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Keep those holiday laser lights earthbound

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…unless you're an airline pilot, flying over a home bedazzled with holiday laser...

NTSB delves into bicyclist safety on U.S. roads

More bicyclists die on U.S. roadways in crashes with motor vehicles than the deaths resulting in railroad, marine or aviation accidents1,...

Steel worker injured at Indiana plant

A steelworker in Gary, Indiana is recovering from injuries sustained last week in a workplace incident at Gary Works, a sprawling steel m...

1 in 5 teens, 1 in 4 young adults have prediabetes

Nearly 1 in 5 adolescents aged 12-18 years, and 1 in 4 young adults aged 19-34 years, are living with prediabetes, according to a new CDC...

Preventing employee suicides

After increasing steadily from 2005 - 2015, workplace suicides in the U.S. hit a new record high in 2016 – 291 – according to the U.S. Bu...

NJ construction company pays OSHA penalties after 21 years of resistance

After more than two decades years of legal wrangling, OSHA has finally collected $412,000 in penalties assessed to a New Jersey construct...

Nearly a fourth of U.S. middle, high school students use tobacco products

Twenty-three percent of middle and high school students in the U.S. – a total of 6.2 million youth – have used a tobacco product in the p...

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Keep those holiday laser lights earthbound

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…unless you're an airline pilot, flying over a home bedazzled with holiday laser lighting that's pointing up at the sky. If that happens, …

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NTSB delves into bicyclist safety on U.S. roads

More bicyclists die on U.S. roadways in crashes with motor vehicles than the deaths resulting in railroad, marine or aviation accidents1, according the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which has …

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1 in 5 teens, 1 in 4 young adults have prediabetes

Nearly 1 in 5 adolescents aged 12-18 years, and 1 in 4 young adults aged 19-34 years, are living with prediabetes, according to a new CDC studyexternal icon published in …

Construction Industry Safety and Health

Weekly news round-up

OSHA inspections increase, the crew of a fishing vessel escapes a sinking ship and two young UPS workers lose their lives in a California workplace incident. These were among the …

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NJ construction company pays OSHA penalties after 21 years of resistance

After more than two decades years of legal wrangling, OSHA has finally collected $412,000 in penalties assessed to a New Jersey construction company for safety violations – plus interest. The …

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Nearly a fourth of U.S. middle, high school students use tobacco products

Twenty-three percent of middle and high school students in the U.S. – a total of 6.2 million youth – have used a tobacco product in the past 30 days, according …

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This week in OSH news

Workplace violence was a common theme in some of the workplace incidents that killed or injured employees in the U.S. There were also incidents involving machinery, a fall and a …

VelocityEHS expands risk management capabilities with acquisition of leading operational risk vendor Meercat

VelocityEHS, the global leader in cloud-based environment, health, safety (EHS) and sustainability solutions, announced today it has completed the acquisition of Meercat, an Australian-based risk and control assurance software solution provider. The acquisition gives VelocityEHS customers access to a broader set of risk management capabilities like bowtie risk assessments, risk analysis and control assurance through best-of-breed software functionality.

PPE

Respirator Fit Testing and OSHA's Newly Modified CNC Protocols

In many of today's workplace environments, a respirator and a proper respirator fit test are critical components of the employee respiratory protection program.

Blogs

How to help new employees stay safer

By John Heniff

A worker who knows all the ins-and-outs of their position and has spent years on the site will be more efficient than someone who has just started. But, learning on the fly in situations like this could be riskier than you may think. Research from Toronto’s Institute for Work & Health shows that workers who had been at a job for a month or less had three times the risk of suffering a lost-time injury compared to those who had been at a job for over a year.

Too many biases to even name impact safety

By Len Kinor

Seeing hazards is a learned behavior

By Glenn Murray

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Protective Industrial Products, Inc. acquires Boss Glove and Safety business

Protective Industrial Products, Inc. (“PIP”), a leading supplier of hand protection and general safety products, proudly announces the acquisition of the assets of the Boss Glove and Safety business from the Boss Manufacturing Company (“Boss”), headquartered in Kewanee, IL. Boss, considered to be America’s pioneer brand in the Safety industry, was founded in 1893 in Kewanee, Illinois. For more than 120 years it has supplied gloves, boots and protective wear to ranchers, industrial and construction workers, as well as hobbyists through strong dealers, retailers, and distributors.

Vendor News & Case Studies

New program helps general industry, construction employers meet respiratory protection training requirements

Respirators are employees’ last defense against breathing hazards. To help teach employees how to properly use respirators while helping employers meet training requirements, J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc. developed Respiratory Protection training.

Risk Management

Assessing hazards & human error

Larry Wilson

This will be a series of short articles designed to provide a different perspective—a paradigm shift -- in terms of how most of you think about industrial safety. And how most of you think about accidental injury causation in general.

Columns

Saving a culture: Going from worst to first

Dave Johnson

U.S. Navy Captain Mike Abrashoff was given command of the USS Benfold at age 36, making him the youngest commanding officer in the Pacific fleet. His challenge was daunting: the destroyer with 310 sailors was a notable loser, with low morale and the highest turnover in the Navy. Many safety and health pros early in their careers face the challenge of establishing their credibility.

ISHN Magazine

2019 December

Among the articles in the December 2019 issue of ISHN Magazine, we have expert insight on selecting the right respirator, a link to the 2020 Buyers’ & Resource Guide, 10 safety mistakes that can land you in a courtroom, and much more.

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