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New publication outlines training standards for Total Worker Health® professionals

Lee S. Newman MD, MA
August 20, 2020

In a newly published paper in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Education and Training to Build Capacity in Total Worker Health®: Proposed Competencies for an Emerging Field, our group of experts in the field of Total Worker Health (TWH) have proposed the first set of core competencies for training professionals entering this discipline.


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Changing safety culture via VPP: How one roofing company achieved OSHA recognition

Daniel Nowak, STSC
August 4, 2020
Evans Roofing Company, Inc., with its subsidiaries Charles F. Evans (union) and CFE, Inc. (non-union), is a building envelope contractor licensed in 46 states. Charles F. Evans and CFE, Inc. are the only commercial roofing and wall panel contractors to hold the VPP STAR mobile work force designation.
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Rethinking Traditional Safety, Part 9

Begin making critical decisions

Larry Wilson
July 28, 2020
If you really think about it, you’ll realize that you have most likely experienced accidental pain in almost any activity you’ve ever done. So, if you can accept that the “what” isn’t really where the pattern is because we’ve all been hurt, a little or a lot.
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EHS software outperforms other safety solutions in return on investment, industry report reveals

July 16, 2020

Third-party environment, health, and safety (EHS) software is superior to internal software and manual programs in terms of both cost and effectiveness. That’s according to “State of the Industry: EHS Program Trends,” a recent report from KPA and EHS Today.


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The complacency continuum and ‘when vs. what’
Rethinking Traditional Safety, Part 8

The complacency continuum and ‘when vs. what’

Larry Wilson
July 14, 2020
As mentioned in an earlier article, it’s not that we are totally defenseless, it’s that from time to time, we are momentarily defenseless.
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Digitization is the key to transporting hazardous goods in a COVID-19 world

Digitization is the key to transporting hazardous goods in a COVID-19 world

David Cahn
July 14, 2020
Global chemical companies are helping to fight the virus pandemic by stepping up production of hand sanitizers, polymers for personal protective equipment, bleach for disinfectants, and cleaning products.
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Return to work safely

Doug Pontsler
July 14, 2020
The topic of “return to work” is certainly front and center. While many organizations have continued to operate during the COVID-19 situation under the definition of essential businesses, there are many who have not — especially consumer facing businesses such as retail businesses, bars and restaurants.
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ASSP’s Deb Roy discusses her EHS career, offers advice for safety professionals

June 25, 2020
ISHN interviews ASSP President-Elect Deb Roy in this episode of Dave Johnson’s Wide World of Safety.
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ASSP and its 40,000 members stand for safety and equity

June 8, 2020

The American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP), the world’s oldest professional safety organization with 40,000 members globally, released a statement from ASSP President Diana Stegall, CSP, CFPS, ARM, SMS, CPCU, on behalf of the Society’s Board of Directors.


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Rethinking Traditional Safety, Part 7

The neuroscience behind error reduction techniques

Larry Wilson
June 7, 2020
I think that it’s interesting how the neuroscience and the critical error reduction techniques are aligned or how the neuroscience supports or validates the critical error reduction techniques.
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