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This Learning and Safety Management System helps companies reduce incidents and improve productivity by creating learning moments from real-world operations. The LSMS auto-populates information from real-world incidents and near misses into “in-the-moment” newsflashes and can be incorporated directly into training sessions.

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.

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.

In addition to industry-specific technical knowledge, what other knowledge or skills are important for safety professionals to have?

Washington – The House passed a bill July 24 prohibiting the Department of Labor from developing a rule that would place certain labor restrictions on youths working on farms – a rule the department had previously announced it was abandoning.

Baltimore – August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety month, and the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center is advising parents to make sure young athletes wear eye protection when playing high-risk sports. High-risk sports include fencing, boxing, soccer, basketball, softball, lacrosse and baseball, the center said.

Product Focus: Eye protection

A webinar on the factors and science affecting the trend toward daily wear comfort in protective apparel, sponsored by Milliken and Amplitude Flame Resistent Fabric.

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.

Washington – A bill that would sharply curb federal government agencies’ ability to develop and issue regulations passed out of the House July 26 mostly along partisan lines.