June 2017
- VISION PROTECTION: Your Eyes Are Amazing--They Deserve Quality PPE
- VISION PROTECTION: How Protective Eyewear Has Changed Dramatically Over the Decades
- VISION PROTECTION: Safety Eyewear for Computer Vision Syndrome
- ELECTRICAL SAFETY: The Importance of Arc Flash Mitigation
- ELECTRICAL SAFETY: Identify, Verify, and Comply: The Three Pillars of a Successful Electrical Safety Program
- INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE/GAS MONITORING: OnStar for Your Gas Detection Program
- HAND PROTECTION: ANSI/ISEA 105-2016 Regulation Updates
- HAND PROTECTION: Safer Soap: A Look at Harmful Ingredients Found in Hand Cleansers
- SAFETY 2017 PREVIEW: ASSE's Mile High Moment
- DEFIBRILLATORS & CPR: Encouraging Hands-Only CPR
- OIL & GAS SAFETY: Eight Things Oil & Gas Workers Should Know About Flash Fires
- OIL & GAS SAFETY: The Significance of API RP 2219 Recommendations in the BLSR Accident, Part II
- SAFETY MANAGEMENT: Help the 'Bulletproof' Employee Make the Connection
- SAFETY MANAGEMENT: Why Do Safety Inspections?
- TRANSPORTATION SAFETY TRAINING: Key Requirements for Employees Transporting Hazmats
- EMPLOYEE GIFTS & INCENTIVES: Safety Totally Leads the Way
- EMPLOYEE GIFTS & INCENTIVES: Does Your Safety Incentive Program Need More Carrot and Less Stick?
Cover Story
By J.A. Rodriguez Jr.
Inspire conformance through influence, awareness, and definitively through the identification of the harmful and helpful biases we all have, some of them buried deep within us.
Features
By Kimberly Madia
How are organizations leveraging historical and real-time data to keep workers safe? As with auto safety systems and services, one type of data isn't enough for your gas detection program.
By Cary Usrey
Work site safety inspections can be a vital part of your injury prevention efforts if done well.
By Jerry Laws
A study published in Circulation last year found that CPR knowledge and confidence to use hands-only CPR can be increased through large-scale community training.
By Antony C. Parsons
De-energizing equipment does not absolve the facility from the responsibility of performing an arc flash analysis or providing the necessary PPE.
By Armand Coppotelli
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, up to 40 percent of workers will suffer from occupational dermatitis at some point in their working lives.
By Karen D. Hamel
Like OSHA and EPA chemical safety trainings, DOT training helps hazmat employees to recognize and identify hazardous materials and learn how their functions ensure that those materials can be transported safely.
By Hamed Khoshniat
Employers and workers need to pay special attention to minimum recommended safety requirements of approved standards and safe working procedures.
By Gilbert R. Igo
Today's safety eyewear can be so lightweight and comfortable that at times workers don't even notice they are wearing it once it's on.
By Brent Motchan
Computer work is more visually demanding than any other type of office work.
By Scott Francis
Flash fires and fuel-fed fires are two different hazards, and it's critical to distinguish between the two for various safety reasons.
By Brian Galonek
This is not just the path toward improved safety and lower safety-related costs; it is also the path to walk if your goal is greater customer retention, higher sales, and maximizing profits.
By Steve Genzer
We're better equipped than ever before to provide hand protection to industrial workers. The biggest challenge is making sure regulations and standards around PPE and hand protection keep pace.
By Jerry Laws
This could be the most consequential annual conference for the society in many years.
By Richard A. Rivkin
What's shocking is that many workers are not using rubber insulating equipment because they simply don't know they need it.
By Deb Broderson
Safety training is the best way to ensure your procedures are understood and a great way to reinforce safe behaviors. It reinforces your safety goals and reminds participants about the impacts of not achieving those goals.
By Mary Padron
When vision is impaired, quality of life and the ability to work experience a drastic and unfortunate decline. Preventing eye injuries should be a top task on every safety professional's to-do list.
Departments
By Jerry Laws
Look for the rebrand to start rolling out in the first quarter of 2018 with a refreshed website.
By Shawn M. Galloway
Profile your desired leader. What would you see them doing or hear them saying that indicates they are in the right position and a change-agent?
By Robert Pater
Disconnected leaders are typically stymied when it comes to sensing trends of change, making effective plans, deeply motivating others, and implementing game-changing actions.