Articles Tagged with ''accident prevention''

Arc flash and arc blast have been generally recognized as hazards since the early 1970s.

Emergency eyewash is oftentimes overlooked in safety program evaluations.

Our first article — published in ISHN’s May issue — discussed how the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of classification for labeling chemicals changed the regulations under U.S. Labor Law, OSHA.

A nose-down plane landing, new legal developments in Deepwater Horizon disaster and a factory safety law passed in Bangladesh are among this week’s top EHS-related stories as featured on ISHN.com.

Consider your safety process. Certainly your safety management systems such as your procedures, rules, reporting systems, inspections, hazard identification, safety training and the like act as a sort of foundation and structure that we hope will reduce hazards and associated risk

During the past 20 years there has been increasing evidence of the role that corporate, or organizational, culture plays in determining safety performance.

Let’s start this discussion of safety bullying by talking about discipline.

Ask someone what the hazards are on the job and you’ll get a variety of answers, depending on their profession.

As summer temperatures begin to soar, so too does the amount of work conducted in bright, high-heat and humid environments.

Hearing loss is a serious hazard which is often painless, progressive and permanent.