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Whether employees are in a group or working alone, the acting and coaching components of people-based safety can have a positive impact on the safety culture.
In an ongoing effort to increase public awareness of the importance of workplace safety, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering and OSHA will present the annual North American Occupational...
When you're a nanotechnology start-up company on a tight budget, implementing an EHS program might seem like a pie-in-the-sky proposition. But Tabitha Maher, environmental health and safety facilitator for Reno, Nev.-based Altair Nanotechnologies...
This paper will help clients to comply with the OHSAS 18001 requirements, achieve international recognition and potentially save $ millions in reduced insurance premiums.
It is the purpose of this paper to highlight various communication issues specifically for confined space applications for both emergency and day-to-day work situations. Also to raise the profile of good communication and how it fits into the...
The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has issued a report that calls on OSHA to issue a standard aimed at preventing combustible dust explosions and fires, which have killed 119 people and injured 718 since 1980.
