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the article focuses on an emergency action plan that provide a timely, integrated and coordinated response to events that may disrupt normal operations requiring a preplanned response to incidents in organizations. It mentions that the plan addresses risk assessment and emergency planning; communication plan; and training and testing.

The article focuses on prevention through design (PTD) and on the reasons that the use of zero energy lockout/tagout (LOTO) for all service and maintenance tasks creates a range of adverse impacts. Topics covered include U.S. regulations, standards, and rulings designed to help PTD practitioners control hazardous energy more effectively and the use of risk assessment and the determination of feasible risk reduction for alternative methods to LOTO when energy is needed for completing a task.

The article offers information on the developments and ideas for role of the safety professional. It further discusses about the ANSI/ASSP Z10.0-2019 standard, for employee safety, reduce workplace risks and create better working conditions; interaction between the employer and employee; and the philosophies of human and organizational performance (HOP) and behavior-based safety (BBS).

The article offers information on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plans to establish a new federal advisory committee, the NIST Safety Commission. It further discusses the increased risk to workers in residential construction; the winners of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Protective Clothing Challenge; and the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. (NCCI), report highlights employer perspectives on return-to-work programs.

The article reveals the hidden role of safety managers in workplace injury litigation. Topics discussed include responsibilities of safety managers, scenarios that provide a description of workplace injury litigation, and types of document during discovery suggested when advising attorneys. Also mentioned are safety program elements that a workplace safety expert witness might look for.

The article provides tips on developing an inward examining mindset to achieve a desired safety outcomes for the organization. Topics discussed include suggested steps in developing an up-to-the-task mindset; importance of mindset grounded in personal humility to build a strong workplace alliances and relationships; and dropping of preconceived notions, comfortable practices and routines for development of OSH professional.

The article examines safety values and the accountability linkage that can make safety a basic value. It mentions that the organization's safety values can be described as individual values; espoused values; and basic values. It mentions that DuPont and Union Carbide are notable examples of accident experience affecting the deepest levels of safety culture.

The article offers information on the challenges of managing safety and health for a multinational corporation, particularly for a workforce spread across different countries and regulatory frameworks. Topics include the need to address cultural diversity; workforce transience; and leadership buy-in in order to achieve consistency of safety standards.

The article focuses on the ANSI/ASSP Z16.1 standard which that evaluates key risks and safety and management system elements through a systemic approach. It mentions that the use of impact metrics sets in the standard measure the overall effect of a particular safety and health goal. It informs that the standard outlines a continuous improvement model to develop and select impact metrics for the identified improvement strategies.

For non-specializing safety professionals, electrical work is often highly mysterious. Electrical operations and maintenance leaders and field personnel often find even knowledgeable safety professionals to be somewhat unrelatable, and vice versa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on several new views of safety that have emerged in recent years reflecting the desire to ensure that safety practice is fit for the modern workplace. Topics include considered that these different views can create as much confusion as they do progress and an entirely new paradigm to consider safety practice is offered in a similar manner to how other scientific disciplines have evolved.

The article presents a reprint of the article by Fred A. Manuele that was published in the September 1990 issue of Professional Safety. Topics discussed include the relationship of hazards management to the concept of risk control, and developments in defining the role of the safety professional. Also noted is a view on what was evolving in the field of hazards management and the accompanying needs.

The article explores perceptions of U.S. healthcare and public safety workers at the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Topics discussed include differences on perceived risks on contracting SARS-Cov-2, on the efficacy of mitigating exposure risks, and of personal protective equipment (PPE), and the impact of previous PPE use on workers' protection confidence. Also noted is the importance of management role modeling in making people follow health-protective behaviors.

The article offers safety-related news briefs in the U.S. as of May 2022. The Occupational Health and Safety Authority (OHSA)launched a national emphasis program (NEP) to protect workers from heat illness and injuries. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will update its Safety and Health Requirments Manual and is seeking comments on proposed revisions. A study showed that workers in an oil spill cleanup had an increased hypertension risk 3 years after the incident.

The article offers information on need for energy-based hazard recognition to successfully complete prejob safety briefings, safety observations and even prevention through design reviews. It mentions the energy wheel improves hazard recognition by approximately 30 per cent; and also mentions hazards that are more commonly missed tend to require much higher cognitive effort.

The article focuses on the examination of the issues in operator's manuals that contribute to unsafe use of machinery, using agricultural and earthmoving heavy equipment as examples. Many incidents leading to injury or death occur with the improper operation of machinery. It mentions that OSHA defers to operator's manuals when no specific standard covers the machinery or operation involved, which falls under the General Duty Clause of the OSH Act.

The article focuses on Safety Recommendations for Organizational Rescue Teams. Topics discussed include this vulnerable situation was outlined by Kolb and Smith (2015), who state, "It was originally believed that the support harnesses the individual wore created a tourniquet effect; and compressing the lower extremity circulatory system, particularly the femoral vein, and causing sympathetic stress on circulation from the pain of a constrictive harness.

The article offers multiple news briefs. Topics discussed include the White House announced expanded efforts by the Department of Labor to combat the hazards associated with extreme heat exposure indoors and outdoors; and OSHA has issued an alert to remind diving contractors and facility operators about measures they must take to protect divers working around drains, tunnels, pipes or valves.

The article discusses confined spaces in the workplace and explains the changes in the 2022 revised standard ANSI/ASSP Z117.1, Safety Requirements for Entering Confined Spaces. It mentions examples of confined spaces include tanks, silos, vessels, pits, sewers, pipelines, penstock, boilers, septic tanks, utility vaults, tank cars and other mobile containers.

The article discusses assessment of social worker safety by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). Topics discussed include engagement of social workers in South Carolina in unsafe workplace behaviors to deliver service to their clients; need for a multipronged approach to improve the safety of social workers like awareness building, education and training; and impact of increase in client loads, changing socioeconomic times, population shifts of social worker safety.

The article focuses on evaluation of age, injury rates and workplace safety to determine whether a worker's age has an impact on injury rates. Topics discussed include quantitative analysis of incidence rates of workplace injuries and illnesses of U.S. workers; rise in workers' median days away from work as the workers' age groups increase; and role of decline in physical and psychological aspects in the influence of injuries and illnesses sustained by older workers.

The article focuses on the implementation of ISO 45001, a comprehensive standard for occupational health and safety management systems. It highlights the use of technology, such as wearable devices and vision processing, to enhance conformance to the standard and improve areas such as worker participation, hazard identification and monitoring of objectives and progress. The integration of safety technology is emphasized as a way to promote a culture of safety and address ergonomic risks.

An interview with Jeff Dalto, senior learning and development specialist for Vector Solutions is presented. Topics include talks about several concepts opposed or in contrast to other approaches to safety, or can they be used in a complementary manner; and examines several specific concepts safety that professionals should know about.

The article presents questions and answers related to occupational safety and health (OSH) including systems thinking and the Z10 standard, how they impact the improvement of OSH management systems, and how systems thinking can be applied by OSH professionals.

The article offers information on the factors impacting the safety performance in the U.S.; along with explores the primary goal of effective safety programs. It mentions that excellent safety performance requires continuous focus, dedication and perseverance by management and employees who take purposeful actions to implement, improve and sustain effective safety practices.

40 PSJ PROFESSIONAL SAFETY MAY 2021 assp.org HAZARD COMMUNICATION Peer-Reviewed A Proven Technique to Minimize Chemical Mismatches & Cross Contaminations By Jean Ndana T THE OSHA HAZARD COMMUNICATION STANDARD, 29 CFR 1910.1200, was the second most cited standard in general industry for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, with 4,170 violations in 2019 alone. The plant had about 100 computer numeric control machining centers (machines) of different types and brands. The plant identified two critical control points: At the source where oil is transferred from the bulk storage tank to the portable container and at the lubrication point (also known as the point where the machine operator transfers oil from the portable container into the machine's storage tank). Since the machines were the backbone of the plant's production system, maintenance and repair were high priorities each time a machine was down and needed to be performed as quickly as possible. [Extracted from the article]

U.S. voluntary standards such as ANSI Z244.1, ANSI Z590.3, ANSI Z690.3, the family of ANSI B11 standards and others have steadily advanced in the direction of making PTD a reality. ANSI B11.0 for Process Safety Management & Other Industries Main (2020) notes an issue of great importance for all industries and safety professionals: The beauty of the risk assessment process for a standard such as ANSI B11.0 is that it applies broadly. Alternative methods are recognized by OSHA, ANSI/ASSP Z244.1 and ANSI B11.0-2020. Before exploring the language of relevant ANSI standards on this topic, let's review the historic relationship between OSHA and ANSI, more specifically, ANSI B11, the family of general industry machine safety standards. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on drug produced by drying and processing leaves from the flowering plant Cannabis sativa which is most commonly known as marijuana. Topics include considered that legalization of marijuana is increasing at the state level, the federal level has become mixed with marijuana's twin, hemp, being made legal and marijuana remaining illegal.

The article informs that World Health Organization (WHO) alerted that a coronavirus-related pneumonia had been discovered in Wuhan, China; and U.S. national emergency declaration, subsequent travel bans, stay-at-home orders, and the shuttering of schools, universities and nonessential businesses. It explores how to coexist with a lethal virus that spreads easily between people and mainly through respiratory droplets.

The article informs that CSB has commented that the oil drilling industry focuses excessively on personal workplace injuries and on higher consequence activities to help identify danger signs before catastrophic events occur. Topics include controlling relatively minor personal injuries at the expense of process safety and consequence activity and society accept worker fatalities as part of doing business; and workers are ultimately paying the price due to misdirected preventive efforts.

The article informs that many occupations present hazards that require workers to wear eye protection, and safety glasses have been rigorously tested and evaluated to a set of industry standards with biological hazards such as bloodborne pathogens. Topics include standard have been created to test whether personal protective equipment (PPE) is providing adequate worker protection; and workers exposed to biological hazards should be using given varied needs and occupations.

The article presents several products MCR Safety's Memphis Series safety glasses; Nanoshield self- disinfecting antimicrobial film from Nanoveu; and the J.J. Keller & Associates' Safety Management Suite.

The article discusses that the attorney who specialize in OSHA law find themselves correcting employers and even safety professionals about certain misconceptions that could cause them to waste time and resources, and even cause a loss of legal rights. It mentions that the most common misconception about the OSH Act by both safety professionals and employers is that a "serious" violation is serious in its ordinary sense.

The article discusses that the significant and seminal American National Standards on machinery safety were revised and published. Topics discussed include Safety reports filed with New York State Public Service Commission (2019) show just 183 reported electrical shocks from energized sidewalk infrastructure and no electrocutions in 2019; and Association for Manufacturing Technology assumed responsibility from National Safety Council in 1970 and administered the activity until 2010.

The article presents the restaurant workers which being exposed to a wide range of safety and health hazards resulting in injuries. Topics include safety climate being a reliable predictor of workplace safety behavior and outcome; showing the significant differences between groups in categories of work position, work area, and employment length; and increasing worker participation in safety and health decisions.

The article presents the stationary sawing machinery which being a leading source of "contact with objects" injuries in the U.S. Topics include discussing current industry and OSHA safety standards for stationary saws; learning from the comparison of the theory and practice of using stationary saws; and discussing the implications of findings for operators and employers.

The article focuses on Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, has certified occupational safety and health (OSH) degree programs while many dozens of other institutions throughout the U.S. offer some form of OSH technician training or advanced degrees. Topics include positing is that at no prior time have OSH education and training resources been so widely sought, and the fact stands as a core reason those representing the broad OSH practices has regarded as professionals.

The article focuses on graying of the baby boom generation and declines in birth rates mean that fewer young people will be entering the workforce. Topics include the demand for workers grows companies may find that the average age of their employees is climbing, and the transition will likely create many cultural shifts but how many employers recognize the impact that these changes will have on workplace safety.

The article offers information on how they assess hazards before starting a task and how they communicate and coordinate effectively with coworkers. Topics include the change masters have honed their ability to help others swim across a choppy current toward a safer, holding on to previous gains but not progressing toward the golden land of global-class performance, and the lead effectively can direct others off course and into stronger resulting in the entire team foundering.

The article offers safety matters news briefs. Topics include NIOSH has announced the launch of the Center for Work and Fatigue Research, National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel a not for-profit organization dedicated to the prevention and management of pressure injuries, has released users of preventing N95 mask injury, and the healthcare workers experience greater work demands including additional workload, a higher number of critically ill patients and increased stress.

The article offers information on incident mirror technique. Topics include sort of checklist for categories or identify a tool such as the popular systematic cause analysis technique (SCAT) chart based on Bird's loss causation model; and method for making and tracking recommendations; and helps quickly validate any investigation.

The article offers information on safety mange systems (SMS) standards and its guideline. Topics include International Organization for Standardization (ISO), ANSI, International Labor Organization (ILO) and U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); and set of interdependent elements that establish or support processes of the occupational health and safety (OHS) policy.

The article informs about organizational strategies and operational practices related to risk management seldom consider the cyclical nature of risk and the tendency for systems, organizational factors and behaviors to degrade over time. It mentions that organizations can fail to leverage the opportunities for their frontline leaders to build capacity, relying on technical and scheduled interactions enduring engagement that articulates desired outcomes and builds the risk management culture.

The article informs about using machine safety risk assessment for alternative methods to lockout or tagout, and American National Standard for Personal Protection in lockout/tagout of Energy sources with minimum safety requirements. Topics include consider changes to the lockout/tagout standard that address hazardous energy control for new robotics technologies; and complex machine that requires seven points of lockout, despite proper training and the use of machine-specific procedures.

The article focuses on experience modification rate as a prequalification criterion for safety performance. Topics inlcude the proposed best practices have been designed to be used internally within organizations, the positive correlation between safety performance and the implementation of the well-established safety program, and the experience modification rate (EMR) have been suggested as prequalification criteria.

The article presents an interview of Ken Rueter, appointed to the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) Board of Directors, and third person to serve as public director since the position was created in 2015. Topics discussed include focus to transforming the governance of ASSP to be more nimble and responsive; focus on safety commitment as the culture of caring; and escalation in positive drug screenings, predominantly meth and opioids, associated with mental health.