Industrial Safety & Health Top Stories - Articles - Page 33

Maximize FR protection

Consider all your workplace exposures to ensure compliance

July 15, 2019

Whether you’re working around dangerous chemicals, electrical systems, or fire-prone areas, you need to make sure you’re wearing the right flame-resistant (FR) clothing. If a fire occurs, FR clothing will minimize the severity of the burns, improving your chances of survival.

How to choose the best safety knife for the job

Ask the right questions, make sharp decisions

Cassie Donnelly

July 11, 2019

From warehouses and distribution facilities to the factory floor, thousands of workers depend on safety knives to perform important jobs while providing an extra layer of injury-preventing protection.

Happiest - and unhappiest - states in the U.S.

July 7, 2019

It’s probably no surprise that Hawaii, with its year-round, paradise-like weather, ranks as the happiest state in America, in a Gallup 2018 well-being poll. However, based on the states ranked #2, #3 and #4, weather clearly is not the deciding factor in happiness. Hawaii’s position in the top spot was its seventh such ranking since Gallup began tracking the nation’s wellbeing back in 2008.

With ISHN videos, you can learn a lot in 3 minutes

July 6, 2019

Short but powerful videos hosted on the Industrial Safety & Hygiene News website can bring you up to speed on important safety topics in mere minutes. Recently added videos include:

Kentucky company a safety winner

July 5, 2019

Charah® Solutions, Inc. is doing something right when it comes to safety. The Louisville, Kentucky company which provides environmental and maintenance services to the power generation industry just found out that it’s on the receiving end of a total of seven prestigious safety awards from the North Carolina Department of Labor (NCDOL) for an outstanding record of employee safety in 2018.

Highway work is dangerous– nearly 800 fatalities per year

In the zone

Derick Plowden

July 5, 2019

Construction work zones are dangerous. Every day, workers who step foot on highways and roads risk danger from vehicle traffic and heavy equipment. Completing work is important, but when safety takes a back seat to production schedules, the result can be deadly.

Happy Independence Day!

July 4, 2019

The staff of Industrial Safety & Hygiene News wishes you a happy 4th of July. Although many people will get today off work others – especially public service personnel who perform vital services – will be on the job. Whatever your work status, we hope you get a chance to enjoy the festivities and fireworks, grilling and sunshine, friends and family. There’s still plenty of summer left, so we thought we’d provide you with some reminders about how to enjoy the season safely.

Centralized software reduces errors & increases security

Ditch the spreadsheets

Ian Cohen

July 3, 2019

We all love our spreadsheets. For years, EHS professionals have relied almost exclusively on spreadsheets to collect, analyze, and share data. We can do just about anything we want with our spreadsheets, and if you know visual basic, you can really have fun with them.

Confined Spaces: Airborne dust & particulates accumulate quickly

These hazardous materials require close exposure monitoring

Kevin Chase

July 1, 2019

Broadly speaking, a confined space is an area that is large enough for a worker to enter and do work, but that is difficult to get in and out of easily, and not designed or intended for regular occupancy.

Ensuring fleet safety – when the fleet is automated

ASSP has guidance for safe use of new tech

July 1, 2019

With auto manufacturers producing more vehicles with automated driving components, the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) has developed a technical report to help companies safely manage their high-tech fleets. The report identifies key factors that fleet managers should consider when selecting automated vehicles and outlines a plan to assist with their safe operation.