September 2023
Find these topics and more in the September issue:
- Facility Safety
- Noise Monitoring
- PPE: Construction
- PPE: Head and Face Protection
- PPE: Vision Protection
- Training: Fall Protection
- Defibrillation & CPR
- Winter Hazards
- Chemical Safety
- Electrical Safety
- Software Solutions
- Combustible Dust
- Summer Hazards
- Sustainability
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Cover Story
By Joe Brandel
Why current helmet standards must be updated to account for rotational motion, a key cause of concussions.
Features
By Gen Handley
There is a wide spectrum of options. What do you need to know to protect your team?
By Philip B. Allen, Nick Schiltz
How permanent absence of voltage test points ensure compliance and safety.
By Dennis Terpin
Facilities Management and Public Works play a critical role as disaster site first responders, but it’s a role that’s not fully recognized.
By Jonathan Wells
How these straightforward and easy-to-implement solutions can keep your facility safe and efficient.
By Shane Foreman
Employers sometimes lose focus on vision protection when handling high-fatality dangers such as falls. Fortunately vision protection might be having its big moment.
By Michael Schulte
How can employers develop a comprehensive training program and instilling a safety culture to prevent slips and falls?
By Bart Eltz
Sustainability and employee safety are closely linked, and prioritizing them in the workplace creates resilient and successful business models that benefit employees.
By Robert Yaniz Jr.
Here are the product entrants in the 2023 edition of Occupational Health & Safety’s annual product contest.
By David Kopf
Orienting new employees on chemical safety requires leveraging the right methods and tools to ensure a slate of learning objectives takes hold.
By David Kopf
Expert Mark Ramos joins OH&S to delve into the unseen challenges and solutions when it comes to managing combustible dust in industrial and manufacturing facilities.
By Omar Vikin
With many big-name auto brands racing to manufacture electric vehicles, the construction industry is racing to keep pace with demand, but what does that mean for worker safety and PPE needs? There are four key stages of construction to examine.
By Tim Turney
Hearing protection in the workplace is critical in not only preserving workers’ hearing, but in protecting them from larger safety risks. How can companies prevent hearing loss?
By Ryan Barnes
The world of worker safety is redefining head protection as it makes the shift from traditional hard hats to comprehensive safety helmets in construction.
By Ray Chishti
Protecting workers from hazardous occupational noise exposure requires understanding the exposure, taking the right PPE approach, and ensuring worker buy-in.
By Alyssa Fillmore
Employers can build a safer workplace through CPR, AED and first aid education.
By Sarina McCranie
The right employer intervention and selecting the proper cold-weather PPE keep workers safe, warm and productive.
Departments
By Robert Pater
Workers can improve their self-monitoring to help prevent strains and sprains.