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“Generally to be forever on the alert to enthuse Safety Committees in their work; to find ways and means of making everybody from Manager to Office Boy a booster for Safety.”

Washington – Devices that notify parents if they forget a child in their parked motor vehicle are “inconsistent and unreliable” as standalone heatstroke preventions, according to a study from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Product Focus: Eye protection

This safety inspection app enables safety professionals to document construction and general industry violations.

Washington – The National Response Team recently published new guidance on keeping emergency responders safe and healthy.

From afar, safety glasses seem pretty similar. Look closer, though, and you may notice subtle differences that can have a huge impact on worker safety and compliance. Here, experts offer their advice on a safety product that is more complicated than it looks.

The Behavior-Based Safety iTrac app allows safety personnel to document individual behaviors by location and record actions as either safe or unsafe.

Silver Spring, MD – Although many people who take OSHA-approved construction safety courses believe the training is beneficial and improves safety, more research is needed to determine the training’s impact and value, according to a recent study.

Scientific reports over the past three decades have identified lead as a health hazard. Elevated blood-lead levels have been associated with adverse effects on kidney, nervous system, reproductive and cardiovascular functions. At very high levels, long-term exposure to lead can cause seizures, coma and death.

In an informal online poll conducted in July/August 2012, Safety+Health readers were asked if they had ever contested an OSHA citation. Commenters who had contested explained why.