May 1, 2009
Editorials
Sandy Says: Bringing Home the Bacon
How many people can say that the most interesting experience they had on a trip to Europe involved a swine flu pandemic?...
What Do Your Workers Really Think About Safety?
A safety perception survey can tell you if management and employees are on the same page about EHS efforts....
Features
Testing, Testing: Revalidating the CIH Exam, Re-Envisioning the IH Profession
When a panel of certified industrial hygienists met to discuss updating the CIH exam, they talked about a lot more than testing practices....
Special Challenges with Gas Detection
What Mark Twain wrote about words can apply to a gas monitoring system. 'The difference between what's right and what's almost right is like the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.'...
New Developments in Respiratory Protection
NIOSH requirements for several types of respirators are changing. See what’s ahead for powered air-purifying respirators....
What You Should Know About Selecting Respiratory Protection
Respiratory protection is provided to employees when a hazard can not be eliminated or effectively minimized with engineering controls...
Knives and Cutting What Dangers are Lurking in Your Workplace?
Did you know you could promote and support your workplace safety culture by instituting a safety cutter program?...
Occupational Electrical Injury and Fatality Trends: 1992-2007
As we focus on National Electrical Safety Month, it is important that we pause for a moment not only to recognize how far we have come in saving lives through safer work practices and enhanced equipment, but also to remember there is still much we can do ...
Controlling and Removing Static Electricity During Confined Space Entry Ventilation
EHS professionals need a clear, well-defined 'how-to' standard on the proper procedures for controlling and safely removing electrostatic charges during confined space ventilation....
Van Holten's Pickles Connects with Safety and Savings
One company's solution to an electrical safety challenge provided an easier and safer way to connect and disconnect pumps, conveyors and other equipment....
News
States Leading on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a draft regulation to create a registry for reporting greenhouse gas emissions. This draft...
