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Do we trust professional industrial hygienists’ judgment?

September 1, 2021

Anyone may call themselves an industrial hygienist and anyone may practice industrial hygiene. No license, certificate, formal education, or years of experience are required for someone to practice industrial hygiene in the United States. Whether IH is a profession, trade or practice is just semantics.

Maintaining a Civil Workplace

Safety pros can learn about how to maintain a civil workplace from anti-bullying policies at big universities

Edward Stern

August 27, 2021

If your business requires more skill than laborers off the street, it costs money to find and train the right employees. To keep the talent you have found and developed, you must maintain a civil workplace. Bullies chase away talent.

The pragmatic development of ongoing hazard analysis to reach high-reliability goals

Cory Worden M.S., CSHM

August 27, 2021

High-reliability organizations are those whose leaders strive to create the safest and most effective hazard controls and then constantly re-assess these operations for any possibility of failure so that it can be resolved before an incident occurs.

Safety’s identity crisis: It’s time to focus on principles, not programs

Randy DeVaul

August 27, 2021

A priority changes with circumstances. A value remains constant, regardless of circumstances. Safety is a value. If integrated into the process, procedures, and practices, safety will not be the first to go when budgets are cut or when time pressures push for compromise.

Are long work hours unhealthy? The issue is more complex than it initially appears

Dan Markiewicz, MS, CIH, CSP, CHMM

August 25, 2021

Long working hours are now considered by the WHO/ILO to be the occupational risk factor with the largest attributable disease burden. WHO/ILO advise, “Protecting and promoting occupational and workers’ safety and health requires interventions to reduce hazardous long working hours.”

Data accuracy and the golden ticket fallacy

Angelo Cianfrocco

Nick Goodell

Chuck Pettinger

August 5, 2021

So, what is data accuracy? Data accuracy is one of the “six dimensions” of data quality and it can be defined as the “degree to which the data correctly describes the ‘real world’ objects being described.” This definition makes it easy to see how poor data accuracy could greatly impact your ability to use your data effectively.

Thought Leadership

Are we our own worst enemy? Optimize safety leadership skills though peer feedback

Cory Worden M.S., CSHM

July 15, 2021

Being a safety and occupational health leader is not easy. In many cases, the position requires enormous responsibility and accountability with little or no authority or resources.

Safety Talk

Incident investigations: What to investigate and why

Randy DeVaul

July 15, 2021

Incident investigations are a critical part of your safety program and safety culture. When an incident occurs, when and how you address it is equally as important as what you address and why.

Best Practices

OHS professionals have an active role in diversity and inclusion within workplaces

Dan Markiewicz, MS, CIH, CSP, CHMM

July 15, 2021

CEOs Action for Diversity & Inclusion (1) state that “… diversity and inclusion are multifaceted issues and that we need to tackle these subjects holistically to better engage and support all underrepresented groups within business.”

Editorial Comments

A sense of normalcy

With in-person shows returning this year, will you attend?

Benita Mehta

June 30, 2021

With the announcement last week that ASSP has opened up registration for their conference in Austin this September, they announced the safety precautions they are taking to ensure everyone who is attending is comfortable.

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Do we trust professional industrial hygienists’ judgment?

Safety pros can learn about how to maintain a civil workplace from anti-bullying policies at big universities

The pragmatic development of ongoing hazard analysis to reach high-reliability goals

Safety’s identity crisis: It’s time to focus on principles, not programs

Are long work hours unhealthy? The issue is more complex than it initially appears

Data accuracy and the golden ticket fallacy

Are we our own worst enemy? Optimize safety leadership skills though peer feedback

Incident investigations: What to investigate and why

OHS professionals have an active role in diversity and inclusion within workplaces

A sense of normalcy

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