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Safety
Solutions Monthly eNews for September 2008 |
Welcome to Safety Solutions, the e-newsletter
that provides you with
ideas and information you can put to use in your workplace. Each
month,
Safety Solutions delivers articles focused on improving
occupational
safety and health programs, controlling costs and keeping
employees safe
and healthy at work and at home. |
In This
Issue:
1. Injuries Hurt:
Are You Talking Too Much About Safety?
2. The National
Safety Survey: You Talk and We Listen
3. New
Podcast: Workplace Violence
4. Working and
Playing in the Outdoor Heat
5. Friend
or Foe? Do Your Colleagues Try to Make You Look Bad on the Job?
6.
International Safety: Summit Encourages Safety Culture
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3. New Podcast: Workplace Violence
What are the best ways to recognize and address the potential for
violence in the workplace? What is a company to do when it needs to use
hex chrome in its operations but wants to eliminate the risk? And can an
"absolute zero" safety program be effective? Find out by listening to
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 Ergonomics and the Aging Work
Force
Cindy Roth, CEO of Ergonomic Technologies Corp., shares her thoughts on
ergonomics and the aging work force; Associate Editor Katherine Torres
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from combustible dust explosions; and Dr. James Herdegen of the Sleep
Science Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago explains how
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Did you miss our latest Webinars? It's not too
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Webinar: Can You Hear Me Now?
Quantifying Noise, Assessing Exposure, & Evaluating Results
The human ear is an intricate, highly sensitive yet incredibly durable
system with extraordinary capabilities. Noise surrounds us at all
times, including in the workplace, while commuting, as we are
entertained, and even as we try to rest. It is not surprising that
noise
is one of the most pervasive health hazards found in our lives.
This one hour presentation looked at the importance of measuring
noise, discussed various noise assessment methods, and provided a look
at
sample noise results. The webinar was designed to discuss sound
measurement for hearing conservation program exposure assessment
through
both noise dosimetry and task-based analysis, measures for noise
control
applications and environmental or community noise metrics.
Webinar: Is Safety About Achieving Success or Avoiding
Failure?
We have defined safety for so long as the lack of accidents that
we are beginning to lose sight of the objective. When accidents go away
for a while is it because of safety success or is it simply luck or
normal variation? This webinar explores what safety might look like
rather than simply the lack of accidents.
Learn the ten signs that safety is at work in your organization and how
to tell if the accidents are responding to your efforts or other
forces.
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