Recently added articles from Professional Safety:
What's Your Family's Safety IQ?
Sep 01, 2009; ... As summer wanes and kids go back to school, UL is reminding parents to think of something besides school supplies and new backpacks: safety. Each year, children sustain an estimated 14 million potentially disabling unintentional injuries in the U.S., UL reports. Part of the problem, UL ...
CSB on Combustible Dust Hazards
Sep 01, 2009; ... U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has released a video depicting how combustible dust accumulations can provide the fuel for devastating explosions at worksites. Combustible Dust: An Insidious Hazard is available online at www.csb.gov. It features computer animations that ...
New Fall Standards From ASSE
Sep 01, 2009; ... ANSI recently approved three new ASSE standards aimed at preventing fall hazards in the workplace. The three standards are: ANSI/ASSE Z359.6-2009, Specification and Design Requirements for Active Fall Protection Systems; ANSI/ ASSE Z359.12-2009, Connecting Components for Personal Fall Arrest ...
Are Green Jobs Safe?
Sep 01, 2009; ... NIOSH has published a special edition of its newsletter PtD in Motion to demonstrate the links between prevention through design (PtD) and the movement toward green design. "There are benefits as well as challenges as we move to a green economy," NIOSH explains. "With the heightened attention on ...
Our Future Professionals
Sep 01, 2009; ... Today's student members are tomorrow's professional members. We have an obligation to help them succeed and develop into highly skilled safety practitioners. Remember when you first decided to become a safety professional, the mix of excitement and uncertainty as you wondered where your ...