Dan Markiewicz

Keeping pace with the best: Here’s how to keep up with best safety practices

August 1, 2014

A reader of this column recently asked me, “How does someone keep up with best safety practices?” There is no easy answer.

How to develop safety skills versus safety knowledge

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

July 9, 2014

Credential mills flourish because few people take the time to understand how the numerous and varied credentials from a state driver’s license, school diploma, and whatever title, such as CPR certification, are legally and ethically bestowed upon individuals.

Age-friendly safety strategies

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

June 2, 2014

One in every five American workers will be over the age of 65 by 2015, and one in four Americans will be over 55 by 2020, according to NIOSH’s webpage “Healthy Aging at Work” established in March 2014.

The rise of city-state health & safety laws

Are you ready for the local consequences?

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

May 1, 2014

Smoke-free workplaces are the norm across the nation.

12 ideas to improve your safety programs

Major innovations to small tweaks

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

April 1, 2014

Looking to improve your worksite safety and environmental health programs?

OSHA's annotated PELs and OELs

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

March 4, 2014

The following quiz will help determine if you understand the changing landscape of chemical management and use of occupational exposure limits (OELs).

Many U.S. health protections lag behind or don’t exist

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

February 3, 2014

Where do U.S. workplace conditions stand among other countries and how do these conditions influence the health of our nation? Let’s take a snapshot of conditions.

Out of balance: safety inspections vastly outnumber health inspections

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

January 23, 2014

FYI - Another "health" disadvantage: OSHA inspections used to count 1:1; therefore, the agency conducted more safety inspections to save time (22 hrs safety inspection vs 34 hrs. health inspection). OSHA's 2014 FY budget propose 31,400 safety inspections vs 7,850 health inspections.

Science wars: Are you a solider for truth?

Evaluate the evidence and make your risk determination

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

January 2, 2014

In November 2013 the American Council on Science and Health ridiculed Scientific American for publishing junk science.

Time to transition to safer chemicals

The flood of new chemical risk information won’t stop

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

December 5, 2013

To maintain pace with best practices, you need to get your workplace chemical management program well beyond OSHA compliance within approximately the next 24 months.