April/May 2024

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

  • Industrial Hygiene
  • PPE: Respiratory Protection
  • PPE: Vision Protection
  • PPE: Hand Protection
  • Training: Confined Spaces
  • Employee Screening
  • Indoor Air Quality
  • Facility Safety
  • Fire Safety
  • Workplace Safety Technology
  • Electrical Safety
  • Combustible Dust

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Cover Story

The Most Common Health and Safety Hazards on Construction Job Sites

The Most Common Health and Safety Hazards on Construction Job Sites

By David Brinkerhoff, Sylvia Fontes

Seven hazards frequently occur on construction sites. Here’s how recognizing and training workers on these dangers can significantly improve workplace safety and productivity.


Features

The Role of Smart Grids in Enhancing Electrical Safety

By Herbert Post

How smart grids and IoT technology help prevent electrical incidents and improve safety in the workplace.


Training Is Essential to Prevent Fatalities in Confined Spaces

Training Is Essential to Prevent Fatalities in Confined Spaces

By Ralph Blessing

Confined spaces safety training involves multiple critical elements to prevent accidents and safeguard the lives of workers in high-risk environments.


How Connected Safety Can Unlock Warehouse Safety

How Connected Safety Can Unlock Warehouse Safety

By Lorenza Ordonez

Using connected safety can ensure compliance with OSHA’s latest NEP, protect workers, boost efficiency, and prevent safety issues before they become safety incidents.


Handling Indoor Particulate Hazards with Vacuum Technology

Handling Indoor Particulate Hazards with Vacuum Technology

By Doan Pendleton

Vacuum conveyors and industrial vacuum cleaners reduce liability exposure to dust produced during the manufacturing process.


Pandemic-Proofing Our Air: How Standard 241 Makes Indoor Air Safer

Pandemic-Proofing Our Air: How Standard 241 Makes Indoor Air Safer

By M. Elaine Dasti, Tom Burgess

How a game-changing health standard strengthens protection against airborne viruses. ASHRAE’s recently released Standard 241 serves as a helpful reference for minimum safety standards in various buildings and spaces.


Marijuana: Legal Doesn’t Mean Safe

Marijuana: Legal Doesn’t Mean Safe

By David Kopf

The spate of recently implemented recreational marijuana laws has left employers feeling dazed and confused when it comes to testing, but they have options — and an obligation — to ensure workplace safety.


Balancing Cost with Comfort

Balancing Cost with Comfort

By Scott Francis

Selecting the best PPE for improved arc flash safety for electrical workers starts with asking the right questions.


Choosing the Right Eye Protection for the Job

Choosing the Right Eye Protection for the Job

By Dan Birch

There are many product features built into today’s eye protection. What considerations should be made before choosing eye protection for the job?


Tackling Slips, Trips and Falls

Tackling Slips, Trips and Falls

Some of the most common workplace injuries are caused by slips, trips and falls. How do safety managers identify their causes and implement effective solutions?


AIHA Connect 2024: Unveiling a New Chapter in Industrial Hygiene

AIHA Connect 2024: Unveiling a New Chapter in Industrial Hygiene

By David Kopf, Robert Yaniz Jr.

This year’s annual AIHA event brings its variety of educational sessions, networking events and expo floor exhibitors to Columbus, Ohio.


Industrial Hygiene: The Science Behind Safety

Industrial Hygiene: The Science Behind Safety

By Fal Dieso

Safety on the job is no accident. Industrial hygiene is the science of protecting workers’ health and safety.


The Digital Fire Revolution

The Digital Fire Revolution

By Matthew Gardner

Digital tools and simulations are transforming fire safety training by offering engaging, risk-free and efficient emergency response education.


Two Hand Protection Trends You Won't Want to Miss

By M.B. Sutherland

This year’s innovations in hand protection will see PPE features that benefit both worker safety and the planet.


Respirators: Pursuing the Perfect Fit

Respirators: Pursuing the Perfect Fit

By David Kopf

A NIOSH/NPPTL challenge aims to foster technology that helps improve respirator fit to protect workers from respiratory hazards.


How to Safely Work With Combustible Dust

How to Safely Work With Combustible Dust

By Brian Richardson

The strategies for managing combustible dust in and around manufacturing plants and processing facilities.


Departments

Paradoxical Safety: Going Beyond ‘Best Intentions’

Paradoxical Safety: Going Beyond ‘Best Intentions’

By Robert Pater

Well-intended safety interventions can backfire in the workplace, as illustrated through real-world cases and practical leadership strategies to enhance safety effectively.


Safety's Proven Upside

By David Kopf

Investing in safety is good not just for the bottom line but also for society.


Artificial Intelligence