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  HAZMAT

  How to Work Safely with H2S

  Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a naturally occurring chemical compound that is familiar to workers in the oil and gas sector, wastewater processors, and operators of certain...

  By: Daniel Clark | Safety and Quality Management System Specialist

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  Environmental

  Plastic Recycling Symbols Explained

  So much of what we purchase is made from some form of plastic, from water bottles and food containers to packaging materials. As a result, plastic waste in the workplace...

  By: Sophie Bishop

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  Leadership

  5 Career Development Opportunities for Safety Professionals in 2023

  There is nothing boring about being a safety professional. While some of your duties will remain the same from year to year, your job is continuously evolving. Standards...

  By: Scott Cuthbert | CEO & Co-Founder

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  Safety Culture

  Hazards Are the Real Enemy, Not the Safety Team

  The safety team's job is to identify and control workplace hazards. Yet, safety personnel are often viewed as a safety hazard themselves.Despite many attempts to...

  By: Shawn Mantel

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  Process Safety

  How Fail-Safe Design Keeps Workers Safe When Things Go Wrong

  Even if you have the most air-tight safety program, you can't guarantee that your equipment and machinery won't fail.It could happen for a number of reasons...

  By: Daniel Clark | Safety and Quality Management System Specialist

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  Safety Equipment

  Overcoming Challenges to Safeguarding Legacy Machinery

  If your company has been in operation for decades, it's likely that you have some legacy machinery somewhere on site.These machines are manufacturing equipment that...

  By: Shawn Mantel

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  Leadership

  It's Time to Redefine Our Safety Priorities

  The vast majority of large organizations have a health and safety department. That can be something of a misnomer, however, since many of those departments focus...

  By: Karoly Ban Matei | HR and Safety Manager

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  EHS Programs

  4 Major Food Safety Hazards Restaurant Owners Need to Avoid

  Running a restaurant is no easy task. In addition to ensuring that the food tastes great and looks appetizing, you also have to manage food safety hazards - and one...

  By: Violetta Njunina | Head of Sales

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  EHS Programs

  The 3 Pillars of Crane Safety

  Cranes are indispensable for a number of different industries. But keeping everyone safe when you have something so large and powerful on your jobsite requires the...

  By: Daniel Clark | Safety and Quality Management System Specialist

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  Safety Signs

  Sign Blindness Is Real - Here's What You Can Do About It

  Sign, sign - everywhere a sign.Signage is used on nearly every worksite as a way of capturing attention and alerting people to something important. But have you ever...

  By: Daniel Clark | Safety and Quality Management System Specialist

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  EHS Programs

  Safe Work Practices and Safe Job Procedures: What's the Difference?

  Safe Work Practices (SWP) and Safe Work Procedures, or Safe Job Procedures (SJP), are familiar concepts among health and safety professionals. They are part of a...

  By: Karoly Ban Matei | HR and Safety Manager

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  EHS Programs

  A Primer on Administrative Controls

  Once you've identified a hazard in your workplace, you'll need to implement controls to protect workers from it.If you can't eliminate it entirely or...

  By: Daniel Clark | Safety and Quality Management System Specialist