• You Are a Workplace Safety Rockstar: A Supervisor’s Guide to Taking Safety to the Next Level

    Travis Vance Beginning in 2017, many employers must electronically provide to the agency the details concerning the workplace injuries and illnesses kept on their 300 logs. It’s time to improve your workplace safety program. Federal OSHA just announced the sweeping new requirement that, beginning in 2017, many employers must electronically provide to the agency the

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  • Preventing Hearing Loss: Noise Infographics [Photo Gallery]

    If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then perhaps these infographics will be worth even more: sparing employees from work-induced hearing loss. Work-related hearing loss is a preventable workplace injury/illness, yet it is one of the most common. Through the appropriate use of personal protective equipment such as hearing protection, separating workers from noisy equipment

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  • GHS in the Lab AIHce Day 2

    The continuation of the lab safety-related sessions at AIHce 2016 included a session Tuesday afternoon titled, “GHS in the Laboratory Environment.” The discussion started with Denese Deeds, CIH, FAIHA, of Industrial Health & Safety Consultants, Inc., who gave a presentation on the impact of GHS on the lab standard.

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  • Say WHAT??! Wearable Fitness Monitors Don’t Motivate Exercise

    The results of a new study on physical activity have researchers asking what in the world will it take to get people moving. Clarkson University Associate Professor of Physical Therapy & Physician Assistant Studies Ali Boolani and Oklahoma State University Associate Professor of Physical Education Timothy Baghurst wanted to see how aspiring physical educators might

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