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Christine A.D. Lorenzo inducted as new president of AIHA

June 10, 2014

The 2014 American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition (AIHce) wrapped up its six-day educational event with the induction of a new American Industrial Hygiene Association® (AIHA) leader.

ASSE Safety 2014 Speaker Q&A with Jim Spigener:

“There is a huge need for CEOs to figure out how to use safety guys to maximum effect.”

Dave Johnson

June 9, 2014

ISHN conducted an exclusive interview with Jim Spigener, Behavioral Science Technology (BST), who presented a talk at ASSE Safety 2014 on “Changing the Game in Safety Performance: The Leader’s Role.”

ASSE Safety 2014 Speaker Q&A with Sam Gualardo:

“Simply put, safety is freedom from risk.”

Dave Johnson

June 9, 2014

ISHN conducted an exclusive interview with Sam Gualardo, National Safety Consultants, Inc., who presented a talk at ASSE Safety 2014 on “Beyond Safety? Dealing with the real causes of worker and workplace risk.”

ASSE Safety 2014 Speaker Q&A with Rodney Grieve:

“Organizational balance is influenced by four elements: experience, knowledge, focus, and pace”

Dave Johnson

June 9, 2014

ISHN conducted an exclusive interview with Rodney E. Grieve, BRANTA Worldwide, who presented a talk at ASSE Safety 2014 on “Identifying Cultural Hazards: Four Clues That You May Be Out Of Balance.”

Mobile app for safety professionals

June 4, 2014

The Canvas mobile app enables safety, health and industrial hygiene professionals to digitize and mobilize all of their paper forms and manual processes.

Safety & health pros come in all stripes and colors

Dave Johnson

June 2, 2014

There’s no such animal as the stereotypical safety and health pro. I’ll run through my own “who’s who” list of industry-based safety and health pros who have made an impression on me.

Experiences of an OSHA industrial hygienist

Karl Lodi

June 2, 2014

During my career in OSHA I have had the opportunity to inspect many workplaces in many different industries. There are several lessons I want to share. First and foremost, to comply with OSHA regulations, you must read the regulation to ensure that you are complying with all requirements.

AIHA congratulates new ABIH CEO Ulric Chung

May 30, 2014

American Industrial Hygiene Association^® (AIHA) President Barbara J. Dawson, CIH, CSP, has released the following statement about the American Board of Industrial Hygiene's (ABIH) announcement that it has appointed Ulric Chung, MCS, PhD, as its chief executive officer.

Educated safety pros versus safety pros with experience – what’s the difference?

A conversation among pros posted on the LinkedIn EHS Professionals discussion forum

May 27, 2014

Project Safety Facilitator: With the implementation of the CSP and other certifications, why are many safety professionals without proper credentials allowed to have the positions of directors and managers? I have a MS in EHS and experience and credentials, but I still encounter colleagues with only experience and they feel as though education in safety doesn't matter, because they've been doing safety for well over 20 years.

Safety pro perplexed by dependence on Mother OSHA

May 20, 2014

A Comment posted to ISHN regarding story (link at bottom): I continue to be perplexed at the view that safety professionals depend on an aggressive OSHA for our livelihood. It is as though OSHA birthed us. That is simply not so!