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The Key to Safety During Lockout/Tagout

The Key to Safety During Lockout/Tagout

One critical element of protection during LOTO procedures is the use of arc-rated flame resistant (AR/FR) clothing.

Q&A: Preventing Arc Flash and Shock Hazards

Q&A: Preventing Arc Flash and Shock Hazards

A safety expert sits down with OH&S magazine to discuss why implementing proper risk assessment goes hand-in-glove with having the right PPE.

Choosing a Hard Hat

Choosing a Hard Hat

What you should know about the differences between Type 1 and Type 2 protective hard hats.

Getting the Right Fit

Getting the Right Fit

How women’s PPE creates a safe and inclusive job site.

Summertime Safety Planning

Summertime Safety Planning

The heat’s coming and, with it, multiple safety challenges. Here’s how to make sure your team’s ready.

Seeing the Forest for the Trees

Seeing the Forest for the Trees

Don’t forget to get back to basics of chemical safety and industrial hygiene.

Elevating Real-Time Gas Detection

Elevating Real-Time Gas Detection

24/7 live monitoring elevates safety programs in a number of ways.



Working in Isolation: Protecting Your Most Vulnerable Employees

Working in Isolation: Protecting Your Most Vulnerable Employees

Many oil and gas workers can operate as lone workers. Fortunately, there are technologies that can help protect isolated and remote employees.

Safety Culture’s Ink Blot Test

Safety Culture’s Ink Blot Test

How to identify the soft spots in your safety culture.

The Details of AEDs

The Details of AEDs

What you didn’t know about CPR and defibrillation could save a life.

Assessing Alternative Measures

Assessing Alternative Measures

Why a machine safety risk assessment process is critical before implementing alternative measures for lockout/tagout.

Protecting Workers During National Safety Month

Protecting Workers During National Safety Month

Understanding head, face and eye hazards and their solutions will help keep workers stay safe this June — and all year long.

Avoiding Occupational Hearing Loss

Avoiding Occupational Hearing Loss

What are the types of hearing loss, and what can be done to prevent it from happening at work?

Hydrating in the Heat

Hydrating in the Heat

Drinking water and staying hydrated is a simple task that can make a huge difference.

The Magic 9 of Safety Change

So how do you initiate then sustain safety changes that make a demonstrable difference beyond the just-going-through-the-motions repetition of minor variations on same-old themes that seem to eke out same-old results?

Leveraging Safety Data Sheets for Chemical Safety

Leveraging Safety Data Sheets for Chemical Safety

The importance of utilizing the SDS to strengthen chemical storage and handling procedures.

OSHA Seeks Applications for Susan Harwood Training Grants

In total, the agency will award more than $12.7 million.

AIHA Unveils its Board of Directors for 2023-2024

Seven people were named to the Board and six were named directors at large.

‘Unsafe Conditions’ Persist: Dollar General Hit with $3.4 Million in Proposed Penalties After Inspections

‘Unsafe Conditions’ Persist: Dollar General Hit with $3.4 Million in Proposed Penalties After Inspections

Inspections at nine stores in Maine, North Dakota, Ohio and Wisconsin have brought the company’s total proposed penalties since 2017 to over $21 million.

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