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December 2012 Issue

In this issue, learn about Craig A. Everson, winner of 2012 Future Leader in EHS, Tiffany Barnett, runner-up of 2012 Future Leader in EHS, why is Sandy "Mad as Hell," and 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

  • 5 trends in safety management
    Dec. 13, 2012
    Article

    Top 5 Trends in Workplace Safety Management for 2013

    For safety managers and directors, 2013 will hold a mix of continuing challenges and new opportunities. As these professionals are tasked to do more with less, find and use reliable safety information sources, address safety on a holistic level and maintain a consistent approach to safety across borders, they must be diligent in keeping current with their profession's trends and changes....More
  • Craig Everson, winner, 2012 Future Leader in EHS
    Dec. 13, 2012
    Article
    EHS Today

    2012 Future Leader in EHS: Craig A. Everson

    Army veteran, former ER nurse and construction worker, volunteer firefighter, student, Harley Davidson intern, father, hiker, fisherman: All of these terms can be used to describe Craig A. Everson, the 2012 Future Leader in EHS....More
  • Tiffany Barnett
    Dec. 13, 2012
    Article
    EHS Today

    Future Leader in EHS Runner-Up: Tiffany Barnett

    The scholarship panel selected Tiffany Barnett, a senior earning her bachelor's of science in safety at Indiana University Southeast, as the 2012 Future Leader in EHS runner-up. Barnett......More
  • Dec. 13, 2012
    Article

    Safety Is a Culture Worth Adopting

    In the construction industry, the importance of safety cannot be overstated. Making sure that every employee goes home safely at the end of his or her shift should be a company's paramount consideration. Safety is a tool and its implementation starts during the work-planning phase. Creating a safety culture that enables positive interaction between worker and safety maximizes process efficiency and encourages an incident and injury-free (IIF) environment....More
  • Dec. 13, 2012
    Article

    Sustaining Your Safety Sweep Audit Process

    In the November 2012 issue of EHS Today, I introduced the concept of the safety sweep audit as a supplemental tool for the detailed safety inspection mechanism commonly used in industry.  The article explained the basic contents of sweep audits, listed the basic elements of a process loop to administer sweep audits and offered simple examples of how all may be integrated. This article furthers the discussion while focusing on sweep audit integration and how your audit data may be leveraged to positively impact important facets of your safety administration process....More

Departments

  • Dec. 13, 2012
    Article

    Managing Health: Using Ergonomics to Drive Excellence in Manufacturing

    Quite often, we are challenged by our clients to help them justify the cost and effort of implementing an ergonomics process within their organizations. Sometimes we are justifying a particular project, and sometimes it's the entire process....More
  • Dec. 13, 2012
    Article

    Managing Safety: Is Safety Mandatory or Discretionary?

    If safety is a condition of employment, what about the gray areas where no rules or procedures apply? Are those conditions of employment too? If a worker fails to go above and beyond the basics of safety, is that grounds for dismissal? The way you answer these questions reflects strategic thinking that can have a great impact on the level of safety excellence your organization can reach....More

Commentary

  • Dec. 13, 2012
    Commentary
    EHS Today

    The Break Room: Who's Responsible for Your Safety?

    Without a doubt, Eric Giguere's "The Buried Truth Uncovered" presentation at the 2012 National Safety Council (NSC) Congress and Expo was one of the most engaging sessions I attended. With courage and honesty,  Eric shared his experiences of being buried alive in a trench and his miraculous – but harrowing – recovery. (To read about his tale in detail, see "How 10 Minutes in the Bottom of a Trench Changed Eric Giguere's Life" on EHSToday.com.)...More
  • Dec. 13, 2012
    Commentary
    EHS Today

    Sandy Says: I'm Mad as Hell

    Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer announced at a press conference in New Orleans last month that the Deepwater Horizon Task Force filed a 14-count information and guilty plea agreement in New Orleans federal court. BP Exploration and Production Inc. was charged with and pled guilty to 11 counts of felony manslaughter; violations of environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and Migratory Bird Act; and obstruction of Congress....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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