December 2016 -- Safety+Health magazine, published by the National Safety Council

Safety+Health

December 2016

Volume: 194

Edition: 6

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2016 OSHA's Top 10 Most Cited Viloations

OSHA’s Top 10 Most Cited Violations for 2016

November 26, 2016

Tom Musick

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Safety+Health presents OSHA's most frequently cited violations for fiscal year 2016. Also: the annual "penalty box" detailing the year's largest fines, and an exclusive interview with Patrick Kapust, deputy director of OSHA's Directorate of Enforcement Programs.

OSHA updates guidelines for safety program management

November 26, 2016

Sarah Trotto

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OSHA has updated the agency’s Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines for the first in nearly 30 years, a move OSHA administrator David Michaels calls “a great step forward.”

Workers and diacetyl: 5 things to know

From microwave popcorn manufacturing workers to coffee roasters, employees who work with certain flavoring chemicals may be at risk for lung disease

November 26, 2016

Sarah Trotto

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From workers at microwave popcorn plants to coffee roasters, people who work with the flavoring chemicals diacetyl and 2,3-pentanedione may be at risk for bronchiolitis obliterans, an irreversible disease also known as “popcorn lung.”

A look back at the 2016 NSC Congress & Expo

November 26, 2016

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Safety+Health provides a recap of the biggest news out of the 2016 NSC Congress & Expo, which took place Oct. 15-21 in Anaheim, CA.

Editor's Note: The role of enforcer

November 27, 2016

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Editor Melissa J. Ruminski discusses safety enforcement.

Safety Leadership: A resolution for 2017: Be an intentional safety leader

November 26, 2016

Steven Luttrull

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Steven Luttrull from DEKRA Insight discusses why leaders “cannot afford to be on autopilot or get caught up in a routine that is known, comfortable or easy to check off the list.”