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Are you guilty of these common misconceptions about bad safety habits?

April 16, 2021

What’s that one worksite habit that really grinds your gears? Every safety pro has one pet peeve they hate to see but can’t seem to eliminate. Bad safety habits happen on every job site, but breaking those habits isn’t as easy as slapping workers on the wrist or offering them rewards.

Are you versed in industrial hygiene activities?

The need for health professionals is rising

Dan Markiewicz, MS, CIH, CSP, CHMM

January 10, 2019

Standard 1910.1020 “Access to employee exposure and medical records” is the most important and far-reaching of OSHA’s regulations. When the standard became effective more than two decades ago, it could not have envisioned the explosive growth of global chemical exposure information.

Safety is a skill -- not a habit

John Drebinger Jr.

April 22, 2015

How many times do you hear someone say safety needs to be a habit? I think people who are great at something display more than outstanding habits; they demonstrate outstanding skill. It is easy to mistake a skill for a habit.

Safety and baseball: Preparation, awareness and solid habits keep you in the game

Cal Ripken Jr.

November 3, 2014

It’s our pleasure to introduce this new quarterly column on safety-related attitudes and thinking by baseball’s consecutive days worked record-holder, Cal Ripken, Jr.

Overheard at ASSE’s Safety 2014

Dave Johnson

September 16, 2014

ISHN picked out these sound bites from keynoters, speakers and attendees at ASSE’s Safety 2014 national professional development conference and expo in Orlando this past June:

What's black and white and one of the first things an OSHA officer will look for during an inspection? The answer is … your written safety and health plans!