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Five safety experts honored as ASSP Fellows

May 13, 2020

The American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP), the world’s oldest professional safety organization, is bestowing the honor of Fellow on five longtime members who have made significant contributions to the occupational safety and health profession. Ashok Garlapati, Zack Mansdorf, Terrie Norris, James Thornton and Jeffrey Vincoli are the 2020 recipients of the Society’s highest honor.

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Mental Health Focus: 5 Effective Steps to take in the workplace

Katrina McKinnon

May 13, 2020

Managers say their employees’ personal lives shouldn’t be their concern. However, this isn’t the best approach because workplace mental health is an important matter. It’s a common mistake to forget the human nature of employees. As an employer, it’s important to be compassionate with those who work for you.

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Stop safety dissidents: Authority figures often ignore workforce issues

Allan J. Moore

May 13, 2020

Since health and safety initiatives and overall health and safety commentary seem to be focused towards frontline workers, Positional Leaders appear to be getting a free pass on the safety train that already left the station a long, long time ago.

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In a flash: Take steps to protect workers from hazards

Benita Mehta

May 13, 2020

According to OSHA, arc flash burns are one of the top three most common hazards when working with energized electrical equipment. Every day in the U.S. there are up to 10 arc flash incidents, totaling more than 3,600 disabling electrical contact injuries each year.

Manage workforce competencies to increase hiring success

Reducing Risk

Darcy Pashak

May 5, 2020

Oil and gas workers face numerous hazards daily, including the risk of fires, explosions, falls, confined spaces, machine malfunctions and much more, which is why employers take every precaution to protect their personnel, assets and the environment.

Rethinking Traditional Safety, Part 6

Risk pattern and the concept of self-triggering

Larry Wilson

May 5, 2020

This article is really about putting all of the concepts in the previous articles together to come up with what will hopefully be the most significant change in thinking so far.

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12 Critical COVID-19 EHS Practices

What your peers are doing on the frontlines

Dave Johnson

May 5, 2020

ISHN interviewed a score of EHS professionals to learn and share with you critical crisis practices that must be executed with careful thought and planning, and at the same time with urgency and speed. It’s an unprecedented challenge. Here are 12 ways pros are rising to the occasion.

Exhibitor registration open for A+A 2021 in Dusseldorf, Germany

International Trade Fair and Congress to be held from October 26-19, 2021

May 4, 2020

Exhibitor applications for A+A 2021, International Trade Fair with Congress for Safety, Security and Health at Work, are now available online at www.aplusa-online.com. The deadline for reserving exhibit space at A+A 2021 is December 1, 2020. The event will be held from October 26 – 29, 2021at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Blackline Safety adds contact tracing to its cloud-connected wearables

April 30, 2020

Helping companies safely get back to work, Blackline’s new COVID-19 contact tracing is available to current and future customers at no additional cost.

Casella announces OSH training webinars, courses

Topics to focus on workplace noise, air sampling and vibration

April 29, 2020

Casella has been committed to providing accessible training across its areas of core competency in the form of one-day introductory courses and on-site product training.