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The article discusses the need for safety measures to prevent serious injury from dropped objects. Topics covered include the effect of dropped object incidents on a company's financial performance and reputation, strategies for mitigating dropped object risks, and the ANSI/ISEA 121-2018 standard for dropped object prevention.

The article offers information on predictions, based on interviews with environmental health and safety (EHS) professionals and research into future projections of all varieties as posted by the "Industrial Safety & Hygiene News." Topics being presented include EHS professionals' health as well as peformance and behavior in the workplace.

The article focuses on the safety measures for anticipating the occurrence of an arc flash within a workplace in the U.S. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), shock, electrocution, and arc flash are responsible for one fatality every working day in the country. To prevent such incidents, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has mandated employers to assess their workplaces for electrical hazards and the need for personal protective equipment (PPE).

Discusses the basics of motivational safety speaking in the U.S. Assertion on how an irate speaker hired from another agency can affect the image of a company; Tips for selecting speakers; Techniques used by well-paid speakers to motivate employees. INSETS: Selecting your speaker;You make the call.

Advises employees about the hazards chemicals present and the safe handling of those chemicals. Reasons for fear of chemicals; Chemical-related terms that employees should understand; Basic safety tips for working with or near, or handling chemicals. INSET: Case study in chemophobia.

Recommends steps to a successful safety system in an organization. Assessment of the corporate culture; Ways of staging a review of management systems; Assignment of responsibilities with management; Establishment of a safety steering team.

The article provides information on safety of machine operators. According to author, it is a wise step to provide additional safety devices for making sure that the guarding is in place and the machine can be operated in a secure manner. The author adds that safety controllers are more flexible compared to relays as programming logic is used in their configuration.

The article focuses on workplace safety, particularly on foot injury prevention. Topics being presented include effective ways to overcome challenges of foot protection programs as well as other details about protecting employees’ feet with reliable industrial footwear and Understanding the code of practice around safety footwear is presented.

An interview with Joshua Alpert, an orthopedic surgeon at Midwest Bone & Joint Institute in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, is presented. He offers his insight about the ins and outs of hand injuries and highlights why hand injuries can be particularly serious and what recovery from an injury looks like as well as the use of safet gloves.

The article focuses on industrial safety and hygiene, highlighting several common mistakes when it comes to recordkeeping on employee injury as well as tips on how to fix them. Information about a law that requires employers to set up a reasonable procedure for employees to report work-related injuries and illnesses to them is presented.

The article offers some tips related to use of arc flash suits for safety from arc flashes and arc blast. It mentions that fabric weight of clothing being worn affects the heat that is transferred to the body. It discusses the factors related to which are used to determine the severity of an injury from an electrical arc which includes Arc temperature, Arc duration and Arc length.

The article discusses five strategies and tips for effective performance of industrial safety teams. These tips are the maintaining the shared belief system (SBS) among team members, developing a crystal clear direction (CDC), defining the structure through rules which the team will observe, supporting the safety measures by giving resources such as time and budget, and good coaching of the team.

The article presents several products related to industrial safety, in the U.S. The Arc Flash Safety Awareness safety training program, which is available on DVD and video, prevents flash accidents and explosions. The EXCEL-FR line of durable flame-resistant cotton and cotton-blend apparel from Bulwark meets or exceeds stringent industry standards for flame resistance. The Airsoft multiple-use earplugs from Howard Leight are redesigned to offer easier insertion and improved comfort.

Offers advice on creating awareness of safety in the workplace. Placing emphasis on the link between safety and the bottom line; Ways by which health and safety can help meet strategic business objectives. INSET: Breaking through.

Discusses the U.S. Advancement for Employees Act of 2004, introduced by Senator Mike Enzi. Scope and application; Provisions for industrial safety and health; Protections for whistleblowers.

Provides tips to employers on how to improve the quality of material safety data sheets (MSDS) for use by employees. Responsibility of chemical manufacturers to make sure that MSDS are accurate, complete and easy to understand; Review of MSDS periodically to make sure they are up-to-date, complete and legible; Creation of "summary sheets" to highlight the hazards of specific chemicals.

The article discusses the workplace safety practices . It talks about the smart technological innovations in the domain of safety management. It discusses how the technology driven procedures now can help the workers to communicate the safety information to the peers in no time to prevent work related injuries and accidents. It focuses on the digital aspect of the industrial hygiene procedures.

The article discusses the safety measures of using fixed ladders as it can be a major cause of workplace injuries, accidents and fatalities. It talks about the safety norms prescribed by Occupational Safety and Health Administration. It focuses on the industrial hygiene rules related to ladder and their implementations in the right way.

The article discusses the importance of customised Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to protect workers from work related injuries and accidents. It talks about making the industrial safety equipment according to the built of the worker. It focuses on maintaining the perfect industrial hygiene balance with the right set of accessories.

The article offers information about industrial safety, highlighting the move of facility safety managers to make the process of establishing an electrically safe work condition an easily standardized practice, particularly on performing the task of verifying the absence of voltage. Information about the Absence of Voltage Tester (AVT) innovation is presented.

The article offers information about the changes in the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 70E 2018 edition for industrial safety and hygiene managers in the U.S. Changes include new guidelines for selecting personal protective equipment (PPE) as well as anemphasis on the hierarchy of controls for risk assessment.

The article offers information about employee safety in the workplace as well as implementing regulatory compliance and collaboration in the commercial aviation industry to improve worker's safety. It discusses the concept of System Think, understanding how a change in one subsystem may affect other subsystems, and which was accomplished by the airline industry by using a voluntary system-wide collaborative process known as the Commercial Aviation Safety Team.

The article focuses on sustaining actions in developing an actionable safety plan. It mentions that sustaining actions allow changes in one's safety effort to become the way people work. It suggests that one must establish second- and third- party audit processes to evaluate progress and identify needed changes/improvements, schedule regular reviews of implementation progress and performance results for senior leaders, and establish strong operating discipline.

The article focuses on the importance for companies to invest in advanced safety eyewear as part of their commitment to worker wellbeing. The responsibility of employers to provide their employees with eye protection suitable for the hazards present at work and meets the standard requirement of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is discussed. Tips on how select eyewear with protection, comfort and fit to ensure all-day wear among the increasingly diverse workforce are offered.

The article discusses the importance for businesses to have an actionable safety plan to improve their performance. The vital elements of a safety plan in accordance with the company's objective to met safety performance goals and sustain in the most risk-sensitive ways, are offered. Emphasis on the importance of strong visible leadership and governance to ensure the success of the company's safety culture is provided.

The article focuses on the evolution of multi-hazard protective clothing which continue to make a difference in safety and innovation. Topics include a forecast by the Frost and Sullivan regarding the multiple protective functionalities to address each hazard that users might encounter, the advantages of multi-hazard protective clothing, and tips on how to best select protective clothing designed for on-the-job performance and longest wear life.

The article discusses the safety challenges in Oil well drilling industry. It mentions that there are four tiers in Process Safety Indicators; the losses of primary containment being of greatest consequence. It also mentions that certain organizational measures like reporting of the near-miss events, having a training and competency plan will help in reducing incidents and injuries at the workplace.

The article discusses how to follow the Plan-Do-Study-Act process for safety improvement. Topics covered include the importance of a clearly defined objective to achieve a successful plan, leading a team to a successful execution of a plan, and continually inspiring a team by setting a positive example in one's actions.

The article offers information on occupational safety for confined workspaces. Topics include the safety recommendations such as conducting clearance measurements before actual operations begin, calibrating equipment in an environment where the hazardous substance is not present, and knowing the difference between the properties of gases, and steps on how to safely and accurately conduct measurement.

The article offers developments related industrial safety in the U.S. from 1966 to 2016. The topics discussed include the standard on process safety management issued by the government agency the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on February 24, 1992, the tremendous advances in personal protective equipment (PPE), and the ergonomics standards of the OSHA.

The article reports on impact of personality tendencies over performance. It mentions that popular personality elements are called Doer, Thinker, Socializer and Relato. It informs that Personality style and tendencies are more closely linked to physiological elements, or how we are wired, and character elements are gained more from life and work experiences, training and things that happen to us along the way.

The article offers information the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)'s control of hazardous energy standard at 1910.147 requires you to create procedures for employee protection. It mentions that tagout devices must not deteriorate or become illegible, used in conjunction with corrosive components such as acid or alkali chemicals, or in wet environments. It mentions that lockout-tagout devices must resist corrosives, wet environments & improper removal.

The article states that ISO 45001 replaced OHSAS 18001 for becoming the latest international ISO standard for Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems. The author discusses how Peterson, an energy logistics company, became ISO 45001 certified across its international locations such as Malta and Britain.

The article focuses on workplace safety, highlighting information about hearing protection and how to help prevent long-term hearing loss. Information about the need for workers to be equipped with comprehensive and efficient hearing protection products and programs as well as about work-related hearing loss, which is reportedly often caused by frequent exposure to loud noises and constant sounds, is presented.

The article focuses on the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration's Safety and Health Regulations for Construction, highlighting its Confined Spaces in Construction standard. Topics being presented include the enforcement and scope of the standard as well as the use of personal protective equipment and compliance assistance.

The article focuses on the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration's most frequently violated standards, particularly on its hazard communication standard, which was the number two most-frequently cited agency standard in fiscal year 2018. Information about enforcement citations and proposed penalties is presented.

The article focuses on workplace safety in the U.S., highlighting the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 652 2016 Standard on the Fundamentals of Combustible Dusts. Topics being presented include hazard management and prevention as well as best practices, such as in facility dust hazard assessment, is presented.

The article focuses on the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 70E Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, a U.S. industrial safety standard that provides requirements for establishing a workplace that is safe from unacceptable risks associated with using electricity while working. Information about the scope and importance and standard as well as best practices is presented.

The article focuses on the American National Standards Institute/American Society of Safety Professionals/International Standards Organization (ANSI/ASSP/ISO) 45001 or the 2018 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems. Information about requirements, benefits, and guidance for use is presented.

The article focuses on global industrial safety standards, highlighting the American National Standards Institute/American Society of Safety Professionals Z10--2012: (Revised 2017) or the Occupational Health and Safety Management. Topics being presented include the scope and implementation of the standard.

The article focuses on the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration's respirable crystalline silica exposure standard. Topics being presented include issues about the dangers of occupational exposure to silica as well as enforcement for the rule specific to the construction industry is presented.

The article focuses on the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration's most frequently violated standards, particularly on its eye and face protection standard, which was the number 10 most-frequently cited agency standard in fiscal year 2018. Information about enforcement citations and proposed penalties is presented.

The article focuses on industrial safety, highlighting the American National Standards Institute/International Safety Equipment Association (ANSI/ISEA) 121-2018 American National Standard for Object Prevention Solutions. Information about the importance and scope of the standard as well as prevention practices and compliance resources is presented.

The article focuses on the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration's final rule on industry walking-working surfaces standards personal protective equipment. Information about the agency's consistency between the final rule as well as its construction Scaffolds, Fall Protection, and Stairway and Ladder standards is presented.

The article focuses on tips for employees on how to maintain and repair walking-working surfaces.

The article focuses on the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration's most frequently violated standards, particularly on its fall protection training requirements for the construction industry standard, which was the number eight most-frequently cited agency standard in fiscal year 2018. Information about enforcement citations and proposed penalties is presented.

The article focuses on the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration's most frequently violated standards, particularly on its machine guarding standard, which was the number nine most-frequently cited agency standard in fiscal year 2018. Information about enforcement citations and proposed penalties is presented.

The article focuses on the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration's most frequently violated standards, particularly on its ladder standard, which was the number six most-frequently cited agency standard in fiscal year 2018. Information about enforcement citations and proposed penalties is presented.

The article focuses on the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration's most frequently violated standards, particularly on its powered industrial trucks standard, which was the number seven most-frequently cited agency standard in fiscal year 2018. Information about enforcement citations and proposed penalties is presented.

The article focuses on the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration's most frequently violated standards, particularly on its respiratory protection standard, which was the number four most-frequently cited agency standard in fiscal year 2018. Information about enforcement citations and proposed penalties is presented.