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All About You: 'Mindful meditation'

August 24, 2014

Richard Hawk

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This month, veteran safety pro turned professional speaker Richard Hawk discusses how to handle negative emotions.

WEB EXTRA: ONLINE GUIDE TO CONGRESS & EXPO

Safety: Putting the pieces together

2014 National Safety Council Congress & Expo

July 27, 2014

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Join the National Safety Council at the world’s largest annual event for safety, health and environmental professionals – the 2014 NSC Congress & Expo. This year’s event, scheduled for Sept. 13-19 in San Diego, is your opportunity to meet with more than 14,000 safety professionals from across the world. Web extra: Online guide to Congress & Expo.

CSB draws scrutiny at House hearing

Recent track record ‘an absolute failure,’ one congressman says

July 27, 2014

Tom Musick

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The Chemical Safety Board has drawn the attention of Congress – for the wrong reasons. During a recent House committee hearing, members of both political parties sharply criticized CSB Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso for alleged leadership and management problems at the agency.

Keep young workers safe

Inexperience and communication issues may put them at risk

July 27, 2014

Thomas J. Bukowski

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Statistics show that 15- to 24-year-old workers are twice as likely as their older co-workers to end up in an emergency department for a workplace injury. What makes the workplace more dangerous for young employees, and what can safety professionals do to help?

Safety Leadership: Getting engagement right

July 27, 2014

Patrick McCorry

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When leaders first engage safety in a real way, they are often surprised by what they learn. Safety is more complex than they thought, more tied to operational excellence, more indicative of the health of the organization, and so on.

Washington Update: I2P2 no longer a priority?

July 27, 2014

Kyle W. Morrison

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When David Michaels took over at OSHA in 2009, and for several years following, he repeatedly called an Injury and Illness Prevention Program Standard his “No. 1 priority.” It seems priorities have changed.

All About You: How do you handle change?

July 27, 2014

Richard Hawk

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This month, veteran safety pro turned professional speaker Richard Hawk discusses how to handle changes in life.

Safety Leadership: Critical conversations: Talking about exposure

July 1, 2014

Ryan Roark and Jacque Stack Cooney

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In a perfect world, safety would be easy. Leaders would look at past incidents, identify how to avoid them and make sure everyone followed the rules. But real life is not so simple. The workplace is always changing – making it critical that employees be able to detect and respond to real-time changes in risk.

Chemical facility safety – updated

A new report outlines the steps OSHA intends to take in the near future

June 22, 2014

Kyle W. Morrison

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OSHA plans to move forward on an update of its Process Safety Management Standard (1910.119) and pursue other potential rule changes within the next year – all part of an interagency federal effort to improve safety and security at chemical facilities, the agency stated in a June 6 report to President Barack Obama.

'We exist to prevent deaths and injuries'

A Q&A with National Safety Council President and CEO Deborah A.P. Hersman

June 22, 2014

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On May 5, Deborah A.P. Hersman became president and CEO of the National Safety Council. As she begins her new role, Hersman – former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board – speaks about her passion for safety and her intent to challenge the “status quo.”