What are new view applications?

Organizations step back and take a broader view

June 24, 2019

The New View is fundamentally the application of systems thinking to workplace health and safety. It considers safety an emergent property of the system. So what does that jargon mean? Instead of focusing on an individual thing, the organization steps back and takes a broader view.

reporting serious injuries and fatalities

Knockin’ on heaven’s door

It’s a sound no one wants to hear in safety – to the harm of protecting workers

Dave Johnson

April 23, 2019

In 2017, 5,147 workers in the U.S. were killed on the job, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, down slightly from 5.190 in 2016. The fatal injury rate in 2017 was 3.5 per 100,000 full-time employees. Three or four people out of 100,000. Not close to one percent. Meaning most everyone escapes being touched by a work-related death.

NFPA studies fatal & non-fatal electrical injuries

Lessons learned the hard way

Dave Johnson

October 4, 2018

Nearly three workers die every week (as calculated over a five-year period) from exposure to electricity – a total of 739 deaths during that period. One-fifth of the victims were self-employed. Most fatalities (417) were caused by direct exposure to electricity, such as touching a live wire.

Getting serious about preventing fatalities & serious injuries

“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”—Albert Einstein

Rosemarie Lally, JD Stephen Newell, JD Dee Woodhull, CIH, CSP

June 7, 2017

A renaissance in safety and health thinking is taking place as rates for fatal and serious injuries and illnesses continue unabated. This movement is re-examining of some of the concepts that underpin the safety and health profession.

The keys to successful Injury and fatality prevention programs

Sam Prusek

October 26, 2015

Injury and fatality prevention programs provide the foundation for changes in how hazards are identified and controlled.

We will explore fall protection equipment, how to use it properly, and why you should upgrade your Fall Protection Program yearly and after every incident.

During this webinar, we will share knowledge, real world examples, and lessons learned from years of Safety Management Experience gained from working with OSHA, and various industries including defense, construction, utilities, and industrial facilities management.

ISHN Magazine

2020 March

Among the articles in the March 2020 issue of ISHN Magazine, we feature a special report on musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and ways to prevent, we look at the 'fatal four' top causes of construction worker fatalities, read the Q&A with Robin Fleming, CEO of ANVL, about giving frontline workers a voice, and much more.

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