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4 ways to make resolving odor complaints easier

What’s that smell?

September 16, 2020

Odor complaints stink. No, really — when your facility’s neighbors report a foul or unusual smell coming from your site, it often feels like you’re on a timed search for a needle in a haystack. Unfortunately, this search costs you time and money, so you need to find the source of the odor — fast.

Rethinking Traditional Safety, part 10

Critical decisions: Deliberate risk and error

Larry Wilson

September 16, 2020

: In the last issue, we looked at why normal people make decisions that can be compromised or negatively influenced by rushing, frustration, fatigue and complacency, or, more likely, a combination of these states.

The benefits of investing in EHS software in 2021

Raphaela Mandel

September 16, 2020

With less than 150 days left in 2020, have you started to plan for 2021? Are you discussing budget plans? Strategy for 2021 and beyond? What about your safety program? Has the big question come up?

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Pandemic best practices and new technologies

Consider these 12 practices from the field; stay abreast of breakthrough technologies

Dave Johnson

September 16, 2020

For all the COVID-19 safety guidelines circulating, some hundreds of pages long, basic best practices are straightforward and known by most Americans. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, recently recounted them in an interview with the Journal of the American Medical Association.

OSHA and other COVID-19 reopening standards to know

Devin Partida

September 10, 2020

The supply chain is a part of every industry. Businesses, manufacturing plants and factories must be operational to keep supply chains going for food, technology and all types of commerce. With COVID-19 disrupting the entire world, safety is now a top priority.

Hot weather and COVID could be a recipe for disaster

COVID-19, heat safety and broader reputational risks for employer brands

Scott DeBow

September 10, 2020

It's that time of year again: As the mercury rises, so too does the risk of heat stress for employees on industrial worksites. This is nothing new for safety leaders. What is new, of course, is the external environment, which differs in ways that would have been unimaginable in previous summers.

Are You Ready for National Safety Stand-Down?

5 Things You Can Do to ‘Walk the Talk’

September 7, 2020

It’s no surprise that safety is top of mind for every worker on every job site. And yet, falls from elevation are still happening. In fact, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), falls from elevation continue to be the leading cause of death for construction employees.¹

PPE designed to help workers stay productive year-round

Keep your Cool

M.B. Sutherland

September 1, 2020

Summer may be officially over, but for many of us, the heat’s still on! In fact, just this July, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued a La Niña Watch. That means it’s likely that much of the country may see above average or significantly above average temperatures well into fall.

Reopening tips for the manufacturing sector

Keeping employees, customers and visitors safe, comfortable and confident

Peter Capponi

August 27, 2020

Reopening and maintenance of plant and facilities operations can be safely achieved with proper resiliency planning aligned to business requirements and drivers, and a high degree of management and health and safety measures.

New publication outlines training standards for Total Worker Health® professionals

Lee S. Newman MD, MA

August 20, 2020

In a newly published paper in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Education and Training to Build Capacity in Total Worker Health®: Proposed Competencies for an Emerging Field, our group of experts in the field of Total Worker Health (TWH) have proposed the first set of core competencies for training professionals entering this discipline.