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A Shift in Thinking: Study near-misses to improve safety processes

October 1, 2019

An unplanned event that did not result in injury, illness, or damage, but had the potential to do so — are common but generally underreported. Knowledge is power, and information provided by near-misses is a tool to evaluate and improve safety.

Humanistic behaviorism: The essence of effective behavior-based safety

E. Scott Geller

October 1, 2019

NFPA 70E’s focus on preventing human error

All about human performance, error precursors & risk

Dave Johnson

October 1, 2019

The 2018 print edition of NFPA 70E Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace® is 104 pages. Updated every three years by the 70E technical committee, this comprehensive standard covers the latest information about the effects of shock, arc flash, arc blast, dc hazards, and developments in electrical design, PPE.

Editor's Note

OSHA – the good, the bad, the future

“Our Savior Has Arrived” once said safety pros. That was long ago.

Dave Johnson

October 1, 2019

We’re coming up on an anniversary: in 1970 Congress passed and President Richard Nixon signed into the law the Occupational Safety and Health Act, creating the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA.

U.S. Steel Corp.'s safety shortcuts lead to fatal explosion

Time and cost concerns blamed in 2 worker deaths and serious burns to another

October 1, 2019

Like most of us, Leo Bridges and Edward Bryant left for work one day in September 2014, probably thinking about some rest and relaxation when the shift ended. Like many, they figured their managers and employer would ensure they were safe at work. Bridges and Bryant were wrong; they were caught in a fiery explosion in the Flux Building, which OSHA inspectors said occurred because U.S. Steel Corp. put workers at risk, so as not to slow production at its Fairfield facility.

OSHA backs away from beryllium rule rollback

September 30, 2019

Contrary to previously announced plans, OSHA will not revoke all of the ancillary provisions in its Beryllium Standards for Construction and Shipyards. Beryllium is a strong, lightweight metal used in the aerospace, telecommunications, information technology, defense, medical, and nuclear industries. Workers who are exposed to beryllium – by inhaling or contacting it in the air or on surfaces - are at risk for developing beryllium disease and lung cancer.

DPA Buying Group adds new safety distributors

September 30, 2019

In the last several months the DPA Buying Group is pleased to welcome nineteen new distributor members to its safety products division: Carolina Strategic Supply, LLC dba Resource Safety (Columbia, SC); Certified Slings, Inc. (Casselberry, FL); Colorado Safety Supply Co. (Aurora, CO); Essential Safety Supply dba Safetymart (Charlotte, NC); Express Safety, Inc. (Salinas, CA); Extreme Safety, Inc. (Carson, CA); G & G Safety Supply (Toledo, OH); Hard Hat Gear (Ozark, MO); Ladd Safety (Memphis, TN); Moose’s Enterprises (Troy, PA); NWFF Environmental (Philomath, OR headquarters); Olson Enterprises, Inc. dba F.I.R.S.T. (Helena, MT); Patriot First Aid & Safety (Miami Beach, FL); Safety Industrial Solutions, LLC (Beaumont, TX); Safety Smart Gear (Charlton, MA); Sawyer Safety Supply (Jacksonville, FL); Star Safety Supply (Rome, GA); Summit Safety Solutions (Denver, CO); Think Safety Always (Coral Gables, FL).

DPA adds new industrial & contractor supply distributors

September 30, 2019

Since start of 2019, the DPA Buying Group is pleased to welcome thirteen new distributor members to its industrial & contractor supply division: AFC Industries dba Victory Bolt and Specialty (Indian Trail, NC); All Join Company, Inc. dba Hydro Bolt Corp. (Bohemia, NY); Candor Industrial Supply, Inc. (Ontario, CA); Central Indiana Rubber, Inc. (Crawfordsville, IN); CK Fasteners, LLC (Connersville, IN); Derco Supply (Yuba City, CA); Eastern Site Supply, LLC (Woburn, MA); Langford Tool & Drill (Minneapolis, MN); Lessin Supply Co. (Charles City, IA); Port Hueneme Marine Supply Co. (Oxnard, CA); Prime Industrial Fasteners (Miami, FL); River City Bolt & Screw, Inc. (San Antonio, TX); SouthCo Supply (Gainesville, GA).

Globe and Mail highlights Blackline Safety’s G7 wearable as a winning product, propelling Canada’s top growing companies

Blackline Safety places No. 231 on the Globe and Mail’s brand-new Report on Business ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies

September 30, 2019

The G7 connected wearable from Blackline Safety (TSX.V: BLN) was one of five products highlighted by the Globe and Mail in their new Report on Business ranking of Canada’s Top Growing companies. Having earned position No. 231 on the ranking, Blackline achieved a three-year revenue growth of 145%.

Top products of the week

September 29, 2019

A heavy-duty tool backpack, a methane detection system and wet scrubbers to prevent combustible dust explosions were the top products featured on ISHN.com this week.