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Top Ten Things You Need to Know About… HEAT STRESS
1. Our bodies get stressed by heat and then are unable to cool down by sweating. EHSWire.com’s “Top 10 Tuesdays” Here at EHSWire.com, we have decided to launch our 2009 “Summer Series” of blog posts. This year we will be devoted to a series called we’re calling “Top Ten Tuesdays”. Every Tuesday throughout the Summer one of our EHS professionals will post his/her blog specifically targeted towards their particular area [...] Looking for Safety & Health Training Services? Let the buyer beware! Not all companies that offer EH&S training services (and therefore not all trainers) are created equal. There is a wide range of quality out there and shopping by price or not checking references and qualifications can result in a nasty surprise. Let’s [...] Sweatshop Conditions in Global Garment Factories – Efforts to Eliminate these Conditions Last week I was fortunate to have attended a series of presentations about eliminating sweatshop conditions in global supply chains at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference. The goal of these presentations was to inform the occupational health and safety [...] Businesses, Charities & Groups that Can Help You be Green Everybody’s jumping on the Green bandwagon and there is a lot of information out there about just how to do that – maybe too much information for the average busier than busy American. It reminds me of the Nilssen song from Midnight [...] Healthy Vision Month 2009 By: Martha Hernandez – EHS Training Manager The National Eye Institute (NEI) has deemed May “Healthy Vision Month”. This year they are emphasizing getting your eyes checked by an eye care professional. Over 11 million Americans have one of the most common (and correctable) vision problems in the [...] Pandemic Response Planning for Businesses By: Dale Wilson – CIH, LEED AP The Swine Flu (H1N1 influenza A) outbreak has created a firestorm of media coverage, but the news focus has concentrated mostly on the possible effects on families, schools, hospitals and communities. All kinds of advice has been released to the public about precautions-with [...] The Importance of Effective and Understandable Training At The Workplace My interest in bilingual safety training started the day I entered a construction site in which a number of Spanish-speaking employees were working in a trench excavated from green soil. As a health and safety professional, my attention was immediately drawn to [...] By: John Quatermas – EHS Consultant Working as a Health & Safety Officer (HSO) at a hazardous waste site presents many challenges. It is our job to insure that workers on the site perform their activities in a manner that protects them and the public from injury or illness. Each hazardous waste site has [...] The Importance of Following OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard 29 CFR 1910.1200 In their attempts to increase workplace efficiency, employers and employees alike sometimes forget about a few basic safety requirements. Most commonly overlooked is OSHA’s Hazardous Communication (HAZCOM) standard which requires employers to provide employees with information “concerning chemical hazards and the [...] |
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