Episode 99
Looking into your safety career future? Columbia Southern University can help. Listen in as editor Sydny Shepard talks with CSU representatives Paul Radke and Ernie Smith about how higher education can help advance your career.
Beyond fall protection systems, you can enhance the safety of your workers by using various forms of PPE.
When you are wearing safety shoes, you are more likely to be protected from common hazards.
While proper maintenance and care can extend the lifespan of footwear, there will still ultimately be a time when every work boot meets the end of the road.
While there is no dedicated space in OH&S magazine for “Letter’s to the Editor,” I do still hear from readers of the magazine and website fairly frequently. This past week, I received a lovely email from a safety professional who had recently found our podcast.
Technology and digital platforms have evolved in ways to help protect employees.
The chances of survival increase dramatically when a workplace is trained in both CPR and the use of an AED.
Letting people rush around as fast as they want seemed like a recipe for an increase in both the number and severity of car crashes.
Getting back to workplaces, restaurants and schools goes beyond the simple reopening of buildings; it involves innovative solutions to provide appropriate air quality monitoring, ventilation and filtration.
Training should teach employees how to avoid the most common material handling injuries.
It’s time for organizations to take a more strategic, engaging approach to training using e-technology and virtual reality.
Normalization of deviance is a phenomenon by which individuals, groups or organizations come to accept a lower standard of performance until that lower standard becomes the "norm" for them.
The science behind fall protection is what lifts people to new heights.
You should be checking your tool lanyards to ensure they meet the requirements of ANSI/ISEA 121-2018.
Many workers will instinctively remove their safety eyewear to see what is in front of them.
Throughout the pandemic, New York City’s public transportation kept running, where essential workers were able to keep their jobs.
These grants focus on training, awareness and safety programs.
Episode 98
Join editor Sydny Shepard as she lays out why it is so important to keep workers in the construction industry safe from the top four most fatal hazards on the job.