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Chemical protection is needed for working hands

Skin disease cases exceed recordable respiratory illnesses

February 5, 2018

A great deal of attention about chemical dangers in the workplace gets focused on inhalation as an exposure route, but skin contact – especially via busy hands -- can also result in significant harm to human health. In many cases, skin is a more significant route of exposure than the lung.

Top products of the week

February 4, 2018

Protective lab coats and gloves and automated GHS labels were the top occupational safety and health products featured on ISHN.com this week.

Weekly news round-up

February 3, 2018

A workplace violence incident claims two lives, a new global OSH standard is approved and the head of the CDC steps down over ethical concerns. These were among the top stories featured on ISHN.com this week.

Confined space entry goes wireless

Testing, monitoring & permitting will never be the same

Dave Wagner

February 1, 2018

The year 2018 marks the 25th anniversary of the implementation of permit-required confined space entry regulations in the United States. Thousands of entries that take place across the country every day have become, shall we say, standard.

Using automated external defibrillators (AEDs)

Dos and don’ts for using AEDs

Shock therapy

Benita Mehta

February 1, 2018

Hundreds of deaths from coronary heart disease occur outside a hospital daily, according to OSHA, but up to 60 percent of those deaths could have been prevented if automated external defibrillators (AEDs) had been immediately available.

Here are key confined space training requirements

Prepare for entry

John Raimondi

February 1, 2018

Confined spaces in construction are a potentially hazardous but unavoidable part of the job. Confined spaces can be large or small and come in any shape,1 but they must meet three OSHA criteria.

Reduce incidents with universal metrics for leading indicators

Data + action = injury prevention

Cary Usrey

February 1, 2018

For well over a century, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has collected data and published reports on occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. As a result, the safety profession has utilized this information to drive safety metrics.

Training Strategies

Arc flash: Best tactic is to first de-energize electrical equipment

Mark H. Stromme

February 1, 2018

Other than high voltage shock, an arc flash and blast event is one of the most horrific electrical accidents a person can experience. When an arc flash occurs, temperatures in arc plasma can reach up to 10,000˚F.

International Glove Association 2018 Glove Symposium

International Glove Association's 2018 Glove Symposium

February 1, 2018

The International Glove Association’s 2018 Glove Symposium will be held in Destin, Florida, March 18 -20, 2018. This year the focus is on education. The symposium will have multiple opportunities to build your knowledge of the work glove industry.

OSHA Electronic Submission of Injury and Illness Records 1904.41

Electronic submission of injury and illness records to OSHA (1904.41)

Improve tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses

January 31, 2018

OSHA intends to issue a separate proposal to reconsider, revise, or remove other provisions of the prior final rule and to seek comment on those provisions in that separate proposal. A notice of proposed rulemaking to reconsider, revise, or remove portions of the rule is expected in 2018.