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Supercooled Liquid Water is Hazardous to our Health!

What is Supercooled Liquid Water? Supercooled Liquid Water (SLW) refers to water droplets in a cloud that can stay in a liquid state at below freezing temperatures. If an airplane flies into these SLW droplets, icing on the wings and airframe can occur. ...

Dec. 2, 2018

By Micro Pulse LiDAR, part of Hexagon

E-fact 78 - Involving young workers in occupational safety and health

Involving young workers in occupational safety and health (OSH) is a powerful tool to help strengthen workplace safety culture and performance. Getting young people to buy in to the safety culture of a workplace involves engaging them in OSH; empowering them; and giving them a voice that is heard. This E-fact advises how. ...

Dec. 17, 2015

By European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

MSDS Plus CHEMINFO passes probation test

Saskatoon, SK.: Try it…you’ll like it. That was the case for Correctional Service Canada (CSC) when they requested a free trial period of the workplace chemical companions MSDS Plus CHEMINFO from CCOHS. Their verdict was immediate and ...

Nov. 1, 2007

By Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)

3 Tips to Make Your Technology Workplace Safer

Learn more about how to eliminate environment, health, and safety risks that impact your people, your brand, and your customers so you can focus on growing your business. Click on the image to view in SlideShare or download the full infographic ...

Feb. 17, 2016

By Antea Group - USA

Hazard Standards

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed on Sept. 30, 2009, to align the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) with provisions of the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). The HCS requires chemical manufacturers and importers to evaluate chemical hazards and provide information to subsequent users. The standard now ...

Dec. 31, 2009

By Acta Group

Workplace Falls Get Fresh Attention

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is tackling a major source of industrial injuries – slips, trips and falls on workplace surfaces. On May 24, OSHA proposed significant revisions to Subparts D and I of the general industry standards dealing with walking-working surfaces and personal protective equipment (PPE), respectively. This column outlines the ...

Jul. 31, 2010

By Acta Group

Keeping Your Workplace Safe

Why is safety and health important for a small business owner like me? As an employer, you have a duty to protect your workers from injury and illness on the job. Protecting workers also makes good business sense. Accidents and injuries are more expensive than many realize. Costs mount up quickly. But substantial savings in workers’ compensation and lost workdays are possible when injuries ...

Oct. 17, 2005

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

How to Plan for Workplace Emergencies and Evacuations

Nobody expects an emergency or disaster – especially one that affects them, their employees, and their business personally. Yet the simple truth is that emergencies and disasters can strike anyone, anytime, and anywhere. You and your employees could be forced to evacuate your company when you least expect it. This booklet is designed to help you, the employer, plan for that possibility. The ...

Dec. 31, 2000

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Preventing Workplace Violence for Health Care & Social Service Workers

Workplace violence affects health care and social service workers. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) defines workplace violence as “violent acts (including physical assaults and threats of assaults) directed toward persons at work or on duty.”4 This includes terrorism as illustrated by the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001 that resulted in the deaths of 2,886 ...

Dec. 31, 2003

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Your ROSI future with EHS Software

ROSI may come as a new acronym to some. It stands for "Return on Safety Investment" and while many may be more familiar with return on investment, or ROI, it can be helpful to pay specific attention to the value created and money saved due to investments in safety. Creating and maintaining a safe workplace greatly contributes to a company’s operational success. Because business and safety ...

Aug. 24, 2015

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Monitoring Airborne Contaminants in Workplace Atmospheres, Using Sampling Devices and GC or HPLC

Workers' exposure to hazardous substances must be held within acceptable limits. Therefore, airborne contaminant vapor and particles (including aerosols) in industrial atmospheres must be monitored. In the United States, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) offer, for many such substances, specific ...

Dec. 30, 1997

By MilliporeSigma

Workplace Safety and Enforcement Scrutiny Measures Get Teeth

The Bush Administration has not been noted for its environmental or health and safety enforcement zeal. Manufacturing Today readers thus may be surprised to learn of a new effort to prosecute dangerous employers. The new initiative involves a partnership among the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and several Department of Justice ...

Jul. 31, 2005

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Health and safety risks at the workplace: a joint analysis of three major surveys

This report presents the key findings of a joint analysis of EU-OSHA’s second European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER-2), Eurostat’s Labour Force Survey (LFS) 2013 ad hoc module on accidents at work and other work-related health problems, and Eurofound’s 6th European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS). The aim was to have a comprehensive ...

May 23, 2017

By European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

GHS Around the World: Not Quite the Harmonized System it's Supposed to Be

You would be hard-pressed to walk into a workplace anywhere in the world and not observe diamond pictograms on containers and binders of safety data sheets (SDSs). Pictograms on labels and SDSs are just two components of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). GHS requires chemical manufacturers and employers to determine the intrinsic hazards of ...

Oct. 12, 2015

By Enhesa - Global EHS & Product Compliance Assurance

Does your organization have a strong safety culture?

Your safety culture reflects your organizations collective response to workplace safety and is evident in shared beliefs, behaviours and values your employees exhibit surrounding safety. A solid safety culture is a good indicator that your workplace injury prevention programs are hitting home with your employees, and while this at times can be difficult to measure, Mark Middlesworth, founder of ...

May 21, 2012

By Intelex Technologies Inc.

A Two Channel Gas Detector for Monitoring Hazardous Gases in the Workplace

The potential for exposure to hazardous gases is a concern in many workplace environments. To ensure the safety of the workers, equipment, and the facility, areas presenting a gas hazard should be monitored by gas detectors. Commercial buildings that share a warehouse with manufacturing and/or service work in the back and offices in the front are a prime place for harmful gases and vapours ...

Jan. 26, 2016

By Critical Environment Technologies Canada Inc. (CETCI)

GTZ chemical management guide for small and medium sized enterprises. Improve chemical management to gain cost savings, reduce hazards and improve safety

Preface This Guide is of interest to companies who want to gain cost savings and reduce risks in the workplace with respect to chemicals used during production. It is especially relevant for companies where chemicals represent a major portion of their running costs. By improving the management of chemicals, companies can lower production costs, improve product quality, reduce their environmental ...

May 31, 2007

By Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

CHEMpendium™ gets favourable reaction from oil company

Calgary, AB.: Elizabeth Malinowski is no stranger to CCOHS. Since joining Shell Canada in 1984, Elizabeth has tested and subscribed to a variety of products from CCOHS in her role as information specialist in the Health, Safety and Sustainable Development Department at Shell. There have been many changes over the years in both the industry and the workplace, and CCOHS products have reflected ...

Nov. 1, 2007

By Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)

Managing health risks in the offshore workplace: Impact on health climate, safety climate and risk identification

The study, conducted in the offshore oil industry (N=1374), sought to examine how the management of health risks in the workplace is assessed and evaluated by the workforce and how these practices influence health climate, safety climate and risk-taking behaviours. Results suggest that employees at worksites engaging in positive health risk management practices were more satisfied that management ...

Dec. 20, 2006

By Inderscience Publishers

FORUM 3: Teaching 'lessons learned'

Occasionally, past bad experiences and mistakes are discussed in the class. The idea is to advise the students not to step into the same mistakes made by others. Although it is somewhat on the negative side, teaching 'lessons learned' indeed is an effective way of passing knowledge to students in addition to teaching what is considered the standard procedures and methods to be followed in the ...

Mar. 4, 2010

By Inderscience Publishers

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