October 2015 Archives - Safety+Health Magazine

Features

Columns

Editor’s Note: Painkillers, workers and families

Safety+Health Editor Melissa Ruminski writes about how the use of prescription drugs is having an impact on workers.

Washington Update: The recordkeeping workaround

Three years ago, a court handed down a decision that restricted OSHA’s ability to cite employers for recordkeeping violations. Now the agency is hoping to work around that decision through a new proposed rule.

Safety Leadership: Technology is changing safety: 4 areas to watch

This month, Colin Duncan from DEKRA Insight, discusses how “personal wearable devices and mobile phones to equipment sensors and ‘smart’ machines – is rapidly changing the nature of our organizations and how we run them.”

The Campbell Institute: Innovating our management practices: Taking a new look at Prevention through Design

This month, Robert Bulger, chief project officer and vice president – HSEQ for WHPacific, writes about taking “into an integrated operations role, ensuring requirements lead into design, which leads into operations, which successfully permeates the culture of the organization.”

Safety Tips

Prescription painkillers and the workforce

The number of Americans dying from prescription painkiller overdoses has quadrupled since 1999, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Injured workers are often prescribed narcotics to help relieve their pain. The National Safety Council has launched an initiative aimed at preventing overdoses.

Workplace Solutions

Dangerous beauty: Salon worker health is in the spotlight

Nail and hair salon workers are routinely exposed to potentially hazardous chemicals that can cause respiratory issues, skin disorders and other health problems. As recent reports bring attention to the hazards these workers face, safety advocates are calling for stronger protections.

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