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The flexible polyurethane foam manufacturing industry manages the handling of toluene diisocyanate with PPE, training, and rigorous policies. (Polyurethane Foam Association photo)

Working with a Hazardous Substance: One Industry's Workplace Safety Success

How the flexible polyurethane foam manufacturing industry manages the handling of toluene diisocyanate.

The Salt Lake City skyline at night. (Adam Barker/Visit Salt Lake photo)

Destination: Salt Lake City

This year's conference will be year four for the popular Ignite sessions, which are five-minute talks on pretty much any topic.

Companies in all industries can look to FEMA, the American Red Cross, and other local and federal organizations for information on how to begin creating an emergency preparedness plan.

The Role of Training in Your Disaster Preparedness Plan

The plan should be considered a living document, reviewed and updated on a regular basis as the emergency team sees fit.

Four-Dimensional Leadership

The most Safety- and creatively-effective companies are “Leader-full,” with leadership functions distributed and filled by many people throughout the organization.

Like a car, a respirator requires maintenance to ensure it remains operable while delivering effective protection.

Professional Trust Should Be Earned

CNP systems have demonstrated the ability to accurately and consistently measure known levels of respirator leakage.

Wise executives ensure that all potential exposure is properly prepared for, with compliant equipment.

Key Considerations for Emergency Equipment

Eyewash stations and showers must be easy for an injured person to operate and must work reliably whenever they are needed—so the equipment must be tested weekly.

Wholesale adoption of GHS hazard classsification principles will disrupt chemical hazard assessment programs and heighten problems manufacturers and importers will face.

Engage Employees in Dusting Off Safety Plans and Procedures

Reviews uncover revisions that will need to be made, procedures that will need to be updated, and training that may need to be changed.

The convergence of wireless devices, low-cost sensors, Big Data, and crowdsourcing will change the way you assess risk in your workplace.

How Technology Megatrends Are Shaping the Future of Safety, Health, and Environmental Monitoring

The convergence of wireless devices, low-cost sensors, Big Data, and crowdsourcing will change the way you assess risk in your workplace.



How Portable Are Your Safety Efforts?

We need to provide a safe environment for our workers, and we need to coach (providing a balance of consequences for if they act this way and if they don’t) for specific safety performance, as well.

Pictograms are required safety data sheet elements that are intended to convey specific hazard information visually.

Common MSDS-to-SDS Conversion Questions

According to OSHA, any chemical that could possibly cause any physical or health effect under expected conditions of use or reasonably anticipated conditions of misuse is hazardous.

Smartphone technology is making it easier for employees to quickly access disaster plans, with or without a WiFi connection.

Be Prepared for Disasters

It is most effective to have one person in charge of creating the emergency preparedness plan.

This breakaway central vacuum can move 10,000 pounds of powder in an hour from 30 feet away if needed. (Air Cleaning Technology photo)

Combustible Dust Vacuums Save Lives and Property

Implementing a housekeeping routine to mitigate combustible dust minimizes explosion risk.

HELP Leaders Create EHR Working Group

"The goal of this working group is to identify the five or six things we can do to help make the failed promise of electronic health records something that physicians and providers look forward to, instead of something they endure," said Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.

Good Ideas Welcome on OSHA's PELs

Updating the PELs is an important issue. OSHA’s RFI is broader than that, encompassing other strategies it could use to address workers’ exposures to hazardous chemicals.

Hotel Soap and Shampoo Manufacturer Cited for Chemical and Fire Hazards

OSHA found that Marietta Corp. and its staffing agency violated safety standards.

Global Occupational Safety and Health Project Funded for $10.5M

The money will go to a technical cooperation project from the International Labor Organization.

DOL Revising Black Lung Benefits Act

It would require parties — including employers, claimants, attorneys, and other authorized representatives — to disclose all medical information developed in connection with a claim for benefits, even if the party does not intend to submit the information into evidence.

About 10,400 units of the pocket-sized power supply have been recalled because their lithium battery can overheat, posing a fire hazard.

Overheating Causes Charger Recall

The Whistler Group, Inc., of Bentonville, Ark., has recalled about 10,400 units of its Jump&Go Portable Jumpstart & Power Supply 12V power supplies because their lithium battery can overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers.

World Steel Association Recognizes Second Steel Safety Day

The initiative encourages companies to participate in safety audits.

AIHA States Opposition to Future Logging Careers Act

The proposed legislation would allow 16- and 17-year-old children to be exempt from child labor laws if they worked in logging or mechanized operations under parental supervision.

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