June 2020 | ISHN Magazine

Among the articles in the June 2020 issue of ISHN Magazine, we offer a detailed analysis of different types of face masks, discuss long-term solutions for businesses figuring out their COVID-19 response plans, focus on hand protection, and much more.

Cover Story

Clarifying face mask misconceptions crucial as PPE hits mainstream

Mary Padron

June 7, 2020

Before COVID-19, the acronym PPE was not known by most people. Industrial workers, first responders, and healthcare workers are familiar with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) because they use it every day. However, on an ordinary day, using the PPE acronym in a conversation, usually required some sort of explanation.

Prevent the spread of COVID-19 with cough and sneeze shields

Carrie Halle

June 7, 2020

A cough can travel as fast as 50 mph and expel almost 3,000 droplets in just one go. Sneezes are even more forceful —they can travel up to 100 mph and create upwards of 100,000 droplets.

Part 1 of 3: Removing the Enigma

A methodical risk and control analysis of COVID 19

Cory Worden M.S., CSHM

June 7, 2020

As the worldwide response to the COVID 19 pandemic continues, the United States’ death toll has exceeded 50,000 and, with testing still very much underway, the extent of the infected is unknown.

Rethinking Traditional Safety, Part 7

The neuroscience behind error reduction techniques

Larry Wilson

June 7, 2020

I think that it’s interesting how the neuroscience and the critical error reduction techniques are aligned or how the neuroscience supports or validates the critical error reduction techniques.

Five tips for health and safety managers to better protect workers’ hands

Bill VanMullekom

June 7, 2020

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, almost 120,000 injuries to hands and fingers in 2016 involved days away from work – 13 percent of the total injury toll.

Learn how to comply with combustible dust standards

Adam Haroz, EIT

June 7, 2020

The need and requirements to conduct a Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA) has increased over the last several years, partially due to the insurance carriers, permitting agencies, and corporate offices requiring facilities and companies to follow governing standards.

How to best protect your workforce against noise-induced hearing loss

Steve Ochs

June 7, 2020

An estimated twenty-two million workers are exposed to potentially damaging noise at work each year. For employers, worker exposure to damaging noise could result in catastrophic penalties and compensation for hearing loss disability.

Capture airborne particles to protect worker health

Jon Ladwig

June 7, 2020

In welding operations, controlling airborne dust and fumes is crucial to prevent respiratory problems in employees and to keep facilities in compliance with air quality requirements.

How to use gas detection technology to improve safety

René Nijland

June 1, 2020

Although other industries adapted to the new reality of a data-driven society years ago, the safety industry has lagged. Now, it’s time for the safety industry to embrace data.

Training

The good, the bad and the ugly of workplace programs

To incentivize or not?

Lisa Neuberger

June 5, 2020

The term “bloody pocket syndrome” has been around for a long time, but there is still plenty of debate about how to prevent it.

FR Protection

Assessing arc flash risk

Dave Johnson

June 5, 2020

ISHN spoke to Colin Duncan, CEO of the SEAM Group, and Jay Smith, SEAM Group director safety services, about arc flash hazard analyses (AFHA).

Closing Time

5 business lessons learned amid COVID-19

Mission critical elements of operational agility in the post-pandemic era

Hari Abburi

June 5, 2020

If there’s one thing the global business community has learned from the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to ebb, flow and unfold on the daily, wreaking having on bottom lines in every corner of the world in its wake, it’s the outright imperative for companies to be agile “from top to bottom.”