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TABLE OF CONTENTS
OCTOBER 2018 | Volume 87, Number 10 | www.ohsonline.com
OH&S 2018 New Product of the Year Entrants
(as of Sept. 4, 2018) 3M
Ansell
Archangel Devices LLC Avery Products Blackline Safety Bradley Corp
CBS ArcSafe, Inc. CleanSpace Technology Cority
DuPont Personal Protection e-Hazard
Ergodyne
EXAIR Corporation
Gateway Safety
Gensuite LLC
GORE
Honeywell
Impacto Protective Products Ironclad Performance Wear
KEEN Utility
Majestic Glove
The Master Lock Company MCR Safety
Molex
MSA Safety
New Pig
Night Tech Gear
Petzl
Sensidyne
SSM Industries, Inc.
SW Safety Solutions
Triax Technologies, Inc.
US Netting
Verisk 3E
WernerCo
Westex by Milliken Wolverine World Wide
FOOT PROTECTION
84 Foot Injuries: Why They Matter and
How to Avoid Them in Any Workplace
Supportive footwear with added comfort and shock absorp- tion can prevent injury, illness, and fatigue. by Kevan Orvitz
RISK MANAGEMENT
88 The Economics of Workplace Safety
Case studies revealing the relationships between safety and productivity are backed up by organizations that gather global statistics on incidents. by R. Todd Swinderman
departments
4 From the Editor
8 Industry Update 28 NSC New Products 92 New Products
94 Product Spotlights 96 Product Literature
96 Classifieds
97 Advertiser Index
98 Breakthrough Strategies
by Brian Pater and Robert Pater
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ADVISORY BOARD
Leo J. DeBobes, MA (OH&S), CSP, CHCM, CPEA, CSC, EMT
Stony Brook University Medical Center Stony Brook, NY
Scott Lawson
The Scott Lawson Companies Concord, N.H.
Angelo Pinheiro, CSP, CRSP, CPEA
Senior HES Professional Marathon Oil Company Houston, Texas
William H. Weems, DrPH, CIH
Director, Environmental & Industrial Programs University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Henry Wright, MBA, CFPS, CECD
Senior Vice President & Senior Director — Risk Solutions McGriff Insurance Services, Inc.
Charlotte, N.C.
EMERITUS
Barry R. Weissman, MBA
Green Valley, Ariz.
INDUSTRY UPDATE
On the Move
Russell B. Leavitt, execu-
tive chairman of Telgian
Holdings, Inc., recently
was named second vice
chairman of the National
Fire Protection Asso-
ciation. Leavitt serves
on several NFPA Tech-
nical Committees and is the chair of the Technical Committee on Sprinkler System Discharge Criteria (NFPA 13), according to Telgian’s news release. Telgian (www. telgian.com) is a fire and life safety engi- neering and consulting company based in Phoenix, Ariz. . . . The International Glove Association (http://internationalgloveas- sociation.org/) recently appointed Rodney Taylor, global PPE sales and marketing manager at D3O, to its board of directors. Taylor has more than 15 years’ experience in the safety industry, having worked as a researcher at the NASA Langley Research Center and at DuPont before joining D3O global to develop and introduce the com- pany’s technologies for the PPE sector. “I’m
honored to have been appointed to repre- sent D3O as a member of the IGA board of directors,” Taylor said. “D3O has a solid track record pushing the boundaries in hand protection, helping develop standards to simplify the PPE selection process and bring innovative products to the market- place, so I know I have a great team around me. My experience allows me to address the challenges in achieving excellence in hand protection from the
perspective of the OEM as well as the end user, and my aim is to bring this expertise to serve the IGA, its members, and its beneficiaries.” . . . Phoe- nix-based ABUS USA re- cently welcomed Morgan Lewis as its first exclusive company outside sales representative and also added Robert O’Boyle as U.S. operations man- ager. The company’s an- nouncement said Lewis is a 20-year industry vet-
eran who will support the development of sales through ABUS USA’s growing lock-
RUSSELL B. LEAVITT
MORGAN LEWIS
ROBERT O’BOYLE
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TELGIAN HOLDINGS, INC.
ABUS USA ABUS USA