Absolutely, but probably not

Putting up a fight

Timothy Ludwig Ph.D.

April 1, 2020

Invited to do a workshop for a very large international corporation, I went out to a dinner where I sat next to the “grand poohbah” vice president in charge of all things quality and safety. He leaned over to me and said:

Types of welding processes have distinct differences

Wide world of hot work

Megan R. Nichols

April 1, 2020

The act of joining together two different pieces of metal is nothing new. Over the past few centuries, however, new industrial techniques have yielded a variety of different types of welding that can create stronger bonds and expand the kinds of material that can be joined together.

Consider ergonomics to reduce materials handling

Craig Moberg

April 1, 2020

Warehouse hazards are often the cause of workplace accidents. Choosing the correct type of storage will greatly reduce the potential hazard in a facility. The correct storage medium will reduce improper lifting, reaching and travel distance to retrieve an item.