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June 2012 Issue

In this issue learn about the warning signs of workplace violence, safety and lean, off-the-job safety and the Volks decision.

EHS Today informs safety, health and industrial hygiene professionals in the manufacturing, construction, and service sectors about trends, management strategies, regulatory news and new products that help them provide safe and healthy work sites.

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  • Jun. 25, 2012
    Article

    When Words Fail : Workplace Violence and Communication

    Is your facility at risk for an outburst of workplace violence? The only way to know is to talk to employees...More
  • Volks Decision, OSHA
    Jun. 18, 2012
    Article

    The Volks Decision: What Does It Mean For Employers?

    In November 2006, OSHA issued citations to Volks Constructor alleging failures to record some workplace injuries between January 2002 and April 2006. In April 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia vacated OSHA’s citations as untimely....More
  • Jun. 18, 2012
    Article

    What Can Safety Learn from Lean?

    If you think lean is only for manufacturing, look it up on Wikipedia. You will find that lean principles, lean thinking and lean tools have been adapted and applied to everything from service industries to software development and now are being used to reduce the greatest waste of all: workplace injuries....More
  • 5S Workplaces
    Jun. 18, 2012
    Article

    5S Workplaces: When Safety and Lean Meet

    The five in a 5S workplace organizational and housekeeping methodology refers to five steps – sort, set in order, shine, standardize and sustain. Safety should be the honorary sixth “S.”...More
  • Off-the-Job Safety
    Jun. 18, 2012
    Article

    Recognizing Hazards Both On and Off the Job

    The threat of danger surrounds every person, every day. Challenging employees to look beyond tasks to identify and eliminate hazards before exposure is key to working safely at home and in the workplace....More
  • Jun. 18, 2012
    Article

    The Integrated Use of Personal Protective Equipment

    Selecting personal protective equipment and integrating various types of PPE to provide full coverage for the worker has evolved into a complex and sometimes confusing process....More
  • Jun. 18, 2012
    Article

    How Ergonomics Impacts the Cost of Doing Business

    In difficult economic times, ergonomics programs can help businesses cut costs, reduce workers’ compensation claims and increase productivity....More
  • Safety Incident Prevention
    Jun. 18, 2012
    Article

    Don’t Investigate Safety Incidents… Predict and Prevent Them!

    Being proactive about predicting and preventing safety incidents through the use of leading indicator safety data analytics is the best way to reduce workplace injuries and illnesses....More
  • Off-the-job eye safety
    Jun. 18, 2012
    Article

    Keeping Off-the-Job Eye Safety in Your Sights

    Promoting off-the-job eye safety is a benefit everyone can see....More

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Should OSHA spend time editing out references to obsolete equipment (that companies don't have to worry about) or should OSHA get out a rule like Silica that causes a lot of lung disease? I trust the business community to know when to skip obsolete sections of a rule. Jim should, too.

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