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ISHN editors and invited workplace safety and health thought leaders offer their cutting-edge views on the profession’s critical issues.

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Eight phrases that destroy your leadership credibility

September 23, 2015

According to best-selling author and executive coach Wendy Capland, leaders undermine themselves with what she refers to as minimizing language – words and phrases that imply uncertainty and self-effacement even when they’re trying to give the opposite impression.


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Safety ain’t what it used to be

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Phil La Duke
September 15, 2015

Safety is a relatively new function. When it was created in the mid 70s, it was typically an assignment tacked on to someone’s existing job. There were no instructions, or templates for doing a good job.


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Teddy Roosevelt on safety influence

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David Sarkus MS, CSP
September 9, 2015

Theodore Roosevelt once said, “People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.” Contemporary research suggests that we can better influence the safety-related opinions, attitudes, and actions of others when we have a large degree of expertise and trustworthiness.


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Pura Vida – Your safety legacy

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Mike Williamsen Ph.D., CSP
September 2, 2015

Recently, I was in the Central American country of Costa Rica. While there I kept hearing the phrase Pura Vida as people greeted one another. As I discussed this with our host he gave me two translations; the word by word meaning is the pure life.


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Petting the tiger – normalizing safety dangers

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Mike Williamsen Ph.D., CSP
August 19, 2015

For years, the Las Vegas tiger show wowed audiences as Siegfried and Roy petted the tigers. Slowly and lethally the new normal lulled the entertainers into complacency with their truly dangerous pets. And then one day…


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Monsoon – Seasonal safety realities

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Mike Williamsen Ph.D., CSP
August 11, 2015

Global and regional companies experience seasonal peculiarities that can have a definite impact on the employees and their families. Last month I received a warning notice from a facility cautioning their employees about “Monsoon June.”


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The ethics of saying NO

Thea Dunmire JD-CIH-CSP
August 5, 2015

Yesterday, I was contemplating my “to do” list trying to figure out how I was going to get everything done. I soon realized it was not possible – there simply were not enough hours available to do it all.


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Apathy and safety - Don't lose them now

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David Sarkus MS, CSP
July 30, 2015

About 15 years ago, I read an important engagement story regarding a line worker with a major automotive manufacturer in the United States. The story evolved from an organizational push to gain more involvement from their workers at a time when it was critical.


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Get set for ISO 14001, and ready for ISO 45001

Greg Roberts Mike Shaw
July 21, 2015

The revised version of ISO 14001, the international standard for Environmental Management Systems (EMS), will be published in September 2015. Greg Roberts, Manager of Sustainability and Mike Shaw, Senior Manager of Health & Safety (H&S) at Ramboll Environ, look at the changes and explore how it will align with the new ISO management system standard for occupational H&S, ISO 45001, being planned for publication in 2016.


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Risk assessments present potential for bias

Professional conflicts of interest: Be a team player or a whistleblower?
Thea Dunmire JD-CIH-CSP
July 15, 2015

Last week, Farid Fata, a Michigan doctor, was sentenced to 45 years in jail for subjecting more than 500 patients to cancer treatments they did not need so he could collect millions in insurance payments. According to CBS News, he told healthy patients they were sick, he told sick patients they were dying, and he told dying patients he was their only hope. All in order to file insurance claims.


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