ISHN Magazine

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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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Safety cannot be reverse engineered

Safety cannot be reverse engineered

No quick fix
Cory Worden M.S., CSHM
March 2, 2020

Lagging indicators are simply rates of injuries that have already happened. If we know how and why these incidents occurred, we can transfer this knowledge into our continual hazard analysis, improve our hazard controls, communicate them and begin to validate their use.


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Training is key when working at height

Training is key when working at height

Shortcuts don’t pay
Lisa Alsdorf
March 2, 2020

No fall protection equipment — regardless of how effective — can save an employee who is not properly trained in its use. Therefore, to maintain a safe and productive environment for workers at height, proper fall protection training is the first and most important step in your fall protection program. 


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Keep your oil and gas PPE program current

Keep your oil and gas PPE program current

Time for review
Scott Francis
March 2, 2020

Now that flame resistant (FR), arc rated (AR) fabrics have lightweight and breathable performance features which can greatly benefit workers in the oil and gas industry, the first quarter is a good time to consider incorporating innovative FR/AR fabrics into your personal protective equipment (PPE) program.


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Avoid shortcuts to improve battery safety

Avoid shortcuts to improve battery safety

Take Charge
Karen Hamel
March 2, 2020

Each day that they are in use, forklifts and other types of powered industrial equipment must be inspected prior to operation. But often, not nearly as much thought is given to the battery charging stations that keep many of these essential machines running.


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Construction’s toll on workers

Construction’s toll on workers

Investments are key to avoiding the “fatal four”
Jim Arabia
March 2, 2020

During a 45-year career, there is a one in 200 chance that a construction worker will die from a work-related incident. That’s a pretty scary statistic.


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Workers play a greater role in managing risks

Workers play a greater role in managing risks

Real time Reporting
Bill Murphy
March 2, 2020

Mobile EHS software is improving workplace health and safety programs by disseminating critical tasks – like incident reporting – and making EHS a part of everyone’s job. Now every employee has the ability to feed real-time information on workplace risks directly into a centralized location.


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Call it proactive incident prevention

See a hazard, say something
Doug Pontsler
March 2, 2020

If you have been following our work at COVE, you know that we are all about the importance of Seeing the Whole PICTURE® so that we can be more effective in our safety processes. It is by Learning to See that we can improve our ability to interpret the environment around us and the things that we are doing so that we can identify hazards and understand risk.


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The OSHA “willful” mysteries
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The OSHA “willful” mysteries

Often there is no explanation for the charges
Edward Stern
March 2, 2020

Many of the OSHA cases that cite “willful” violations present mysteries. The mysteries are why the alleged violations were categorized as willful. These charges are not a mystery to OSHA, but they are mysteries to readers of citations. Since the penalty for a willful violation can be over $130,000, there should not be any mystery about such charges.


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The benefits of strategic planning

The benefits of strategic safety planning

It’s about predictions, not certainties
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Dan Markiewicz, MS, CIH, CSP, CHMM
March 2, 2020

Markets are disrupted at a quicker pace than ever before. Welcome to the 2020s. Tesla is valued at more than Ford and GM combined. The combustion engine and its complementary industries have reached their peak and have nowhere to go but down. Jobs in heavy production are being eliminated by automation. The Coronavirus races across the globe.


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Identify & mitigate combustible dust dangers

Identify & mitigate combustible dust dangers

Know the warning signs
Brian Richardson
March 2, 2020

Recognizing dangerous combustible dust situations in manufacturing plants and processing facilities helps you to quickly observe and recognize an unsafe situation in everyday work environments, evaluate whether you and your coworkers are in harm’s way, and decide what steps are necessary to make the area safe. 


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Tools for serious injury & fatality prevention
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Tools for serious injury & fatality prevention

Seeing precursors
Glenn Murray
March 2, 2020

In the last decade or so many organizations have been placing more of a focus on Serious Injury and Fatality prevention (SIF). The theory behind the traditional “Safety Pyramid” (or Heinrich Safety Triangle) says if we reduce incidents at the “base” of the pyramid, it follows we will reduce incidents at the top of the pyramid at an approximately proportional rate. 


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