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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ELECTRICAL SAFETY
26 The Most Important
2018 Changes in NFPA 70E
Are you prepared to make the changes in your facility for the 2018 NFPA 70E updates? by David Weszely
EMERGENCY EYEWASH & SHOWERS
30 Testing Your Emergency Showers and Eyewashes Isn’t Just an Annual Thing
With OSHA fine increases of 80 percent taking effect in August 2016, violations for inappropriate or inadequate eyewash and shower equipment have resulted in penalties above $100,000. by Samantha Hoch
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE
34 Have Stakeholders Kept Pace
with Lowered TLVs and RELs?
Why is there so much comfort in the status quo when the people who need the protection of these products require so much more? by Dave Wagner
36 Preventing Worker Exposure to Silica Dust
OSHA has provided three different methods for employers to ensure employees are protected. by Tim Turney
HEALTH & FITNESS
40 Stairway to Health
The link between fire safety and physical activity is causing health and safety experts to promote the daily use of the stairs in multi-story office buildings. by Seth Valchev
BEHAVIOR-BASED SAFETY
42 Social Influences Affect Your
New Employee’s Safety Behavior
The why is important for all employees and is a critical ingredient to all of your safety communications.
by Briand Dishman
departments
4 From the Editor 8 Industry Update 44 New Products
46 Product Spotlights
47 Practical Excellence
by Shawn Galloway
48 Product Literature
48 Classifieds
49 Advertiser Index
50 Breakthrough Strategies
by Robert Pater
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WINTER HAZARDS
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14 Winter is Coming and Bringing Workplace Hazards—Are You Ready?
Add in two backups in case of a widespread disaster. Many companies have an emergency call back, but if there is widespread power or cell outage due to winter events, what is the backup? by Linda J. Sherrard
CHEMICAL SAFETY
18 Five Necessary Components of a Successful Company-wide Crisis Drill Corporate-level crisis planning should become an integral part of your chemical training program—and the formula for creating an effective cross-company drill.
by Catherine Maxey
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY
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Using Technology to Keep Workers
from Falling Through the EHS Cracks
Many of today’s on-demand training solutions are highly affordable and scalable, offering hundreds of individual lessons that can be deployed to workers based on their specific training needs and requirements. by Chuck Haling
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