October 2012 Issue

In this issue, learn about the greening of Ford, the state of OSHA, health and safety in the waste industry, and so much more!

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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FEATURES

Oct. 5, 2012

Article

Greening the Blue Oval: Will the Rest of the Country Follow?

If you want to know the state of the economy, look no further than Detroit and its automakers. After all, the economy is based on the flow of goods and services, and it's transportation that enables those flows....More
Oct. 5, 2012

Article

Best Practices in Occupational Health and Hygiene for the Energy-from-Waste Industry

While the nation strives to find suitable and new sources of energy, the energy-from-waste (EfW) industry is providing sustainable solutions....More
Oct. 5, 2012

Article

A Regulatory Look Ahead: Slow Moving for OSHA

Earlier this year, OSHA came out with its first major general industry rule in years: the revision of the Hazard Communication standard to incorporate the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS)....More
Oct. 5, 2012

Article

Taking the Burn Out: Chemical-Resistant Gloves in a Changing Workplace

Even with robotics and automation handling more and more of the industrial jobs that once required workers to manually submerge parts in hazardous chemicals, the risk of hand injury from chemicals remains a major threat....More
Oct. 5, 2012

Article

OSHA’s Warning on Safety Incentive Programs Are Wide of the Mark 1

Some good-faith efforts by employers to motivate employees to work safely are running afoul of OSHA, which believes that rewards like a pizza party to celebrate a safety milestone actually may provide a disincentive for employees to report injuries....More
Oct. 5, 2012

Article

Write It and Light It: Signs, Labels and Lighting for a Safe and Productive Workplace

For industrial or manufacturing workers, labels and signs reduce wasted time spent searching for inventory, prevent accidental handling of toxic chemicals and guide us to the nearest exits in the event of a fire....More
Oct. 5, 2012

Article

Driving Compliance with Material Safety Data Sheets

Material safety data sheets (MSDSs) are the cornerstone of compliance for a number of OSHA and EPA standards. Yet, as notorious as they are among safety professionals, some argue that MSDSs remain regrettably underutilized....More
Oct. 5, 2012

Article

Rapid Rise Hydrocarbon Fires – What Risk Managers Need to Know

The shift of oil and gas exploration, extraction and processing to offshore deep sea locations has numerous implications for those entrusted with protecting life and assets from fire....More
Oct. 5, 2012

Article

Work Footwear: One Size Does Not Fit All

When it comes to protective footwear on the job, no single work boot meets the needs of all employees. Every jobsite or work environment is different, and different occupations require distinct, purpose-built features....More
Oct. 5, 2012

Article

The Pluses and Minuses of Safety

Do you think of safety as something that needs to be added to your organization or as something that is accomplished when you remove risks?...More
Oct. 5, 2012

Article

Mandatory Electronic Environmental Reporting is Coming … Are You Prepared?

The days of using a word processor, spreadsheets and piles of paper for your environmental, health and safety reporting are coming to an end....More
Oct. 5, 2012

Article

Good Communication Can Help Lower Workers’ Compensation

Do your employees know what the next step is after one of them slips and falls on a grease spot and is injured? If you don't communicate the process for reporting injuries and filing workers' compensation claims with them, you most likely will be paying more than you should for your workers' compensation coverage....More

COMMENTARY

Oct. 5, 2012

Commentary

EHS Today

The Break Room: The Long and Winding Road

At our America's Safest Companies Conference in Chicago last month, former OSHA Administrator Ed Foulke said: "Safety is a series of destinations, but we're on a continual path to improve safety. You never get to an end goal."...More
Oct. 5, 2012

Commentary

EHS Today

Sandy Says: Unlucky #13

Is the glass half-full or half-empty? For another year, occupational fatalities have declined, with 81 more workers returning home from work in 2011 than in 2010. That's great news, right?...More

October 2012 Issue

FEATURES

Greening the Blue Oval: Will the Rest of the Country Follow?

Best Practices in Occupational Health and Hygiene for the Energy-from-Waste Industry

A Regulatory Look Ahead: Slow Moving for OSHA

Taking the Burn Out: Chemical-Resistant Gloves in a Changing Workplace

OSHA’s Warning on Safety Incentive Programs Are Wide of the Mark 1

Write It and Light It: Signs, Labels and Lighting for a Safe and Productive Workplace

Driving Compliance with Material Safety Data Sheets

Rapid Rise Hydrocarbon Fires – What Risk Managers Need to Know

Work Footwear: One Size Does Not Fit All

The Pluses and Minuses of Safety

Mandatory Electronic Environmental Reporting is Coming … Are You Prepared?

Good Communication Can Help Lower Workers’ Compensation

COMMENTARY

The Break Room: The Long and Winding Road

Sandy Says: Unlucky #13

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