Recently added articles from Compliance Magazine:
Timely Thoughts on Process Safety Management
Jan 01, 2007; ... Frontline Safety Last month, I issued a challenge to the safety profession to continue its current commitment to process safety management (PSM) and to become even more vigilant in this area as hazardous materials used or produced in the workplace become more volatile and processes ...
Establishing a National Dialogue on Workplace Safety
Jan 01, 2007; ... Viewpoint 1 recently came across a document titled "Getting Home Safe and Sound? OSHA at Thirty Five," a discussion paper on the future of workplace safety. The author, Michael SiIverstein, MD, MPH, who is a clinical professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health ...
SPEAKING WITH Jeffrey L. Robinson
Jan 01, 2007; ... Jeffrey L. Robinson, CSP, EE. President, Board of Certified Safety Professionals; Manager, Safety and Health Services, Harrington Group Jeffrey Robinson shares his thoughts on the future of the safety profession and the latest initiatives at the Board of Certified Safety ...
Correction
Jan 01, 2007; ... On the September 2006 cover of Compliance Magazine, the photo captions for Future Safety Leaders David R. Jones and Bruce Pearson were placed ...
Panel Recommends Safety Improvements at BP
Jan 01, 2007; ... NEWS The independent review panel appointed to investigate safety practices at BP released its recommendations for the company. The panel is headed by former U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker III and was formed in response to numerous safety problems at BP plants, including a major ...
FEDERAL REGS
Jan 01, 2007; ... Summaries of significant federal actions and regulations OSHA Respiratory Protection Assigned Protection Factors The safety world was slightly surprised on Aug. 24, 2006, when OSHA released its latest revision to the existing Respiratory Protection Standard, 29 CFR 1910.134. This ...
ATEX and HAZ-LOC: Is Your Company in Compliance?
Jan 01, 2007; ... This is the first in a series of 12 articles in 2007 for which Certified Industrial Hygieniste (CIHs) and Certified Associate Industrial Hygienists (CAIHs) can receive certification maintenance (CM) credits. The January, March, and July quizzes and articles will be posted on the Compliance ...
ASSE President Identifies Top Workplace Safety Issues
Jan 01, 2007; ... DES PLAINES, IIL - In his January message to members, American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) President Donald S. Jones Sr. stated that although workplace fatalities are down, more than 5,700 people died from onthe-job injuries and millions more suffered from on-the-job illnesses in 2005 ....
MSHA Makes New Emergency Mine Evacuation Rules Permanent
Jan 01, 2007; ... ARUNCTON, Va. - The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) issued a final rule that requires mine operators to increase the availability of emergency breathing devices, provide improved training on the use of the devices, improve emergency evacuation and drill training, install lifelines ...
Final Rule Issued on Fire Protection in Shipyards
Jan 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - An updated direct final rule that incorporates 10 National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards into the OSHA fire protection standard for shipyards went into effect Jan. 16, 2007. This final rule requires employers to use the more recent versions of the NFPA standards ....
ASK THE EXPERTS
Jan 01, 2007; ... Safety, environmental and health professionals answer readers' questions. Respiratory Protection We recently had air quality monitoring conducted by an industrial hygienist, and the results were well within the PELs. It was determined that we could go with a program for the ...
Industrial Hygienists Focus On Analysis
Jan 01, 2007; ... Understanding and operating gas detection equipment and other instrumentation has become an important part of the industrial hygienist's (IH) job. Our panel discusses how equipment has freed IHs to take on strategic analysis of safety conditions and what improvements in instrumentation are ...
Instrumentation Product Roundup
Jan 01, 2007; ... Instrumentation Product Roundup This month's Special Report on Instrumentation features some of the latest products on the market for gas detection, air monitoring and sampling. For information on any of the products listed below, circle the corresponding number on the reader service ...
Give the Union Its Dues
Jan 01, 2007; ... Empowerment and trust build a stellar safety record in nuclear cleanup. When it comes to relations between management and union representatives, you might expect some finger-pointing. There is plenty of it going on at the Department of Energy's Hanford Site in southeastern Washington ...
Restoration Firm Holds High Standards for Fall Protection
Jan 01, 2007; ... Northwest Restoration Inc. credits good-quality fall protection equipment and best-practices policies for its effective fall protection program. When Larry Anderson, owner of Northwest Restoration Inc., is working at heights to restore historic churches and buildings to their former ...
Protective Clothing Product Roundup
Jan 01, 2007; ... This month's issue of Compliance Magazine features a product roundup on protective clothing. For information on any of the products listed below, circle the corresponding number on the reader service card. Coveralls Tyvek Coveralls have been redesigned to include the following ...
Revisiting Process Safety Management
Nov 01, 2006; ... Frontline Safety A safety subject that is near and dear to my heart is the safe handling and storage of hazardous chemicals. I became intimately aware of the importance and processes around this safety activity during my time as Assistant Secretary of OSHA. As I led the promulgation of ...
Looking to a New Year
Nov 01, 2006; ... Viewpoint I always enjoy developing our last issue of the year, because it is focused on resources to help our readers tackle the coming year with confidence and gusto. Our annual forecast roundtable of safety trends features the comments of three industry experts on everything from new ...
Business of Safety Gains Strength in 2007
Nov 01, 2006; ... This final issue of Compliance Magazine of 2006 features three industry experts' views on what safety professionals can expect in 2007 and beyond. Jeffery C. Camplin, CSP, CPEA President, Camplin Environmental Services Inc. Some trends I am noticing in safety deal with a ...
Integrating Radiation Protection
Nov 01, 2006; ... This is the 11th in a series of 12 articles in 2006 for which Certified Industrial Hygienists (CIHs) and Certified Associate Industrial Hygienists (CAIHs) can receive certification maintenance (CM) credits. The February, April, August and December quizzes and articles will be posted on the ...