September 2014
- HEARING PROTECTION: Enough Already with the Preaching!
- TRANSPORTATION SAFETY: Moving Beyond Reactive Safety
- 2014 NSC PREVIEW: San Diego Sojourn
- FOOT PROTECTION: Choosing the Right Protective Footwear
- HEAD & FACE PROTECTION: Understanding Head Protection
- DRUG & ALCOHOL TESTING: What Are the Costs Associated with Marijuana Legalization?
- DRUG & ALCOHOL TESTING: Drug Testing & Safety: What's the Connection?
- DEFIBRILLATORS & CPR: The Importance of CPR & AED Safety Training
- DEFIBRILLATORS & CPR: CPR/AED Training Isn't Enough
- EMPLOYEE GIFTS & INCENTIVES: Eliminating the Controversy Over Safety Incentive Programs
- EMPLOYEE GIFTS & INCENTIVES: Wellness Incentives Encourage Participation and Engagement
- MATERIALS HANDLING: Taking a Second Look at Training
- INDOOR AIR QUALITY: New Alliance Helps with Clearing the Air
- INFECTION CONTROL: Keeping Infections Out
- ERGONOMICS: It's Personal
- FACILITY MAINTENANCE: Vacuuming Up to Prevent Dust Explosions
- HEALTH CARE: Opportunity Knocks
- INJURY PREVENTION: Cut Costs, Not Fingers, with an Injury & Illness Prevention Program
- INCENTIVES: Leading the Way to Leading Indicators
Cover Story
By Trish Luedtke, Mackenzie Peters, Sue Pingree
The bottom line is that hard hats must be properly utilized and maintained to ensure safety.
Features
By Carrie Greene
Research proves that positive reinforcement generates consistent and continuous behavior change.
By Chuck Paulausky
Back injuries are one of the leading workers' compensation claims. Repetitive motion injuries account for hundreds of thousands of lost workdays every year.
By Matt Holden
More than 970 exhibitors and approximately 14,000 attendees will participate in this year's National Safety Council Congress & Expo this month.
By Ira Ozer
Every wellness program should be designed and measured to produce a return on investment.
By Odelia Braun
Failure to respond poses the real threat to SCA survival.
By Dave Terry
Employers should review the hazards associated with each job task in order to determine the level of safety training provided.
By Jack Rubinger, Brian McFadden
Ensure that employees understand the systems and procedures that are in place, and continue to take their feedback.
By Jamie Friedlander
Health care-associated infections still plague hospitals across the country. Properly protecting against and preventing them is the key to lowering the annual number of illnesses and deaths.
By Joe Reilly
Enacting a clear drug testing policy to eliminate workplace substance abuse is an important step toward maintaining a safe work environment.
By Dawn Shoemaker
Industrial vacuum cleaners or wet/dry vacuums can help to prevent the development of dust clouds or electrical sparks that can be generated by compressed air systems.
By Annessa Fort
Among the ACA's many changes, new career opportunities in occupational health are emerging.
By Bob Hogan
A larger selection of brands usually means a larger selection of comfort technologies, and a larger selection of styles usually means more satisfied workers.
By Fred Elliott
AIHA is one of the partners in the new Indoor Environmental Quality Global Alliance.
By Bill Sims Jr.
Companies need to reinforce desired behavior, not results, especially when it comes to injury hiding. However, injury hiding isn’t the only thing to question in lagging incentives.
By Jo McGuire
An employer who takes the view that Friday night use of marijuana is none of his concern will begin to see ramifications when impairment on Monday morning endangers workplace safety.
By Anthony Di Giovanni
Workers now have a choice. Plugs come in all shapes and sizes so that they are comfortable to wear, and ear muffs allow you to communicate and hear warning signals without having to pop them on and off.
By Jay Costello
Use these tips to ensure you have an effective materials handling training program.
By Jeff Walters
One challenge with saving victims of cardiac arrest is that there is often a lag before bystanders take action.
Departments
By Robert Pater
Sherlock's tales consistently show there's typically more going on than what's on the surface.
By Jerry Laws
It recommends communicating landslide risks clearly and consistently to the public, implementing monitoring and warning systems, and making seismological recordings of landslides–especially large ones.
By Shawn M. Galloway
Anyone can be an effective leader if provided the right focus, skills, tools, and support.