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02/01/2025

🧠💼 A new free toolkit is available to help employers support their teams with mental health resources, training, and best practices. ⬇️

🔗https://www.ishn.com/articles/114590-free-toolkit-to-support-mental-health-in-the-workplace

The online toolkit aims to empower business owners, managers, and supervisors to build a workplace culture where employees feel safe, respected, and valued.

02/01/2025

⚖️ Debating deregulation: A new administration might aim to reduce OSHA's regulatory burden on businesses. But what does it mean for worker safety? Dive into the details and the potential impact in this column:

https://www.ishn.com/articles/114572-deregulation-of-osha-to-reduce-the-burden-on-business

Regulatory actions, when carefully designed, serve critical societal purposes, such as safeguarding workers, public health, and the environment. However, these regulations come with compliance costs that can burden businesses.

01/31/2025

Free resource available thanks to J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. !
https://www.ishn.com/articles/114585-record-breaking-year-for-state-labor-law-posting-changes-prompts-j-j-keller-to-offer-free-resource

With over 80 mandatory state labor law posting changes, 2024 was a year for the record books, making it even more difficult for companies to stay in compliance.

01/31/2025

What if you could predict and prevent falls before they happen? 📊 A data-driven approach is helping construction safety teams identify risks and take action before tragedy strikes. ⬇️

🔗 https://www.ishn.com/articles/114576-a-data-driven-approach-to-construction-fall-prevention

Improvements will require a paradigm shift towards a more nuanced, data-driven strategy that strives to identify and fix the root causes of both accidents and observed exposures.

01/31/2025

Head protection just got an upgrade! 🧢 The ISEA has released a new bump cap safety standard to help protect workers from minor head injuries in low-risk environments. ⬇️

🔗 https://www.ishn.com/articles/114567-isea-releases-new-bump-cap-safety-standard

Until now, however, there was no industry standard for these products in the United States.

01/30/2025

⚠️ OSHA cites a Florida fertilizer manufacturer for safety failures after a worker’s death. 🌱⚙️

https://www.ishn.com/articles/114568-florida-fertilizer-manufacturer-cited-for-safety-failures-after-workers-death

OSHA investigators find fatal incident could have been prevented with proper safety precautions.

01/30/2025

Meatpacking company to offer $4M to address child labor issues.
https://www.ishn.com/articles/114570-osha-and-nations-largest-meat-packing-processor-to-address-child-labor-compliance

JBS USA Food Co. will provide $4M to assist individuals and communities impacted by child labor.

01/30/2025

🦺 Evolving with the times! Industrial hygiene is constantly adapting to new challenges, technologies, and risks. Find out why the phrase has fallen out of favor and what's changing for safety professionals.

https://www.ishn.com/articles/114565-industrial-hygiene-changes-with-the-times

I wrote an article for ISHN called “Is industrial hygiene as you know it disappearing?” The answer is yes, industrial hygiene is disappearing — as a term, not as the traditional practice.

01/29/2025

🔍 Prevent accidents before they happen! Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) is a game-changer for proactive maintenance. Learn how it can help detect issues early and keep workplaces safer. ⚙️

https://www.ishn.com/articles/114574-using-ndt-in-your-proactive-maintenance-strategy-to-prevent-accidents

Proactive maintenance is a strategy to prevent human error, deteriorating machines and similar incidents. Part of this approach is nondestructive testing, which helps facility managers address potential problems long before they escalate.

01/29/2025

🚨 OSHA shifts gears on COVID-19 regulations! The agency has officially ended healthcare rulemaking for COVID-19.

https://www.ishn.com/articles/114566-osha-terminates-covid-19-healthcare-rulemaking

On June 21, 2021, OSHA issued an Emergency Temporary Standard to protect workers from COVID-19 in healthcare settings.

01/29/2025

⚠️ An investigation reveals a contractor could have avoided a worker’s drowning with proper safety measures.. 🚧🌊

https://www.ishn.com/articles/114563-investigation-finds-contractor-could-have-prevented-workers-drownin

OSHA finds that North Carolina site lacked worker training, proper PPE.

01/27/2025

Registration is now open for ASSP annual conference and expo. Will you be attending in Orlando this year?
https://www.ishn.com/articles/114571-registration-opens-for-assps-safety-2025-in-orlando

Safety 2025 offers workplace safety and health professionals a vast networking experience while giving them opportunities to learn about best practices, industry trends and the latest product innovations.

01/27/2025

🚦 Zero deaths is the goal! OSHA and the National Safety Council’s Road to Zero Coalition are teaming up to save lives. 🚗

https://www.ishn.com/articles/114569-osha-national-safety-council-road-to-zero-coalition-join-forces

In 2023, the Bureau of Labor Statistics found transportation-related incidents caused 36.8 percent of the 5,283 fatal work injuries in the U.S., underscoring the critical need for action.

01/27/2025

🤔 Think you can outsmart AI? Put your safety skills to the test with our "Pros vs. AI: Spot the Safety Issue" challenge!💡 We'll be posting the first image on LinkedIn on Friday!

👉 http://www.ishn.com/articles/114573-pros-vs-ai-spot-the-safety-issue-are-you-up-to-the-challenge

Join in on our workplace safety hazards photo challenge beginning in February! The fun is in seeing the role AI plays in identifying safety hazards and whether it can be trusted.

01/17/2025

🚨 Safety ignored again! OSHA cites a sausage maker for repeatedly exposing workers to serious hazards.

🌭 https://www.ishn.com/articles/114564-sausage-maker-cited-by-osha-for-continuing-to-expose-workers-to-safety-hazards

Repeat violations include improper lockout/tagout procedures, not training employees, exposing workers to hazardous chemicals, and other serious and non-serious violations.

01/16/2025

⚠️ OSHA reports a soap manufacturer failed to protect workers during a chemical gas incident. Learn the critical lessons from this case to safeguard your team. 🛡️

https://www.ishn.com/articles/114562-osha-soap-manufacturer-failed-to-protect-workers-in-chemical-gas-incident

A dozen workers were hospitalized in chemical gas release in July 2024.

01/16/2025

📢 Transparency in action! The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is stepping up to share more information with the public.

https://www.ishn.com/articles/114561-us-chemical-safety-board-to-provide-the-public-with-more-information

Each Incident Report includes a summary of the event and its probable cause – information that has not previously been released to the public.

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