July/ August 2023

August 1, 2023

Find these topics and more in the July/August issue:

  • Fall Protection
  • Confined Spaces
  • PPE: Foot Protection
  • Training: Hazard Communication
  • Chemical Safety
  • Emergency Showers & Eyewash
  • Construction Safety
  • Employee Health Screening
  • Heat Stress
  • Wearable Technology
  • Transportation Safety
  • Incentives

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Features

Redefining the Safety Hierarchy in a Confined Space

Redefining the Safety Hierarchy in a Confined Space

By Dan Lemon

What are the steps you should first consider to ensure your confined space entries are safe and that workers are best equipped to respond if they are met with a life-threatening hazard?


Updated Standards Help Demystify Fall Protection Product Selection

Updated Standards Help Demystify Fall Protection Product Selection

By Diana Jones

Heightened federal oversight on falls means employers should make sure they’re familiar with fall protection standards and that each worker is using the right type of harness for their particular application.


Striking a Balance

Striking a Balance

By Kashif Ali

Reducing hand fatigue with light-weight gloves that pack a heavy-weight cut-protection punch.


A Winning HazCom Gameplan

A Winning HazCom Gameplan

By Rick Gehrke

Five ways to keep workers safe through implementing an effective hazard communications program.


Your 4-Step Guide to Improving Fall Protection with Microlearning

Your 4-Step Guide to Improving Fall Protection with Microlearning

By Shawn Smith

How you can implement a program that leverages bite-sized lessons to help workers fully digest a full course of fall protection education.


Myth-Busting Wearables

Myth-Busting Wearables

By Shawn Gregg

Three common myths about putting wearables to work in your health and safety program.


How to Harness Hazard Communication Training

How to Harness Hazard Communication Training

By Gen Handley

There are multiple benefits of hazard communication training. What are they and how do you get started?


Building a Strong Hazard Communication Training Program

Building a Strong Hazard Communication Training Program

By Marc Juaire, Nicole Lyman

An OSHA initiative means employers who use hazardous chemicals in the workplace should start preparing to update their hazard communication training programs. Who needs training, what are the elements of training, and how do you make an effective program?


Traumatic Brain Injury Hazards on Construction Sites

Traumatic Brain Injury Hazards on Construction Sites

By David Perecman

How do companies prevent TBIs on the job and what are the steps to take should an accident occur on a construction site?


The Crucial Role of Emergency Eyewash Stations

The Crucial Role of Emergency Eyewash Stations

By Justin Wilson

Emergency eyewash stations are central to the safety of everyone around them. What are some key innovations to eyewash stations, and how do companies ensure proper usage?


Onsite Health Screening’s Big 3

Onsite Health Screening’s Big 3

By Lauren Lazar

These 3 types of health screenings are key for injury prevention and improved employee health outcomes.


Keeping a Sharp Eye Out

Keeping a Sharp Eye Out

By Joey Cocciardi

There have been lots of innovations when it comes to protecting workers from falls, but how can today’s safety eyewear help prevent fall-related injuries?


Breathing Easier: The Importance of an Effective Respiratory Protection Program

Breathing Easier: The Importance of an Effective Respiratory Protection Program

By Tom Burgess

A solid respiratory protection program includes understanding the hazards, having the right types of respirators and filters or cartridges, and ensuring workers know how to use and maintain them properly.


Gamify Your Safety Incentive Program

Gamify Your Safety Incentive Program

By Buck Peavey

New advancements in gamification, automation and behavior rewarding deliver stronger accident reduction.


Heat Stress Strategies

Heat Stress Strategies

By Kristan France

Heat stress is a real threat—but you can prevent it by taking some key steps.


Do Combustible Liquids Matter Anymore?

Do Combustible Liquids Matter Anymore?

By Tim Carrico

Learn about one professional's experience with the terms flammable and combustible liquids.


How AI, IoT and The Cloud are Keeping Fleet Vehicle Drivers Safer Today

How AI, IoT and The Cloud are Keeping Fleet Vehicle Drivers Safer Today

By Sumit Chauhan

Advancements in technology can play a role in helping more workers may it home at the end of the day.


Departments

Leveraging Communication

By David Kopf

Recalibrating how safety managers can effect change in their organizations.


The Three Base Strategy

By Robert Pater

Persistence is a critical leadership attribute — but not when it comes to those nagging injuries that continue to drag down safety performance and culture and adversely impact workers and workloads.


Artificial Intelligence