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Mariners at sea get health help through telemedicine

Viral illnesses, seizures, musculoskeletal problems, and eye injuries were among the health problems that seafarers far from land sought ...

Poor air quality does not offset exercise’s heart benefits

Even in areas with moderate-to-high levels of traffic pollution, regular physical activity reduced the risk of first and recurrent heart ...

AIHA’s Industrial Hygiene Heroes continue to nab awards

The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) was recognized twice by both the APEX Awards and the Content Marketing Awards for the ...

OSHA cites Mo. excavating company after seeing employees working in unprotected trench

OSHA has cited Karrenbrock Excavating LLC for allowing two employees to work in an unprotected trench while installing sewers. The compan...

A better test developed for ag worker pesticide exposure

A simple, fast, and inexpensive blood test is proving effective at accurately detecting the level of pesticide exposure among agricultura...

Comments on Cranes and Derricks rule sought

OSHA is seeking comments to a proposed rule regarding railroad construction equipment provisions in the Cranes and Derricks in Constructi...

EPA relaxes coal ash regulations

The Trump announced yesterday that it is rolling back regulations on how power plants can dispose of coal ash – a move that environmental...

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Product Innovations

Top products of the week

Gas detection that leverages data, cut resistant gloves that meet your needs and a new line of made-in-the-USA PPE were among the top occupational safety and health products featured on …

Occupational Safety

Weekly news round-up

A dropped object standard gets issued, carbon monoxide sends workers to the hospital in Illinois and workplace violence rates jump in one type of workplace. These were among the top …

Government Regulations

Let’s take a different approach to ladder safety

David Francis

Every day 2,000 people are injured in a ladder-related accident. One hundred of those people suffer a long-term or permanent disability. And every day, one person dies; the numbers are …

Environment

Toxicity can kill: Monitoring gases, even oxygen, is crucial

Josie Larsen

Inhalation of toxic gases can kill you. It’s important that you perpetually monitor your breathing air to ensure that you and your employees are breathing air that is safe and …

Occupational Safety

With death of port worker, checkered safety record of cargo handler comes into focus

Eli Wolfe

For the third time in six years, a branch of one of the world’s largest cargo-handling companies has been accused by workplace safety authorities of a willful violation linked to …

Occupational Safety

Long-awaited dropped object standard approved by ANSI

A standard aimed at helping employers reduce the risk of dropped objects incidents in industrial and occupational settings has been approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Developed by …

Oil and Gas Industry Safety & health

How the oil and gas industry handles high risks

Ryan Milford

If anything has come to define the human experience throughout history, it is a willingness to take risks, to face the unknown with a confidence that borders on arrogance and …

Dysfunctional Practices: that kill your Safety Culture (and what to do about them)

For Dysfunctional Practices: that kill your Safety Culture, Dr. Timothy Ludwig draws on his 30+ years of research and practice in behavioral approaches to safety to help managers re-shape their safety culture by driving out fear and risk and engaging their workforce.

Product Innovations

Camtain™ pharmaceutical dust collector keeps air safe and protects against explosion

Pharmaceutical processing equipment that produces high concentrations of fine, hazardous, combustible and nuisance dust needs industrial dust collectors that keep workers safe. Camfil APC’s Farr Gold Series® Camtain™ dust collector is used in a variety of pharmaceutical dust collector applications, including tablet pressing, coating, fluid bed drying, spray drying, blending, granulation and general room ventilation.

Blogs

Achieving compliance with new OSHA fall protection regulations

By Thom Kramer PE, CSP

Now that the OSHA rule on Walking-Working Surfaces and Personal Fall Protection Systems (29 CFR 1910 Subparts D&I) has been effective for more than a year, organizations are still working to understand and implement required changes to fall protection projects, policies and programs.

Leading by values, not priorities

By Adam L. Bates MS, MBA

6 ways to implement a safety culture within your workplace

By Paul DeTennis

Facility Safety

Sources of Behavioral Variance in Process Safety

Process safety management seeks to establish a multi-level system to assess, document, maintain, and inspect equipment and work practices integral in controlling highly toxic and/or reactive materials.

Vendor News & Case Studies

ASTM F1506 outlines changes in 2018 edition

ASTM International is a standards organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for a wide range of materials, products, systems and services, including those for FR clothing.

Product Innovations

Blackline Safety transforms gas detection with second-gen data analytics platform

Today, Blackline Safety Corp. (“Blackline”) (TSXV:BLN) launched its second-generation Blackline Analytics platform, a tool that makes it easy for businesses to manage a world-class gas detection program. Available to all Blackline customers, this new data analytics software enables businesses to leverage the data streamed from their connected G7 gas detectors, empowering decision-making with user-friendly data visualization tools.

Product Innovations

Don't risk your hands or general health

Knowing what’s in your glove besides cut protection levels goes a long way in ensuring workplace safety – lowering risks and costs. Don’t introduce potential safety risks with cut resistant gloves that are uncomfortable or potentially uses non-compliant materials.

ISHN Magazine

2018 July

Among the articles in the July 2018 issue of ISHN Magazine, learn more about what workplaces can do to improve employee safety training, some tips for FR protection, and much more.

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