July 2013 OHS
- FOOT PROTECTION: Footwear in Focus
- HEAD PROTECTION: Innovation Meets Performance
- FALL PROTECTION: Adjusting to a New Standard
- FALL PROTECTION: Creating a Fall Protection Plan and a Safer Workplace
- OIL & GAS TRAINING: Filling a Critical Need for Training
- CONSTRUCTION SAFETY: Get Your Construction Solutions from Construction Solutions
- HAZMAT: How to Keep Waste in Its Place
- COMPLIANCE: Moving Selection to the Top of the Hierarchy
- COMPLIANCE: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
- COMPLIANCE: Ensuring Compliance: Tools for the EH&S Toolbox
- COMPLIANCE: Wearing the Safety Brand
- COMPLIANCE: Top Five Ways to Reduce Fall Hazard Risk
- EMERGENCY RESPONSE: Do You Have a False Sense of Security?
- MAINTENANCE: Industrial Vacuums: Your First Line of Defense Against Hazardous Materials
- INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE: Protecting Workers from Risks Associated with Nanomaterials: Part I, Exposure Assessment
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Cover Story
By Linda J. Sherrard
Safety is no longer "in the rear view mirror chasing upper management objectives." We are now leaders of the merged upper management team that runs the company.
Features
By Paul R. Miller
Companies should work directly with an industrial vacuum supplier to assess facilities' needs and goals.
By Garrett Genest
Person-worn safety monitoring devices ensure that no emergency incident is ever left undiscovered.
By Jerry Laws
ANSI Z359.7-2011 took effect on Oct. 3, 2012. It applies to all products within the Z359 Fall Protection Code.
By Thomas Kramer
This is key: Once the right risk assessment data is collected, it should be used to implement a long-term fall protection abatement program.
By Kevin Duhamel
Once a company determines the need for a fall protection system, there are four options to evaluate: eliminate, prevent, restrain, and arrest.
By Marisa L. Kreider, Amanda M. Burns, Gretchen H. DeRose, Julie M. Panko
There are currently no legally enforceable occupational exposure limits and very few recommended limits for nanoscale forms of most materials.
By Fred Elliott
The starting point when selecting protective footwear is a Job Safety Analysis to understand the hazards that are present in a given workplace.
Features
By Karen D. Hamel
There are five hazardous waste management regulations that improve worker safety.
By D. C. Breeding
The number of various federal laws and regulations makes it imperative for an institution to maintain some sort of compliance calendar or other tool to organize and manage the process.
By Ron Gantt, Matthew Matthew O’Connell
Using safety as a criterion for selection of employees, through the use of scientifically valid and legally defensible tools, can reduce organizational risks.
By Jim Platner, Jean Christophe Le
The online database offers a list of options for occupational hazards on construction sites.
By Jerry Laws
New wrinkles in hard hats include one sourced from sugar cane and another with an ultraviolet indicator to help the wearer determine when the hard hat should be replaced.
By Keith Bilger
When your data shows a troublesome negative trend, rely on core safety principles that have worked throughout the years to get things turned around and your program back on track.
By Jerry Laws
A recent NIOSH study found workers from small companies and from well servicing companies are at greatest risk of dying in a motor vehicle crash.
Departments
By Robert Pater
Bemoaning what's happened is a waste of energy, but what's even worse is continuing to stay stuck in mindsets that have topped out.
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A successful process needs a team representing the interests of the population to make the important decisions of improving process and safety.
By Jerry Laws
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