Latest Employee Health Articles
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HAZMAT
Toxic Heavy Metals and Occupational Cancer Risks
Heavy metals are still in prevalent use across the United States. For that reason, industrial workers and employers need to be well informed about the negative health...
By: Jonathan Sharp
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Industrial Hygiene
5 Major Benefits of Working with an Industrial Hygienist
Every organization wants to make safety a priority. In some cases, they even set incredibly ambitious goals for themselves, like bringing incident rates down to zero.In...
By: Jonathan Sharp
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Industrial Hygiene
Why You Should Hire an Industrial Hygienist
Every health and safety professional faces an important challenge: ensuring that workers are as safe as they possibly can be while on the job. However, we frequently...
By: Jonathan Sharp
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Leadership
The Best Safety Motto of All Time
You might not realize it, but you've already heard the best safety motto that's even been written.It's the creed of the Three Musketeers: "all for one...
By: Bryan McWhorter | Lead Safety Advisor, Author, Writer, Speaker
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HAZMAT
What Is Secondary Exposure to Asbestos and How Can You Prevent It?
Asbestos exposure doesn't always end at work. Unfortunately, whenever an employee is at risk of exposure, so are their loved ones.That's because of a phenomenon...
By: Safeopedia Staff
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Mental Health
Addressing Mental Illness and Workplace Safety
This article is based on the Stopping the Stigma: Best Practices for Addressing Mental Illness and Workplace Safety webinar. Register now to learn more!Mental health is...
By: Bennett Cuthbert | Writer
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Safeopedia Podcasts
Meet the Author: Dave Rebbitt
In this episode of Meet the Author we speak with Author Dave Rebbitt about his book "Harassment and Workplace Violence Investigations: A Practical Guide" and...
By: Tamara Parris
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Mental Health
Why Stress Should Be Treated as a Serious Workplace Hazard
Stress is a risk factor for basically every ailment you can think of - from life-threatening conditions like atherosclerosis all the way down the benign and seemingly...
By: Daniel Clark
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Employee Health
Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in the Construction Industry
Stress and anxiety are having an enormous impact on the construction industry.The job site itself is full of stressors, but those are compounded by factors that extend...
By: Jack Rubinger
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Employee Health
How to Deal with Workplace Hazards that Have Latent Effects
Quick, think of a hazard!If you’re like me, you imagined something dramatic – an open pit, a lightning bolt, an exploding gas tank. Maybe you just pictured...
By: Daniel Clark
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Employee Health
How to Handle COVID in Remote Working Locations
Working in remote locations creates unique challenges for managing numerous safety issues. The advent of COVID-19 has only added to this problem.An outbreak at a remote...
By: Todd Wells
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Employee Health
4 Solutions to Eliminate Arc Flash Hazards in the Workplace
Companies all over the world put electrical safety programs into place to protect their teams from electrical injuries and casualties, and to prevent fire damage on...
By: Safeopedia Staff
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