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Are you running a safety bureaucracy?

Obsessing over numbers leads to more valueless mandates
James E. Leemann Ph.D.
February 3, 2015
In the safety and health occupations we have been obsessed with tabulating negatives


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Going from bad to good… even great: 10 strategies for a surge in safety performance

Dr. John Kello
February 3, 2015
Prominent leadership expert Jim Collins has studied and written about companies that were “OK” for a long period of time, and then surged to increase stock value and overall performance excellence.


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When complacency creeps in: identify, observe & discuss drifts in performance

Timothy Ludwig Ph.D.
February 3, 2015
Jack had been working the extruder for years, but this time he failed to recognize a common hazard when he was clearing a blockage.


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Heavy drinking in middle-age may up stroke risk more than other factors

February 3, 2015

Drinking more than two alcoholic beverages daily in middle-age may raise your stroke risk more than traditional factors such as high blood pressure and diabetes, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Stroke.


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Accident kills worker on Taiwan set of Martin Scorsese film

February 2, 2015

According to news sources, one worker was killed and two others injured Thursday when a ceiling collapsed on a film set for a movie directed by Martin Scorsese. All three victims were Taiwanese citizens.


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New online resource from CDC helps businesses with EHS challenges

February 2, 2015

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Foundation has developed an online resource that provides businesses and employees with access to resources and information to help improve workforce health and safety, attract and retain high-performing employees and minimize healthcare costs.


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ACGIH® Board ratifies 2015 TLVs® and BEIs®

February 2, 2015

ACGIH® announced today that its Board of Directors ratified the 2015 Threshold Limit Values (TLVs®) for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs®). The Board also approved recommendations for additions to the Notice of Intended Changes (NIC).


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Sawdust explosion injures two at Indianhead Biomass Services

February 2, 2015

A second explosion in four months at the Indianhead Biomass Services plant in St. Augustine, Florida has left two laborers severely burned. An OSHA inspection found that two men in their 50s attempted to shut down a sawdust dryer to unclog an outlet vent. This created an explosive environment when smoldering embers ignited the sawdust inside the dryer.


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Top products of the week

February 1, 2015

Emergency showers and eyewash stations, new climate control eyewear and AR/FR protective clothing were among the top OSH-related products posted on ISHN.com this week.


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Weekly news round-up

January 31, 2015

A co-op job turns dangerous, blizzard hazards you may not be thinking about and the Chevron Refinery fire investigation finally concludes. These were among the top EHS- and public health-related stories posted on ISHN.com this week.


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