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OSHA finds Mississippi poultry facility lacked safety standards following teen worker’s death

It’s the second fatality in two years for the plant

ISHN Staff

January 17, 2024

A16-year-old sanitation worker who was pulled into a machine, suffering fatal injuries.

Confined space safety basics

What you need to know about the Z117.1 Standard

Scott Fowler

October 18, 2022

Confined spaces come in many forms — from silos and storage bins to tanks and maintenance holes. Every confined space presents hazards to those who enter and operate within them.

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Pandemic best practices and new technologies

Consider these 12 practices from the field; stay abreast of breakthrough technologies

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.

Winning business through Safety

A Seattle company leverages its Total Safety Culture

Chad Mendenhall

February 3, 2020

One sweeping glance across the Seattle skyline is enough to see that something is happening in the area. If a region’s tower crane count is any indication of economic growth, then companies should pay attention to the Pacific Northwest.

A quick guide to welding safety

Mistakes could have serious consequences

Megan R. Nichols

October 14, 2019

It only takes a cursory examination of a welding torch to understand there are some real safety concerns with this craft. Welding is a 100-plus-year-old practice that's still a fundamental component of machine work and industry today.

How to manage Safety differently

Focus on the realities of normal work

Ron Gantt

September 9, 2019

The number of people getting fatally injured has not reduced significantly for a number of years. This plateauing of workplace deaths suggests that the strategies to achieve progress in preventing major accidents are providing diminishing returns. And so calls for new approaches to safety management have grown.

Use ISO 45001 to improve safety & process efficiency

Here’s how one company went about becoming certified, and realizing the standard’s many benefits.

Holly Callender

April 8, 2019

Released as the new safety and health standard in early 2018, ISO 45001 has a range of EHS benefits. But how do companies become ISO 45001 certified? Introduced in March 2018, ISO 45001 replaced OHSAS 18001 to become the new international ISO standard for Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems.

From JLG: Expert tips on safety for all

Understanding the difference between ANSI & OSHA

March 28, 2018

In discussions about workplace safety, ANSI and OSHA come up a lot. But do you know the difference between these organizations?

Participate in the ISEA standard consensus process

Standards are vital to the marketplace

Lydia Baugh

September 1, 2017

Transparency and consensus are cornerstone principles in the development of voluntary industry standards drafted by ISEA product groups. By participating as a member of the formal consensus body having final authority on whether a candidate standard is submitted to ANSI for acceptance as an American National Standard you can:

Grainger, supplier of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products

Grainger announces top 10 asked safety questions for 2016

Questions around revised standards and requirements new to this year’s list

January 1, 2017

Grainger (NYSE: GWW), the leading broad line supplier of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products serving businesses and institutions, has released its list of the “Top 10 Asked Safety Questions for 2016.”