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ISHN Magazine

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2022 May

In this month’s issue, we take a look at construction safety as project season begins, we discuss fatigue management in the workplace and dive into the role of workers’ beliefs in accident prevention.

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Furst column

The role of beliefs in accident prevention

Peter G. Furst
April 5, 2022

Preventable injuries culminate from a series of sequential events, as represented by five dominos. The first represents the task or situation, followed by some faulty worker decision, resulting in the unsafe action, which leads to an accident and the inevitable injury. By tipping the first domino all tend to fall, and by removing some of the intervening domino the accident can be eliminated. Hence the belief that workers decisions or actions are the primary cause of accidents.


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heat stress

Heat stress prevention recommendations

Randy DeVaul
March 31, 2022

Heat stress occurs when employees are exposed to high heat and high humidity environments, indoors or outdoors. Though preventable, heat stress signs and symptoms can go unrecognized until the full exposure to the heat presents itself.


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