September 2015
- HEARING PROTECTION: Arc Flash Hearing Protection
- HEARING PROTECTION: Hearing Protectors on the Job Site
- HEARING PROTECTION:Combat Workplace Noise Pollution to Help Prevent Hearing Loss
- TRANSPORTATION SAFETY: DOT and OSHA Training
- 2015 NSC PREVIEW: It's All About Atlanta
- FOOT PROTECTION: Safety, Without Compromising Comfort
- HEAD & FACE PROTECTION: First-Class Protection
- DRUG & ALCOHOL TESTING: The Prescription Drug Misuse Epidemic: Are We Making Progress?
- DRUG & ALCOHOL TESTING: What to Look for in a C/TPA or Program Manager
- DEFIBRILLATORS & CPR: IOM Looks to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival
- DEFIBRILLATORS & CPR: Emphasize Calling 911 When An Emergency Occurs
- EMPLOYEE GIFTS & INCENTIVES: Why Incentives Are a Key to Surviving Tight Safety Budget Challenges
- EMPLOYEE GIFTS & INCENTIVES: The Wellness Imperative
- EMPLOYEE GIFTS & INCENTIVES: Wellness & Safety Programs Expand to Embrace Employee Well-being
- MATERIAL HANDLING: Preventing Manual Material Handling Injuries
- IH/INDOOR AIR QUALITY: Innovative Approach to Duct Sealing Turns IAQ Problems Inside Out
- IH/INDOOR AIR QUALITY: Odors, Smells & Other Strange 'Stuff'
- CONSTRUCTION SAFETY: Optimizing Worker Safety: It's in the Lights
- ERGONOMICS: The Trouble with Tablets
- FACILITY SAFETY: Keeping Communities and Workers Safe from Benzene
Cover Story
By Jeanette Previdi
Many people fail to recognize the seriousness of their condition and delay calling for help.
Features
By Kathy Espinoza
Tablets are unlike traditional PCs because they are used in different locations, with different postures, while doing other things. Because of this, the ergonomics with a tablet become far more challenging.
By Brian Wingo
Wireless gas monitoring is flexible and provides more control—at a time when regulators are about to make sure you have such control.
By Mary Padron
Yikes! Hearing loss is the third-leading major U.S. public health issue.
By Don Garvey
Employers should not focus only on the NRR when selecting protectors.
By Jill Schultz
Don't forget your company's management and maintenance personnel. The regulations require training of all motor carrier employees.
By Rick Buer
HR managers can leverage their position in highlighting the value of employees and use their knowledge and skills to drive positive outcomes.
By Brad Witt
What requirements must a hearing protector meet for arc flash protection?
By Fred Elliott
Employers can ensure their sites comply with OSHA's 1910.133 eye and face protection standard by following the fundamental hierarchy of controls.
By Jerry Laws
"The value proposition is simply that if they are properly built, they will work, period."
By Fred Elliott
There is no question that musculoskeletal disorders continue to be a leading cause of lost-time injuries among U.S. workers.
By Matt Holden
A new report calls on all parts of the health care system to adopt quality improvement programs in areas such as cardiac arrest, tracking system performance, accountability, and training.
By Sean Roark
I continue to conclude that non-cash incentive programs are a strategic tool to economically and effectively maximize effectiveness of any ES&H goal set.
By Dawn Dalldorf-Jackson
State-of-the-art flashlights protect against workplace hazards.
By Barry R. Weissman
Any time there is moisture, we can get mold growth, especially when relative humidities are greater than 60 percent and the temperatures are higher than the recommended temps.
By John Dixon
Thanks to innovative technologies such as aerosol-based duct sealing, solving issues and attaining optimal indoor air quality is easier now than ever before.
By F. Leland McClure
It's clear that the war on drugs has shifted away from the back alleys and instead on to Main Street. Abuse of prescription medication has grown to a bona fide public health crisis.
By Bob McAllister
Research and innovation make safe and comfortable shoes attainable.
By Jerry Laws
This product section showcases some of the new offerings from exhibitors at this month's National Safety Council 2015 Congress & Expo.
By Joe Reilly
The wrong choice in a service agent for your drug testing services may or may not cause ongoing problems, but it only takes one test to go bad for devastating consequences to occur.
Departments
By Robert Pater
Expert leaders provide hope, deepen relationships, and work toward bringing people together.
By Shawn M. Galloway
While it is desired for all employees at all levels to eventually be involved, perceptions about trust and the use of the data will initially determine who is an observer.
By Jerry Laws
An expert panel's report finds WHO does not possess the capacity or organizational culture to deliver a full emergency public response.