occupational health and safety management Articles
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NOSHCON is proud to have Mr Jim Harris as Environmental Speaker
NOSHCON, Nosa"s annual international Conference on Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Management welcomes Jim Harris, environmental guru and Number 1 best seller at their event. For more information, contact the NOSHCON office: noshcon@nosa.co.za ...
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Incident Management Made Simple
No matter how many safety meetings you hold or how many safety policies your company strives to implement, accidents and injuries are bound to happen eventually. In some cases, these slips, falls and injuries are unpreventable, but incident management software may be able to reduce and even eliminate workplace incidents. Incident Management Software for EHS While an accident occurring in ...
By EHS Insight
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Navigating International Health and Safety Standards: How Consultants Can Help
As companies expand into global markets, navigating international health and safety standards can be daunting. Different countries and regions have unique regulations and standards, making it challenging for organizations to comply with them. This is where international health and safety consultants can play a vital role. This article will discuss the importance of international health and safety ...
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Risk management programme for occupational safety and health in surface mining operations
This paper describes a systematic risk analysis process for occupational safety and health (OSH). A concept of technological risk management and risk assessment is applied. A review of published risk management and assessment applications for various industries is presented and a generalised approach to risk management for OSH in surface mining is proposed. The approach consists of six phases. ...
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The 3 Most Influential Topics of ASSE’s Safety 2016
Last week, Intelex had the pleasure of attending the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Safety 2016 Conference. Recognized as one of the must-attend safety events, this year’s ASSE conference brought over 600 exhibitors and more than 4,000 occupational health and safety (OHS) professionals to Atlanta, Georgia to discuss emerging topics and trends relating to safety ...
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The business case: good occupational safety and health is good business
Studies, research and numerous real-life examples show that good occupational safety and health (OSH) management practices, in addition to protecting workers’ health, can have significant benefits in terms of productivity and cost-effectiveness. Good OSH is also key to helping companies retain older workers. Studies estimate that for every euro invested in OSH, there is a ...
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Is there any other professional discipline that struggles for identity as much as EHS, HSE, SHE, QEHS, HSSE, etc…?
In a recent blog post Enhesa invited readers to participate in a short four question survey to examine if there was anything approaching a consensus regarding the acronyms used within the industry in their job titles and daily roles. In this article we will examine the responses from more than 100 people from across the occupational health, safety and environmental management community who ...
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TechConnect conference will include panel on safety and innovation as partners for success in advanced manufacturing
The TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo, which will be held May 14-17, 2017, in Washington, D.C., will include a panel discussion on May 16, 2017, on “Safety and Innovation as Partners for Success in Advanced Manufacturing” as part of the Advanced Manufacturing Symposium. The session description states that as emerging and novel technologies, materials, and information ...
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Leveraging the Web for Environmental Quality, Health and Safety
Untitled Document The principles of continual improvement from management systems such as ISO 14001 and Six Sigma are well known. Less clear is how these principles can be applied to environmental quality, health and safety (EQH&S) performance. In today's competitive business world, it's difficult for an organization to find time to proactively implement and manage ...
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Which risk approach to protect occupational health and safety? Evidence from Italian regulations
Occupational accidents are one of the greatest causes of death and injury. Each year, more than 2.3 million people die from accidents at work and approximately 317 million people are victims of non–fatal occupational diseases. The magnitude of the problem has inspired the introduction, at both international and national level, of legal rules to protect health and safety at work. This paper ...
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What is Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)?
High risk industries, like the chemical and manufacturing industries, are highly regulated to help prevent Major Accident Hazards like explosions, fires and toxic chemical releases-but it wasn’t always that way. Most process safety regulations around the world were put into place after major safety incidents occurred. In Europe, for example, several process safety incidents in the 1970s ...
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Unsafe situations under control: from a legal register to a near miss system - Case Study
Zero accidents and zero environmental incidents — this is the ambitious goal of the chemical company INEOS Köln. High safety standards are what has characterized the site for decades. In order to further improve this exemplary achievement, the producer of basic chemicals has implemented Quentic software. Since 2014, the company has been using the software to record and analyze unsafe ...
By Quentic GmbH
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Industry Experts Address Solutions for Major Safety and Environmental Hazards and Risks Prevalent in Fossil-Fuel Power Plants
The upcoming marcus evans HSE Excellence for Fossil Generation Conference — set to take place August 6–8, 2013, in Dallas, Texas — will address critical challenges and lessons learned in the industry to drive solution-based topics, including worksite safety management, confined space, safety training, fall protection, EPA regulations, combustible dust, electrical arc flash, ...
By Marcus Evans
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Do You Need A Safety Management System?
Managing workplace safety is an important goal that many corporations have recognized as a logical and effective way to provide a better environment for employees to work in, and to cut corporate costs. A key component in safety management is the software system used to record, manage, and analyze safety related data. With an effective system, the safety team can see exactly where accidents and ...
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