2016 marks the 50th anniversary of ISHN — Industrial Safety & Hygiene News. In each issue we’ll devote a 50th anniversary column, “Time Machine.”

Let’s return to the days before the talk was of safety cultures

Two retired Navy SEALs, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, recently published their book Extreme Ownership – How U.S. Navy SEALS Lead and Win1, which presents the application of their leadership skills in the battle of Ramadi, Iraq, and then turning these skills into leading in business and organizational situations.

In 2012, 58 million Americans sought an attorney.1 The median starting salary for new lawyers in 2012 was $61,000 and many new lawyers carry student-loan debts of $125,000.2

Distance learning has experienced tremendous growth in popularity and acceptance in recent years.

OSHA standard 1910.305 covers electrical wiring methods, components and equipment for general use.

OSHA standard 1910.305 covers electrical wiring methods, components and equipment for general use.

About 10,000 sudden cardiac arrests (SAC) occur each year while the victims are working, according to OSHA. How many employees do you think are reluctant to come to their aid using automated external defibrillators (AEDs) due to the fear of being sued if something goes wrong?

Congress in October gave the nation’s railroads three more years, and possibly up to five, to install a mandated safety system that would automatically slow trains running at unsafe speeds, and which safety experts say could have prevented May’s fatal Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia.