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Effective safety recognition programs – The do’s and don’ts

June 26, 2012

It’s all too easy to launch a fun, exciting employee safety reward program – put up lots of colorful safety theme posters, hand out theme buttons, kick it off with a pizza lunch and announce some great prizes/ rewards for achieving safety goals.

‘Dirty Jobs’ host responds to ISHN editorial

Mike Rowe says Safety Third is "a conversation worth having'

June 25, 2012

Hi Dave -

Mike Rowe here, Dirty Jobs, etc. I’m writing to thank you for your article in May’s edition of ISHN, and for sharing with your readers a few of my comments on workplace safety. Over the years, I’ve learned that some Safety Professionals do not always welcome criticism, especially from a smart aleck TV Host.

Metro safety eyewear From Gateway Safety: Unsurpassed protection and style for work or play

June 22, 2012

Metro™ safety eyewear moves ahead of the eye protection pack with a winning combination of safety, comfort, and modern styling.

ERB Safety added to NETPLUS ALLIANCE as a new Preferred Supplier

June 21, 2012

ERB Safety has been added as a new Preferred Supplier to the NETPLUS ALLIANCE North America’s largest buying group for industrial and contractor supply distributors.

Selling safety to alpha dogs

Phil La Duke

June 21, 2012

In last week’s post I talked a bit about dealing with Senior Executives who are alpha dogs. First, for those of you who don’t understand the reference, an “alpha dog” is the leader of a pack of dogs.

Study: Unions contribute to better health

June 18, 2012

Two Duke University researchers have found that membership in labor unions results in better health. Their recent study, Bringing You More Than the Weekend: Union Membership and Self-rated Health in the United States, found that union membership has a “significant positive effect on favorable self-rated health.”

OSHA looking for advisors

June 16, 2012

OSHA is requesting nominations for membership on the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee (WPAC). OSHA enforces the whistleblower provisions of 21 statutes protecting employees who report violations of various workplace safety, airline, commercial motor carrier, consumer product, environmental, financial reform, food, safety, health care reform, nuclear, pipeline, public transportation agency, railroad, maritime and securities laws.

Unexpected bromine release endangers workers

Chemical can cause severe burns to nose, throat,respiratory system

June 14, 2012

OSHA has cited West Lafayette, Ind.-based Great Lakes Chemical Corp. with 18 serious safety violations at the company's El Dorado facility for exposing workers to the unexpected release of bromine.

Better vehicle design credited with decline in highway deaths

Analysis shows marked decline in likelihood of crashing, increased likelihood of escaping a crash without injuries

June 14, 2012

The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says that better-designed, safer vehicles have contributed to an overall decline in crashes, deaths and injuries on U.S. roadways.

Mine safety violator pays up

June 11, 2012

A drawn-out debt collection battle between the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health and Resurrection Coal Co. of West Virginia is finally over, although it took a complaint filed by a U.S. attorney to resolve it.