June 1, 2023

June 1, 2023

Find these topics and more in the April/May issue:

  • Oil & Gas
  • IH: Chemical Safety
  • PPE for Women
  • PPE:Head & Face Protection
  • PPE: Electrical Protection
  • Training: Lockout/Tagout
  • Defibrillator & CPR
  • Summer Hazards
  • Fire Safety
  • Heat Protection
  • Gas Detection
  • Safety Culture

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Cover Story

Working in Isolation: Protecting Your Most Vulnerable Employees

Working in Isolation: Protecting Your Most Vulnerable Employees

By Lucas Dower

Many oil and gas workers can operate as lone workers. Fortunately, there are technologies that can help protect isolated and remote employees.


Features

Weekly Checkup: 5 Essential Tests for Emergency Safety Showers and Eyewash Stations

Weekly Checkup: 5 Essential Tests for Emergency Safety Showers and Eyewash Stations

By Jeff Jones

This weekly inspection and testing regimen will promote workplace safety through regulatory adherence.


Heat Stroke: Teach the TACO Method

Heat Stroke: Teach the TACO Method

By John Heniff

If cold water immersion is not an option, the Tarp-Assisted Cooling Oscillation method for treating heat stroke sufferers can save lives on remote jobsites.


What Is Rotational Motion and Its Role in Concussions?

What Is Rotational Motion and Its Role in Concussions?

By Sofia Hedenstierna

Understanding rotational motion can better protect workers from head injuries and long-term risks.


Every Worker, Everywhere, All at Once

Every Worker, Everywhere, All at Once

By David Kopf

How real-time location services are helping gas & oil companies implement individualized safety monitoring.


The Key to Safety During Lockout/Tagout

The Key to Safety During Lockout/Tagout

By Scott Margolin

One critical element of protection during LOTO procedures is the use of arc-rated flame resistant (AR/FR) clothing.


Q&A: Preventing Arc Flash and Shock Hazards

Q&A: Preventing Arc Flash and Shock Hazards

By David Kopf

A safety expert sits down with OH&S magazine to discuss why implementing proper risk assessment goes hand-in-glove with having the right PPE.


Choosing a Hard Hat

Choosing a Hard Hat

By Drew Thiel

What you should know about the differences between Type 1 and Type 2 protective hard hats.


Getting the Right Fit

Getting the Right Fit

By Mary Padron

How women’s PPE creates a safe and inclusive job site.


Summertime Safety Planning

Summertime Safety Planning

By Gen Handley

The heat’s coming and, with it, multiple safety challenges. Here’s how to make sure your team’s ready.


Seeing the Forest for the Trees

Seeing the Forest for the Trees

By Kristi Hames

Don’t forget to get back to basics of chemical safety and industrial hygiene.


Elevating Real-Time Gas Detection

Elevating Real-Time Gas Detection

By Cynthia Horn

24/7 live monitoring elevates safety programs in a number of ways.


Safety Culture’s Ink Blot Test

Safety Culture’s Ink Blot Test

By Ray Prest

How to identify the soft spots in your safety culture.


The Details of AEDs

The Details of AEDs

By Cindy Pauley

What you didn’t know about CPR and defibrillation could save a life.


Assessing Alternative Measures

Assessing Alternative Measures

By Steve Misuraca

Why a machine safety risk assessment process is critical before implementing alternative measures for lockout/tagout.


Protecting Workers During National Safety Month

Protecting Workers During National Safety Month

By David Cavallaro

Understanding head, face and eye hazards and their solutions will help keep workers stay safe this June — and all year long.


Avoiding Occupational Hearing Loss

Avoiding Occupational Hearing Loss

By Nate Holmer

What are the types of hearing loss, and what can be done to prevent it from happening at work?


Hydrating in the Heat

Hydrating in the Heat

By Alex Saurman

Drinking water and staying hydrated is a simple task that can make a huge difference.


Leveraging Safety Data Sheets for Chemical Safety

Leveraging Safety Data Sheets for Chemical Safety

By Karen D. Hamel

The importance of utilizing the SDS to strengthen chemical storage and handling procedures.


Departments

The Magic 9 of Safety Change

By Robert Pater

So how do you initiate then sustain safety changes that make a demonstrable difference beyond the just-going-through-the-motions repetition of minor variations on same-old themes that seem to eke out same-old results?


Artificial Intelligence