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Want to improve construction safety?

Invest in supervisor credentials
May 3, 2012
By Eddie Greer CSP, OHST, STS
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It is evident that the traditional means of safety leadership are no longer working very well in the construction industry.


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Why risk losing an eye?

“Because I don’t want to look like a geek wearing glasses”
May 3, 2012
By Janet Andrews and Nora Kirby
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Work-related eye injuries treated in emergency rooms exceeded 800,000 in 2008; men having a rate four times higher than women.1


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Get the upper hand with glove fit, feel & functionality

May 3, 2012
By Cory Houston
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According to the National Safety Council’s 2011 “Injury Facts”, the manufacturing and construction industries accounted for 37,080 injuries to fingers and 13,940 to hands.


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Hand At Risk

Costs drive need for more cut protection
May 3, 2012
By Gil LeVerne, Jr.
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White-collar industries are experiencing what we in the industrial market have known for a long time, specialization and expertise outweigh generalization and experience.


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Home is where the hazards are

So why aren’t employers more concerned?
May 3, 2012
By James E. Leeman Ph.D.
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Even though all of us undertake do-it-yourself (DIY) projects around the house, it is profoundly apparent many of us perform these DIY projects in the absence of a safety mindset.


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Preventing serious injuries and fatalities

Preventing serious injuries and fatalities

June 18, 2012
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Serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs) have become a passionate focus for Tom Krause, Ph.D., co-founder of the consultancy BST.


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7/2/2012 - Workplace Bullying

July 2, 2012
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Have you encountered workplace bullying?


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Keep your facility clean

Control & contain industrial fluids & chemicals
August 1, 2012
By Derek Yurgaitis
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When it comes to keeping your facility clean, there’s more at stake than general tidiness.


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“What the hell!”

How to deal with devilish attitudes
August 1, 2012
By James E. Leeman Ph.D.
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Safety pros deal with human weaknesses probably more than anyone in the organization, save for perhaps HR.


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A mother’s fight

Son’s death on a rig: electrocution or drug overdose?
August 1, 2012
By Dave Johnson
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Tammy Duncan hails from Amma, West Virginia, an unincorporated town in Roane County, smack in the center of the state.


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