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How to Manage Cold Stress on the Job

October 21, 2020

Cold stress may not be as well-known as heat stress, but when the temperature drops, it can pose a significant danger.

Home Laundry Instructions for CP Clothing Exposed to COVID-19

August 11, 2020

During these turbulent times, we’re doing everything we can to help keep those of you on the frontlines safe as you go about your important work. That’s why our experts have compiled a new tech briefing with instructions for the proper laundering of CP clothing that has been exposed to the COVID-19 virus. Follow these guidelines to help keep your PPE safe and sanitized.

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Changing safety culture via VPP: How one roofing company achieved OSHA recognition

Daniel Nowak, STSC

August 4, 2020

Evans Roofing Company, Inc., with its subsidiaries Charles F. Evans (union) and CFE, Inc. (non-union), is a building envelope contractor licensed in 46 states. Charles F. Evans and CFE, Inc. are the only commercial roofing and wall panel contractors to hold the VPP STAR mobile work force designation.

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Return to work safely

Doug Pontsler

July 14, 2020

The topic of “return to work” is certainly front and center. While many organizations have continued to operate during the COVID-19 situation under the definition of essential businesses, there are many who have not — especially consumer facing businesses such as retail businesses, bars and restaurants.

ASSP’s Deb Roy discusses her EHS career, offers advice for safety professionals

June 25, 2020

ISHN interviews ASSP President-Elect Deb Roy in this episode of Dave Johnson’s Wide World of Safety.

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5 business lessons learned amid COVID-19

Mission critical elements of operational agility in the post-pandemic era

Hari Abburi

June 5, 2020

If there’s one thing the global business community has learned from the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to ebb, flow and unfold on the daily, wreaking having on bottom lines in every corner of the world in its wake, it’s the outright imperative for companies to be agile “from top to bottom.”

Elon Musk's SpaceX is hiring EHS professionals

The position entails creating and managing “site specific safety policies and programs”

Benita Mehta

May 28, 2020

SpaceX has several openings for environmental health and safety engineers, including in Brownsville, Texas, Cape Canaveral, Fla., Vandenberg, Calif., Hawthorne, Calif., and Redmond, Wash.

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Planning for the worst

Why every employer should know how to handle a workplace fatality

Danny Shields

May 28, 2020

“A goal without a plan is just a wish,” wrote Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of “The Little Prince.” In the midst of the pandemic, employers now more than ever need a plan in case an employee or contractor dies at the workplace.

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Understanding and reducing effects of stress on your health

Kent Bradley, M.D., MPH, MBA

May 14, 2020

Did you know that our body does not discriminate between sources of stress? It simply responds to the stress. So, whether the stress is coming from an actual event, or simply a thought, the body may react in a similar way. Now, in these times when there is so much uncertainty, stress can have a huge impact on our bodies.

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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.