Mixing concrete in order to understand how materials and their proportions influence the properties of concrete is an example of the hands-on training that will be offered at WOW, held Jan. 23-26 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Concrete professionals, builders, architects and others will see how decorative concrete can be used in retail space in an enormous exhibit at World of Concrete called Decorative Concrete LIVE! Consisting of four individual buildings encompassing a plaza complete with a made-on-site concrete fountain, the display measures 78 feet long by 55 feet wide – nearly 4,300-square-foot retail space.

“People matter – now more than ever” – this was confirmed at the recent staging of A+A 2017, the leading international trade fair for safety, security and health at work. A total of 1,930 exhibitors from 63 countries and over 67,000 trade visitors (2015: 65,000) from more than 100 nations participated in the world’s largest trade fair for this sector held in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Online exhibitor registration for the 11th edition of OS+H Asia, The Occupational Safety + Health Exhibition for Asia, is now open at www.osha-singapore.com. Organized by Messe Düsseldorf Asia, the event will take place from August 22 - 24, 2018 in Singapore. Messe Düsseldorf Asia is the subsidiary of Messe Düsseldorf in Germany, renowned for A + A - the world’s leading international trade fair for the occupatonal safety and health sector.

HOP is a risk-based operating philosophy which recognizes that error is part of the human condition and that organizational processes and systems greatly influence employee actions and the likelihood of success.

The National Safety Council gives its annual Marion Martin Award to Alexi Carli, CSP, vice president of Global Health and Safety at UPS. The Marion Martin Award is presented annually to an outstanding female safety professional. Carli was honored during Opening Session on Monday at the annual NSC Congress & Expo.

Occupational keynote speakers Larry Wilson and Tim Page-Bottorff discussed the future of workplace safety on Tuesday morning. They said it’s moving towards investing in the people in your organization and our experience with human factors will put you on the right path. Positive interaction with employees requires real engagement, a focus on human performance, human error and embracing an integrated safety culture, Wilson said.

The Campbell Institute — the National Safety Council center of excellence for environmental, health and safety management – released a report Tuesday entitled Visual Literacy: How “Learning to See” Benefits Occupational Safety.

Experts from the International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) shared some ideas Tuesday on PPE solutions to protect workers from objects at heights and discussed regulations and standards.