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ASSE, Cintas create Occupational Safety Management award

Nominees being sought

January 7, 2014

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and Cintas Corporation are seeking nominations for the inaugural Innovation Award in Occupational Safety Management. The award will recognize individuals who have addressed workplace safety challenges in innovative ways.

Do safety pros hate their bosses?

A Yahoo news story doesn’t paint a pretty picture

Dave Johnson

January 2, 2014

Whoa, you’re treading on thin, very politically incorrect ground here when one uses the word “hate.”

You’ve been promoted to manage, now what?

Once they like you, the cats you herd are good companions

James E. Leemann Ph.D.

January 2, 2014

Clients and students of mine ask what they need to do to one day be chosen for the ES&H vice president role.

Science wars: Are you a solider for truth?

Evaluate the evidence and make your risk determination

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

January 2, 2014

In November 2013 the American Council on Science and Health ridiculed Scientific American for publishing junk science.

10 points for working with unions

Safety is an obvious common-ground issue for both “sides”

Dr. John Kello

January 2, 2014

One important common denominator when working in a union environment is the principle of seniority. All unions embrace seniority as a sacrosanct.

Your sphere of influence

Check out your demeanor everyday – it’s a difference maker

David Sarkus MS, CSP

January 2, 2014

I like Subway and a few times a month I eat there. But there’s one location I no longer visit.

High performance for Hand, Arm and Body Protection

December 4, 2013

The advanced properties of the Taeki5® protective gears are allowing safety professionals to address the toughest requirements for Hand Arm Body protection

Proposed: Change our name from the safety profession to the injury prevention profession

Phil La Duke

December 4, 2013

For the record, I’m against euphemisms; I believe masking the inadequacies or social stigma of one state by calling it something else is wrong-headed and pathetic. I’ve been called a lot of things, but politically correct isn’t one of them.

Anchovies – Reality facing you

Mike Williamsen Ph.D., CSP

November 26, 2013

I am sure many of you have watched portions of the various “reality” programs that are so pervasive these days. The scenes are very well staged with close up video that is oh so perfect.

OSHA’s electronic injury/illness recordkeeping data regulation,

or OSHA adopts Saul Alinsky’s “Twelve Rules for Radicals”

Tom Lawrence CSP, P.E.

November 21, 2013

The current administration looks to Saul Alinsky’s “Twelve Rules for Radicals” for their guidance. OSHA has now stepped in this direction and away from safety principles. Their first foray was the Shaming Press Releases.