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Dave Johnson

Dave Johnson

Dave Johnson was chief editor of ISHN from 1980 until early 2020. He now writes and edits at Dave Johnson’s Writing Shop LLC and is editor-at-large for ISHN. Find him at https://www.facebook.com/Dave-Johnsons-Writing-Shop-101316571547263/, and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveljohnsoneditor/.

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It’s time to follow a new playbook as Biden plans to ramp up OSHA, according to experts

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Dave Johnson
January 17, 2021
OSHA historically has been overly ambitious when Democrats control the White House. It’s time to follow a new playbook as Biden takes over, according to many experts inside and outside OSHA.
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Complacency depends on what you’re doing

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Dave Johnson
October 28, 2020
For all the COVID-19 safety guidelines circulating, some hundreds of pages long, basic best practices are straightforward and known by most Americans. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, recently recounted them in an interview with the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Cover Story

Pandemic best practices and new technologies

Consider these 12 practices from the field; stay abreast of breakthrough technologies
Davejohnson
Dave Johnson
September 16, 2020
For all the COVID-19 safety guidelines circulating, some hundreds of pages long, basic best practices are straightforward and known by most Americans. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, recently recounted them in an interview with the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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A risk-based approach to reopening amid COVID-19

Those willing to take risks can succeed during the pandemic
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Dave Johnson
July 9, 2020

Jurassic World: Dominion is poised to be the first major studio release to resume filming in the United Kingdom in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. But filming in the midst of a pandemic will not come cheap to Universal Pictures.


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Assessing arc flash risk

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Dave Johnson
June 5, 2020

ISHN spoke to Colin Duncan, CEO of the SEAM Group, and Jay Smith, SEAM Group director safety services, about arc flash hazard analyses (AFHA).


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Face masks

An alternative solution to the N95 respirator shortage

Safety veteran discusses PPE crisis
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Dave Johnson
May 27, 2020

Claudio Dente is a 40-year veteran of the safety industry, and he’s never seen anything like the crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a matter of months it’s wreaked havoc with the PPE market.


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12 Critical COVID-19 EHS Practices

What your peers are doing on the frontlines
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Dave Johnson
May 5, 2020

ISHN interviewed a score of EHS professionals to learn and share with you critical crisis practices that must be executed with careful thought and planning, and at the same time with urgency and speed. It’s an unprecedented challenge. Here are 12 ways pros are rising to the occasion.


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Survivors of a fatality can struggle for answers
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Survivors of a fatality can struggle for answers

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Dave Johnson
April 1, 2020
. Gene Hobbs was working for the Meade County Road Department, raking along the edge of a road shortly after noon, when he was run over by a dump truck backing up, killing him upon impact, on December 13, 2016.
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Safety Technology

ISEA work group begins the process

A standard for connected worker issues?
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Dave Johnson
April 1, 2020
ISEA – the International Safety Equipment Association – is moving forward with a connected worker task group of member companies -- all safety equipment manufacturers -- to decide what actions are needed to ensure and advance safety in the broad, rapidly expanding field of connected worker devices.
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Strengthen safety by emphasizing equipment reliability

Keep the Gears Moving
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Dave Johnson
April 1, 2020
Frankly I’m puzzled why others don’t see the parallels between world-class manufacturing and reliability and maintainability and worker safety,” says Phil LaDuke, who taught reliability and maintainability for one of the Big Three auto companies before moving into safety consulting.
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