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New ASTM SIF Standard: What It Means for Internal Injury Reporting

ASTM International recently released ASTM E2920-26, an updated standard that introduces a more structured approach to recording and evaluating workplace injuries, illnesses, and Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) events. The new standard is designed to help organizations move beyond traditional injury reporting and focus more closely on incidents that have the potential to result in…

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Watch Out for These 5 Types of Environmental Hazards

Watch Out for These 5 Types of Environmental Hazards

06.04.2019 Compliance
Preventing environmental hazards is crucial to the success of any company regardless of the scale of operations or industry. The…
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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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Mugno withdraws from consideration as OSHA head

Mugno withdraws from consideration as OSHA head

05.17.2019 Current Events
Washington – Already in its longest period without a permanent administrator, OSHA will have to wait even longer, as Scott…
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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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Here We Grow Again: NASP ATPs Expand Global Network

Here We Grow Again: NASP ATPs Expand Global Network

05.14.2019 Current Events
NASP/IASP is delighted to announce our network has expanded. We would like to formally introduce two of our new Authorized…
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Distracted Driving tops Drunk Driving as #1 Hazard

Distracted Driving tops Drunk Driving as #1 Hazard

05.14.2019 Current Events
Drivers distracted by their cell phones are a growing threat on U.S. roads, and they’re at least as dangerous as…
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Causes, Costs of Injuries in 8 Industries

Causes, Costs of Injuries in 8 Industries

05.14.2019 Compliance
The 2019 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index is more specific than in previous years. This year’s index, for the first…
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Anhydrous Ammonia Leak Hospitalizes 38

Anhydrous Ammonia Leak Hospitalizes 38

05.14.2019 Current Events
Nearly 40 individuals, comprised of mostly emergency responders, are hospitalized after a leaking anhydrous ammonia tank being transported by a…
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NASP Talks Training

NASP Talks Training

05.14.2019 Current Events
Anhydrous ammonia, among many other chemicals, can pose serious hazards to human health. As we’ve seen in this article, emergency…
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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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