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Implement a fall protection system that saves your employees and your budget. (Gorbel Inc. image)

Finding the Sweet Spot

Implement a fall protection system that saves your employees and your budget.

There is a growing global push toward hazardous location competency training.

Keeping Oil & Gas Employees Safe

There is a growing global push toward hazardous location competency training.

Integrating OSH protection with health promotion reduces costs, increases employee productivity, and boosts organizational performance.

Total Worker Health Approach Helps Organizations and Employees Thrive

A synergistic approach for integrating occupational safety and health protection with health promotion reduces costs, increases employee productivity, and boosts organizational performance.

If the hard hat has sustained an impact, dispose of it immediately, even if the damage is not visible.

Twelve Frequent Hard Hat Questions

If the hard hat has sustained an impact, dispose of it immediately, even if the damage is not visible.

Low-level access lifts can maneuver where larger lifts cannot. (Custom Equipment screen capture)

The Magic Number

There is more to low-level access lifts than meets the eye.

OSHA

The Future of the OSHA PSM Standard

Proposed modifications could mean that many new sites will be covered and will need to formally adopt PSM as defined in the OSHA regulation.

Getting Ready for a Food Safe Fourth

USDA hosted a Twitter party June 30 to share tips and answer questions about food safety during summertime activities such as camping, picnics, and grilling.

Being well prepared costs much less than trying to explain what you did not do after the fact.

Hidden Hazmat Considerations for Your Safety Program

You will find in the long run that being well prepared costs much less than trying to explain what you did not do after the fact.



Resolution Calls for Action on Hepatitis

According to the CDC, an estimated 4.4 million Americans are living with chronic hepatitis, but most of them do not know they are infected.

Fire is a risk in virtually every industrial setting, but the greatest danger occurs when personnel are exposed to accumulating smoke.

A New Approach to Escape Respirators

You can find the point where reduced cost and increased safety align.

Complacency, or an attitude of "compliance is good enough," can set in when compliance is the only management message.

Regulatory Compliance: The Necessary Evil

Complacency or an attitude of "compliance is good enough" can set in when compliance is the only management message.

Safe Work Australia Launches 'Heads Up' Campaign

The goal is to encourage employers in the country to take action on mental health in their workplaces.

Carnegie Mellon University-NREC designed CHIMP (CMU Highly Intelligent Mobile Platform) is shown during the 2013 DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials task of opening a series of doors. CHIMP finished third in the trials. (DARPA image)

Robotics Challenge Finals Set for June 2015

Teams will compete in Pomona, Calif. for DARPA's $2 million prize. The winner will be the team that best demonstrates robotic technology for disaster response.

Prescott Ceremony to Honor Lost Hotshot Crew

The June 30 ceremony, on the one-year anniversary of their deaths, will include an honor guard and the reading of the names of all 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighters who died fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire.

FEMA Exercise to Evaluate Readiness of Virginia Responders

The Biennial Emergency Preparedness Exercise at the North Anna Power Station will take place during the week of July 7.

MSHA May Impact Inspection Results Released

The agency announces the results of the May impact inspections, which include 172 citations, 21 orders and two safeguards.

OSHA to Improve Nationally Recognized Testing Lab Program

The agency has scheduled an informal meeting to discuss efforts to improve the Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory Program.

Oncology Practice Guilty of Purchasing Unapproved Drugs

An oncology practice in Kentucky has pleaded guilty to purchasing and selling unapproved chemotherapy drugs.

OSHA to Hold Federal Worker Safety Training Event

OSHA announced it will be hosting a training event July 29-31 in Arlington Heights, Ill., focused on enhancing federal workers' health and safety.

OSHA and CSPC warned consumers and pyrotechnics professionals to be careful during the July 4th holiday season.

OSHA Reminds Pyrotechnics Industry to Stay Vigilant

A new U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission study released the same day shows that consumer injuries from fireworks rose sharply last year, to 11,400, up from 8,700 in 2012.

Product Showcase

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    Dehydration and heat exposure impair physical and cognitive performance. Proper hydration boosts heat stress resilience, but hydration needs are highly individualized and hard to predict across a workforce. Connected Hydration® empowers industrial athletes to stay safe through behavioral interventions, informed by sports science, and equips safety teams with critical insights to anticipate high-risk situations and adapt to evolving environmental factors. Curious about applying the latest in sports science based hydration strategies for industrial athletes? Stop by booth #1112 at AIHA or schedule a free demo today at https://epcr.cc/demo. Read More

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