Aris Industries

While workplace fatalities rates are on the decline, the total number of people who will die while employed is rising.

Full article: A Sign of the Times: The OSH Pro’s Role in Grief Management
Source: Safety Best Practices

OSH pros should remain alert to trends. A trend that impacts the world is a “megatrend.” OSH pros should act when they encounter a megatrend.   

Full article: Fertility Rate Megatrend: Are OSH Pros Aware of Their Involvement?
Source: Safety Best Practices

How do psychological safety, authentic relationships, and emotional connection drive operational excellence?

Full article: Leading Safety Performance from the Heart
Source: Safety Best Practices

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act final rule includes an industrial hygienist because an IH’s observations and skills are rooted at the workplace. IHs are trained to use the hierarchy of controls to achieve reasonable accommodation for pregnant workers. 

Full article: EHS Pros Should Have Ethical Duty to Understand All Laws Regarding Worker Safety
Source: Safety Best Practices

A practical way to reduce high-consequence events without relying on luck, warnings, or slogans.

Full article: Risk-Weighted Work: Matching Task Exposure to Experience and Brain Science
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Views of a “renegade” industrial hygiene faction believe that the AIHA is more than just an obstacle to the success of the PWFA.

Full article: The Industrial Hygiene Law Project Redux
Source: Safety Best Practices

EU’s EMF Directive requires employers to conduct and communicate risk assessments, especially for EMF sources measured above action levels.

Full article: What Should You Do About Electromagnetic Fields in the Workplace?
Source: Safety Best Practices

The rise of intellectual diversity and controversial beliefs in the occupational health and safety community.

Full article: How Varied Perspectives Will Shape the Future of Workplace OHS Practices
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OHS pros that report through the safety and health department are mostly influenced by OSHA compliance. OHS pros that report to HR lean more to a workers’ compensation mindset. OHS pros that report through production are heavily influenced by costs and hierarchy of controls. 

Full article: Personal Liability for Your Negligence? Why OHS Pros Today Need a Legal Mindset
Source: Safety Best Practices

Occupational safety and industrial hygiene — which one should be emphasized for your professional growth in the coming years?

Full article: Professional Growth: Occupational Safety or IH?
Source: Safety Best Practices