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Thought Leadership

Are we our own worst enemy? Optimize safety leadership skills though peer feedback

July 15, 2021

Being a safety and occupational health leader is not easy. In many cases, the position requires enormous responsibility and accountability with little or no authority or resources.

Safety Talk

Incident investigations: What to investigate and why

Randy DeVaul

July 15, 2021

Incident investigations are a critical part of your safety program and safety culture. When an incident occurs, when and how you address it is equally as important as what you address and why.

Best Practices

OHS professionals have an active role in diversity and inclusion within workplaces

Dan Markiewicz, MS, CIH, CSP, CHMM

July 15, 2021

CEOs Action for Diversity & Inclusion (1) state that “… diversity and inclusion are multifaceted issues and that we need to tackle these subjects holistically to better engage and support all underrepresented groups within business.”

Editorial Comments

A sense of normalcy

With in-person shows returning this year, will you attend?

Benita Mehta

June 30, 2021

With the announcement last week that ASSP has opened up registration for their conference in Austin this September, they announced the safety precautions they are taking to ensure everyone who is attending is comfortable.

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Thought Leadership

Consider personal perceptions and levels of transparency when assessing risk to improve safety

Cory Worden M.S., CSHM

June 30, 2021

In this three-part series, the role of personal perceptions and the influence of invalidated information on them used in risk assessments is explored.

Safety Talk

Cut confusion over confined space

Remember if there’s a possibility it can kill you, it likely needs a permit

Randy DeVaul

June 30, 2021

There are only two programs that I believe require repeated discussions because failure to do things right in either of them can lead to death. Those programs are LOTO and Confined Space Entry.

OHS pros need to consider all helpful vs harmful arguments

Dan Markiewicz, MS, CIH, CSP, CHMM

June 24, 2021

“First do no harm” is a fundamental ethical principle practiced among physicians and related healthcare professions throughout the world. OHS pros should be aware of its concepts.

Safety Analytics

Data quality: It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it

Angelo Cianfrocco

Nick Goodell

Chuck Pettinger

June 10, 2021

Many companies starting their data analytics journey make the mistake of skipping the data cleaning process all together. None of us want to see how the sausage is made, we just want the bratwurst to magically appear. But as we have seen over, and over, insightful analytics cannot be achieved with poor data quality.

Former fed official encourages sending ideas and comments to OSHA

Edward Stern

May 13, 2021

Many of you have good ideas for OSHA. I know it is true because I got and used many ideas the public sent to OSHA on proposed regulations and on the OSHA Expert Advisor projects over my 27 years of work at the organization.

Editorial Comments

50 years of OSHA

Agency hits landmark amidst many changes, unprecedented times

Benita Mehta

May 13, 2021

On December 29, 1970, President Nixon signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act, which was enacted on April 28, 1971. Here’s a brief overview of OSHA through the years as well as what the agency is currently facing.

On Demand Learn how to harness the power of visual communication to create a resilient safety culture and keep employees connected, informed, invested, and safe as they re-enter the workplace.

Using the CSB released final report on the Aghorn Operating waterflood station hydrogen sulfide (H2S) incident, this webinar will review the findings of the investigation, probable causes, and key learnings, then discuss how they can be applied to the O&G industry, as well as other industries, that have H2S and non-H2S operations.

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Are we our own worst enemy? Optimize safety leadership skills though peer feedback

Incident investigations: What to investigate and why

OHS professionals have an active role in diversity and inclusion within workplaces

A sense of normalcy

Consider personal perceptions and levels of transparency when assessing risk to improve safety

Cut confusion over confined space

OHS pros need to consider all helpful vs harmful arguments

Data quality: It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it

Former fed official encourages sending ideas and comments to OSHA

50 years of OSHA

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