April/May 2025

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

  • Industrial Hygiene
  • PPE: Respiratory Protection
  • PPE: Vision Protection
  • Training: Confined Spaces
  • Indoor Air Quality
  • Facility Safety
  • Fire Safety
  • Safety Technology
  • Employee Screening & Testing
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Noise Monitoring

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Features

Worker With Hardhat Using AI

Robots and Workers: Redefining Safety

By Daniyal Shahid

Robots and humans are starting to work together to enhance workplace safety through AI-driven solutions and human expertise


AIHA Conference

AIHA Connect 2025: Shaping the Future of Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety

By Stasia DeMarco

This year’s AIHA Connect will bring together OEHS professionals for expert-led sessions, hands-on training, safety innovations, and keynotes on neurodiversity and resilience—all aimed at building safer, stronger workplaces.


Worker Wearing Dusty Gloves

Myth vs. Fact: Understanding Combustible Dust and Dust Collectors

By Brian Richardson

Clearing the air on common myths about combustible dust hazards and how NFPA standards and explosion protection systems can help facilities stay compliant and safe.


Workers Helping a Sick Co-Worker

Onsite Medical Clinics in Construction: A Game-Changer for Safety and Efficiency

By Troy Butler

Construction sites are hazardous, but the real risk may be delay in care. Onsite clinics offer faster treatment, lower costs, and stronger safety culture—all at the job site’s front door.


Man in Hard Hat Holding Head

Building a Culture of Safety at Your Facility Starts with the Psychological

By Glorianna Reeser

How psychological safety influences workplace injury prevention and offers strategies for safety professionals to foster more open, trust-based environments.


Facility Safety Stormwater Pipe

Stormwater and Facility Safety: How to Filter Out Pollution Before It Spreads

By Dan Ankney

Runoff from industrial sites and facilities can carry contaminants that threaten both the environment and workplace safety. Here’s how smart filtration strategies help control pollution and protect your people


Employees Putting Out Fire

A Hybrid Approach: Fire Training That Works

By David Kopf

How combining hands-on experience with tech-enhanced methods improves fire response readiness.


Indoor Air Quality and PPE

Creating a Healthier Indoor Environment

By Aaron Schroeder

Best practices for IAQ management in the workplace


Safety Worker with Tablet

A Risk-Based Approach for Driving Excellence in Industrial Hygiene Program Management

By Greg Duncan, Kristi Hames

How integrating software and management of change processes can improve chemical oversight, SEGs, exposure assessments, and sampling plans.


Employees Wearing Noise Reduction PPE

Reducing the Roar

By Tim Turney

The risk of excessive noise isn’t going away. What are the dangers associated with the unseen hazard and why must employers implement a suitable monitoring program for noisy workplaces?


Lone Worker in the Desert on Utility Pole

The Shared Responsibility of Lone Worker Safety

By Ray Prest

Technology can help lone workers stay in communication and signal for help—but only leadership, communication, and engagement can prevent incidents before they happen.


Warning Sign for Hearing Protection

Hearing Protection: Ensuring the Right Fit

By David Kopf

Protecting employees’ hearing hinges on understanding the NIOSH’s recent recommendations and the latest hearing protection developments


Safety Worker With Dog

After Tragedy Strikes: Exposure Protection for Post-Disaster Clean-up Workers

By Dennis Terpin

From wildfires to floods, cleanup crews face serious respiratory and skin exposure risks. What lessons can be learned from the Lahaina and California fires and applied to PPE and respiratory protection programs?


Worker in a Confined Space

Confined Spaces: A Manager’s View

By Randy DeVaul

Protect yourself and your employees from confined spaces hazards


Worker Wearing Vision Protection

A Clear Path to Eye Safety: Making Prescription Safety Eyewear Easy to Access

By Hal Wilson

How improving access, streamlining processes, and adopting digital solutions can increase compliance and reduce injury risks in prescription safety eyewear programs.


Human Fist and AI Fist Together

Reframing Safety Technology

By Cam Stevens

Expanding the role of safety professionals in a tech-enabled world.


Departments

Protecting NIOSH

By David Kopf

The recent HHS layoffs at NIOSH significantly jeopardize the research, standards, and training that form the foundation of workplace safety.


The Martial Art of Safety

By Robert Pater

Adapting principles from internal martial arts offers a powerful way to help workers internalize safety, improve body mechanics, and prevent injuries before they happen.


Artificial Intelligence