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How to Assess and Prioritize Risks in the Workplace

How to Assess and Prioritize Risks in the Workplace

As a safety manager, you understand that identifying and preparing for risks is crucial to maintaining a safe, productive work environment. Every workplace presents different risks, and organizations prioritize them differently, too. Therefore, having a targeted, detailed approach for your facility is paramount. Learn key tips on how to assess and prioritize risks in the…

Workers Memorial Day

If we were to poll workers and leaders within organizations about what workplace safety means to them, we would receive many different answers. Most of these answers will fit within one of three categories: In this article, we will mention all three of these, but we mainly want to focus on the latter, safety, for…

Don’t Miss Out: Register Now for NASP’s Live Certified Safety Manager (CSM) Classes Before They Fill Up!

If you’ve been considering advancing your safety career with NASP’s Certified Safety Manager (CSM) course, there’s no better time to act. Our upcoming live classes are filling fast — and if you wait, you may miss your chance to secure the training you need in 2025. These in-person sessions are more than just a learning…

Safety on the Edge: Redefining What a Safety Conference Can Be

On March 25–26, safety professionals from around the globe gathered at the historic Claremont Hotel in Berkeley, California, for Safety on the Edge—a groundbreaking conference that challenged conventional thinking and sparked meaningful dialogue about the future of workplace safety. Proudly co-sponsored by NASP, this two-day event stood out as a bold reimagining of what a…

CSB Releases Second Volume of Chemical Incident Reports, Highlighting Continued Safety Failures

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has released a second volume of incident reports detailing 25 serious chemical releases that occurred across 14 states between May 2020 and August 2024. The new report expands on the agency’s efforts to improve transparency by offering detailed accounts of each incident, including probable causes, injuries,…

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The Process and Benefits of Process Safety

The Process and Benefits of Process Safety

06.25.2019 Compliance
When working with hazardous substances, materials or energy, organizations are required to prevent or control incidents that have the potential…
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How to Keep Heavy Equipment Operations on Track

How to Keep Heavy Equipment Operations on Track

06.19.2019 Compliance
Operating heavy machines can be a dangerous job — even when the equipment is functioning as it should, and employees…
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Extreme Heat Impacts Injuries, Study Reveals

Extreme Heat Impacts Injuries, Study Reveals

06.04.2019 Compliance
Extreme heat affects workers’ health by creating conditions in which illnesses can arise, but new research shows high temperatures have…
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Protecting Workers from the Effects of Heat

Protecting Workers from the Effects of Heat

06.04.2019 Compliance
As much of the Southeast is battling record high temperatures this late Spring, NASP thought we would share with you…
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Improving Safety Knowledge Retention Rates

Improving Safety Knowledge Retention Rates

05.29.2019 Compliance
People seem attentive during training but afterwards they quickly forget what they’ve learned. What steps can I take to improve…
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The Habit of Safety

The Habit of Safety

05.22.2019 Compliance
Forming, Changing and Reinforcing Key Safety Behaviors By definition, safety professionals are responsible for controlling exposure to risk. As a…
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Safety from the Shadows

Safety from the Shadows

05.15.2019 Compliance
The Problem of Informal Social Power in Industrial Safety Safety is about good intentions. What nobler goal could there be…
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Locking Out Decision Fatigue

Locking Out Decision Fatigue

05.07.2019 Compliance
If you wanted to summarize the safety profession for a layperson, you would do well to start with lockout/tagout (LOTO)…
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DOT HAZMAT Shipping Key Definitions

DOT HAZMAT Shipping Key Definitions

04.30.2019 Compliance
What are the DOT HAZMAT Shipping Key Definitions? Dangerous goods: Interchangeable with the term “hazardous materials” and mainly used in…
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Controlling Hazardous Energy with Lockout/Tagout—Common Challenges and Best Practices

Controlling Hazardous Energy with Lockout/Tagout—Common Challenges and Best Practices

04.23.2019 Compliance
We have found that only about 10 percent of companies run effective lockout programs. In fact, we have observed that…
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Temporary structure, permanent safety

Temporary structure, permanent safety

04.17.2019 Compliance
Help keep employees safe during all stages of scaffolding work On a November day in 1994, a 60-year-old painter foreman…
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Trenching and excavation safety

Trenching and excavation safety

04.12.2019 Compliance
Proper protective systems, competent person key to incident prevention George Kennedy can recall multiple incidents involving unprotected workers and trench…
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