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How stressed is your city?

Detroiters are the most – according to a new survey. Residents of Fremont, California are the least. We’re talking about being stressed, ...

AIHA offers info for safe cleanup after wildfires

The American Industrial Hygiene Association® (AIHA) has launched Think and Act Fire Smart, a one-stop information center for wildfire pre...

EPA approves bee-killing pesticide

The EPA has approved the use of a powerful pesticide that the agency’s own research determined was lethal to honeybees. The agency’s app...

Prime Day = overworked Amazon employees

While consumers participate enthusiastically in Prime Day, a sales bonanza staged each year by Amazon, the company’s workers regard it wi...

Ten killed, plane destroyed in post-takeoff crash, fire

An airplane that crashed right after takeoff in Addison, Texas last month seemed to lack a normal power level as it taxied down the runwa...

Nurses get less sleep than the rest of us

The people who take care of you while you’re in the hospital aren’t getting enough sleep - which could have serious implications for pati...

EPA sued over ACE rule

Two major health organizations are suing the EPA over the agency’s repeal of the Clean Power Plan – the first-ever federal policy aimed a...

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Occupational Safety

Prime Day = overworked Amazon employees

While consumers participate enthusiastically in Prime Day, a sales bonanza staged each year by Amazon, the company’s workers regard it with something less than enthusiasm. The $5 billion in sales …

Oil and Gas Industry Safety & health

Maximize FR protection

Rick Pedley

Whether you’re working around dangerous chemicals, electrical systems, or fire-prone areas, you need to make sure you’re wearing the right flame-resistant (FR) clothing. If a fire occurs, FR clothing will …

Top products of the week

Safety helmets with beat-the-heat accessories, fall protection that protects against arc flash and remote machine safeguarding were among the top occupational safety and health products featured this week on ISHN.com. …

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Weekly news round-up

The Secretary of Labor resigns, NIOSH introduces a new chemical management banding strategy and U.S. states get ranked by happiness. These were among the stories featured on ISHN.com this week. …

Occupational Safety

Acosta out as Labor Secretary

U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta is resigning his position, saying he does not want a 2008 plea deal involving billionaire Jeffrey Epstein to become a distraction for the Trump administration. …

Facility Safety

How to choose the best safety knife for the job

Cassie Donnelly

From warehouses and distribution facilities to the factory floor, thousands of workers depend on safety knives to perform important jobs while providing an extra layer of injury-preventing protection. …

Systems Thinking

How do you assess risks? It hinges on leadership & culture

David Sarkus MS, CSP

Not many people walk around throughout their day with a risk assessment in hand. We should, however, always have an informal risk assessment tool in our mind that allows us …

Lion Technology, Inc. launches hazmat & EHS consulting services

Lion Technology Inc., a leader in regulatory compliance training for 40+ years, recently launched of a suite of consulting services to empower industry professionals to achieve more with their environmental and hazardous materials compliance efforts. “Now, industry professionals can leverage our regulatory expertise to optimize their time and focus on creating value for their organizations,” says Lion President Tammy Kent.

Environmental Health and Safety

UL acquires Healthy Buildings, an indoor environmental quality and sustainability services company

UL, a global safety science leader, announced the acquisition of Healthy Buildings International, Inc., a U.S.-based indoor environmental testing and sustainability services company with expertise in indoor environmental quality, sustainability services for green building certifications, energy audits and water audits.The acquisition enables UL to extend its sustainability and air quality expertise across the built environment value chain to building owners and expand in global markets.

Blogs

Top 10 tips for safety committee success

By M.B. Sutherland

Most Safety Managers know that safety committees are a good idea, and many states require them by law. But is your committee doing all it can and should be doing? If you answered No, you’re not alone. Here are our top 10 tips to start improving today!

5 ways to incorporate wellness into your daily lifestyle

By Cathy Baylis

Worker safety tips: The power of empowerment

By M.B. Sutherland

Facility Safety

Stonehouse Process Safety relocates to expanded corporate headquarters

Vahid Ebadat, CEO, Stonehouse Process Safety (Stonehouse) today announced that Stonehouse has moved into expanded corporate headquarters located in Lawrenceville, NJ. The new expanded testing laboratories will allow Stonehouse to meet increased demand for combustible dust testing and other process safety testing services. Stonehouse provides expert process safety consulting, testing, training and litigation support services in the specialist areas of dust flash fires & explosions, NFPA 652 dust hazard analysis (DHA), gas & vapor flammability, electrostatic hazards and self-heating/thermal decomposition.

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Enviro Safety Products moves to new office space

Enviro Safety Products has moved to a new and larger office space. The new location on Lyons Ave is still in the city of Santa Clarita and northern Los Angeles County. The company has now doubled its staffing capacity and improved its work environment.

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Ergodyne launches new line of ultra-comfortable hard hats

Ergodyne announced a major addition to their Skullerz® lineup of personal protective equipment with the launch of their new hard hats, available in both full-brim or cap style and Class C or Class E protection. This line of hard hats is a first for the company.

Product Innovations

A-Safe launches TrailerKerb for loading flatbeds at the dock

Baltimore, Maryland-based A-Safe Inc. has unveiled TrailerKerb, a temporary barrier (or kerb) that provides resistance when forklift trucks get close to the edge of flatbed trailers during loading and unloading operations at the dock.

ISHN Magazine

2019 July

Among the articles in the July 2019 issue of ISHN Magazine, we have expert insight on employee safety training, the 2019 ISHN Readers’ Choice Award Winners, and much more.

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