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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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Procedural justice in safety

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David Sarkus MS, CSP
July 7, 2015

From time-to-time, every organization struggles with procedural justice and safety. And I’ve begun to anticipate such challenges when various safety climate scores indicate such a concern which may be further highlighted through interviews and focus groups.


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Safety pros can learn from kangaroos and emus

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Mike Williamsen Ph.D., CSP
July 3, 2015

Two of Australia’s indigenous creatures, kangaroos and emus, have something in common – they seldom move backward. Kangaroos, because of the shape of their body and the length of their strong tail, can bounce along with forward movement, but they cannot easily shift into reverse.


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How to add safety staff without spending a dime

Dr. Isabel Perry
July 1, 2015

When safety is a “line-function” and employees can answer some of their own questions, we increase our staff. In order to do this we need to: Provide tools to those in the field to help make solid safety decisions. "Teach them to fish, rather than fishing for them."


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Sharing safety stories with your friends

John Drebinger Jr.
June 24, 2015

As an international safety speaker, I have the privilege of sharing safety stories with people all around the world. How often do your friends and family hear you talk about safety? Whenever a situation occurs in your life that illustrates a hazard you avoided or how safety knowledge protected you there is a natural opportunity to share that story with the people you care about.


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Making mistakes

Thea Dunmire JD-CIH-CSP
June 19, 2015

Making mistakes is part of being human. There are many factors that contribute to making mistakes, including inattention, lack of experience and over-confidence. In recent years, the field of behavior-based safety has exploded. Much of its focus is on assessing why people make mistakes, and what to do about it.


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Where is the safety at Safety Expos?

Larry Curtis CHSM
June 18, 2015

ISHM is proud and honored to be allowed to exhibit at several safety/trade shows/expos yearly. As with most vendors we arrive a day early and use most of the available time to set up our booth area.


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Juice – How much safety effort is enough?

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Mike Williamsen Ph.D., CSP
May 27, 2015

The technical detail available to members of our profession is incredible. It also has the potential to be suffocating as the voluminous regulations, ISO policies, procedures, local site requirements, paperwork, basic training, etc. become overwhelming commitments of our time and effort. With all this focus on reactive and condition-based issues, where is the time for a safety engineering focus that goes beyond traditional safety?


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Dr. Perry answers OSHA reporting questions

Dr. Isabel Perry
May 26, 2015

Do I Report Heart Attacks? Do I have to report a work-related fatality or in-patient hospitalization caused by a heart attack? Yes, your local OSHA Area Office director will decide whether to investigate the event, depending on the circumstances of the heart attack.


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Smile - You're on candid camera

NLRB: Employers prohibited from banning cell phone photography by employees
Thea Dunmire JD-CIH-CSP
May 20, 2015

In the 1960s, there was a popular show called Candid Camera. It was one of the first reality TV shows. The premise of the show was that individuals were secretly filmed after being placed in unusual, ridiculous or embarrassing situations.


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Fly Swatter – Fixing Safety Problems

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

A heavy manufacturing organization commonly used Total Quality Manufacturing (TQM) and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) techniques. They had some small Continuous Improvement (CI) Teams that engaged in solving the front line day-to-day difficulties which commonly occur in operations of organizations worldwide.


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