The industrial internet of things (IIoT) has significantly impacted safety for workers and entire companies, and many results are undoubtedly positive.
However, since IIoT devices connect to the internet, organizations must follow cybersecurity best practices to ensure cybercriminals don’t infiltrate systems and cause dangerous malfunctions.
Full article: Safety culture in the age of IIoT
Source: Safety Best Practices
OSHA’s 'Top 10' most-cited violations for fiscal year 2018
Which violation is making its first appearance on OSHA’s annual list of most-cited violations? Safety+Health presents the data on OSHA’s “Top 10” for fiscal year 2018. Also: An exclusive Q&A with Patrick Kapust, deputy director of the agency’s Directorate of Enforcement Programs.
Full article: OSHA’s ‘Top 10’ most-cited violations for fiscal year 2018
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Safety Leadership: How much time ‘should’ leaders spend on safety?
“As with most seemingly simple questions, the answer is more complex,” say DEKRA Insight’s Don Groover and Rick Smith, who contend that “one important point to understand … is where the organization is on its safety journey.”
Full article: Safety Leadership: How much time ‘should’ leaders spend on safety?
Source: Safety Leadership
How to make safety training stick
We all know that good safety training helps to keep workers safe. But anyone who ever crammed for a test in school knows that something you memorize for just one day is something you’ll forget next week. So what can you do to ensure that the safety lessons learned in training stick with your workers on the job?
Full article: How to make safety training stick
Source: Safety Best Practices
How a good workplace safety program got even better
A Pennsylvania metal parts manufacturer thought it already had an “exceptional” safety program when it reached out to a government program for assistance. Brockway-based Phoenix Sintered Metals, LLC, a family-owned manufacturer of sintered (compacted and formed without liquefaction) metal parts, is “committed to continuous improvement,” according to the company.
Full article: How a good workplace safety program got even better
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How dangerous are robotics to workplace safety, really?
Robots are becoming increasingly popular in workplaces around the globe, especially cobots, the machines designed to work next to humans. But when considering implementing any technology, it’s essential to keep safety at the forefront.
What possibilities exist for robots malfunctioning and hurting people or otherwise compromising worker well-being?
Full article: How dangerous are robotics to workplace safety, really?
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Total Worker Health in the spotlight at ASSP event
The National Institute for Occupational Safety’s (NIOSH) Total Worker Health® (TWH) model will be the focus of a session at the American Society of Safety Professionals’ (ASSP) Seminarfest 2019 in Las Vegas.
Full article: Total Worker Health in the spotlight at ASSP event
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Commercial fishing even more dangerous without PFDs
Personal flotation devices (PFDs) save lives – especially in the commercial fishing industry, one of the most dangerous occupations, with a fatality rate in the U.S. 29 times higher than the national average.
Full article: Commercial fishing even more dangerous without PFDs
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A Spill drill action plan
Like so many things in life, our most productive work experiences are often a result of our willingness to try something new. In his 1962 book “Diffusion of Innovations,” Everett Rodgers popularized a theory outlining how innovation moves through a social system.
Full article: A Spill drill action plan
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Don’t overlook storage, care & use of PAPR batteries
Although it’s an intricate piece of equipment with a number of components — including a facepiece, a breathing tube and a blower that passes contaminated air through a HEPA filter — a powered air purifying respirator (PAPR) depends heavily on something fairly ordinary in order to function well: a battery.
Full article: Don’t overlook storage, care & use of PAPR batteries
Source: Safety Best Practices