If you have an accident, a failure, the easiest thing to do is look whose hand was on the lever. If that is where your root cause analysis stops, that’s a huge mistake,” says Brian Fielkow, JD, CEO of Jetco Delivery, a Houston-based trucking company with more than 100 flatbed and heavy haul trucks.
The American Industrial Hygiene Association® (AIHA) welcomed its new Board of Directors during its annual business meeting at the recent American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition (AIHce EXP) in Philadelphia, PA.
The can’t miss safety conference for employees and their leaders is returning to Nashville, TN on April 3-5, 2019. DEKRA Organizational Safety and Reliability, a global leader in safety at work, today announced registration for the 2019 Safety in Action™ Conference is now open.
COVE: The Center of Visual Expertise is pleased to announce its first open Visual Literacy Workshop for 2018! Typically focused on individual company implementations, this workshop will provide individuals and small teams the opportunity to learn how Visual Literacy can make a difference in safety and operational performance.
There is an ongoing debate on how incentives are being used. Incentives should enhance a functional safety program that contains such areas as: return-to-work (RTW), accident investigations, and safety committees.
The Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) is proud to announce the 2018 recipients of the organization's most prestigious awards. The recipients, Lawrence Oldendorf, P.E., CSP (Retired); Joshua Caudill, CSP, ASP, CHST; Michelle Keever, SMS, STSC; Bruce Lyon, P.E., CSP; and Jose Perez, SMS, OHST CHST, STSC, CET received their awards June 6, 2018, during a luncheon ceremony at the American Society of Safety Professional's (ASSP) Safety 2018 conference in San Antonio, Texas.
Several occupational and environmental safety and health professionals who’ve made extraordinary achievements in their sectors have received recognition lately:
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) engineer Lt. Michael Shahan was awarded the Green Medal at the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Joint Engineers Training Conference on May 25.
With more than 5,000 OSH professionals at Safety 2018, it’s a great opportunity to meet and converse with like-minded safety professionals, look for potential employers and employees, and expand your knowledge of the OSH profession.
The conference and exposition offers a variety of ways to network, including before and after sessions, during conference lunches, at community-specific evening receptions, key issue collaboration sessions, the ASSE Communities Lounge and Resource Center, community service events, social learning stations, ASSE Foundation events and many more.
Are you prepared to address the needs of an aging workforce? An educational session Tuesday focused on how to create a focused strategy to promote healthy aging in your workforce.
The experts, Peggy Ross and Teresa Jeka, both of Baxter Healthcare, explored physiological changes associated with aging; dispelled myths based on new research; and distinguished between modifiable vs. non-modifiable changes.
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