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Six injured in Husky Energy refinery explosion

April 27, 2018

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has dispatched a four-person investigative team from to the scene of yesterday’s explosions and fire at a Husky Energy oil refinery in Superior, Wisconsin. Eleven people were initially reported injured in the blast, which occurred as workers were shutting the refinery down in preparation for a five-week turnaround.

Amazon, Tesla named to most unsafe employers list

Case Farms in North Carolina had 74 OSHA violations per 1,000 employees

April 26, 2018

The top online retailer in the world is also tops at being an unsafe employer, according to the “Dirty Dozen” list released yesterday by the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH).

The Opioid Crisis: Stay current on drug-testing requirements

Dennis Kuhn

April 25, 2018

Organizations adapt to recent regulatory changes pertaining to drug and alcohol program requirements, including testing for opioids. Learn steps organizations can take to enhance their compliance in regard to drug and alcohol policies and processes.

Sensors reduce risk of tooling crashes & damage

Chip McDaniel

April 24, 2018

Many proximity sensors are used in automated equipment, so it’s good to have a basic understanding of these critical devices. Proximity sensors allow non-contact detection of machine tooling and objects in a variety of automation applications.

Wearable glove collects data

Identifies ergo issues & fatigue

April 23, 2018

Pankaj Singh is a recent Ph.D. graduate in mechanical engineering from Cornell University. He is also a co-founder of OrthoFit Inc, a new company developing smart wearables and software. ISHN interviewed Pankaj by email to discuss smart glove wearables.

Top products of the week

April 22, 2018

A hazloc fan, innovative eyewashes and slip-resistant flooring were among the top occupational safety and health products featured on ISHN.com this week.

Weekly news round-up

April 21, 2018

Climate change is increasing lung disease in the U.S.; a Southwest passenger plane avoids a catastrophe (but not a fatality) and garbage collectors want protection from careless motorists. These were among the top stories featured on ISHN.com this week.

Positive & negative workplace safety vibes

Does your presence make workers smile or feel squeamish?

Timothy Ludwig Ph.D.

April 20, 2018

How do people get to a point where they fear safety? How can something like a checklist or an SOP or a safety manager create fear? Our body is equipped with automatic protective wiring that reacts to scary stimuli with a fear response.

Inside NIOSH:

Falls a persistent cause of work-related death

April 19, 2018

Falls remain a persistent cause of work-related death, and workers in construction and oil and gas extraction are more likely than other workers to die from falling, according to NIOSH research published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine.

Not your father’s risk management

You want to prevent problems, not manage them

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

April 18, 2018

Yesterday’s risk management practices are no longer adequate to deal with today’s threats and they need to evolve. This reasoning drove ISO to revise risk management standard 31000:2009 to 31000:2018.2