August 2010

Cover Story & Features

Welcome to the Professional Safety articles section. Here you'll find this month's offering of articles that deliver cutting-edge information, lessons learned and practical guidance from practioners in the safety, health, and environmental profession.

Full-issue PDFs of Professional Safety (from January 2005 forward) are now available to members through ASSE's Members Only website. Each file contains interactive links to help members navigate through the file. We've also included links to ASSE, regulatory agencies and other sources, and the journal's advertisers. A reader simply needs to mouse over a link to be redirected.

Cover Story

Ergonomics

Work Conditioning: Making It Part of New Employee Training

By Brent A. Bowers

New employees may not realize or be prepared for the demands of their new job. Introducing them to working demands, stretching, exercises and self-awareness may better prepare them.

Using the Honda of American Manufacturing East Liberty plant’s process, the author explains how new-employee injuries and underproduction improved with this new approach to employee training.

Features

Metrics

Leading Measures: Enhancing Safety Climate & Driving Safety Performance

By Earl Blair and Michael O’Toole

Any organization can implement safety metrics to enhance its safety culture, but how can it ensure those metrics will develop effective and lasting safety measures? Specific strategies that incorporate customized approaches, employee involvement and establishing measures are a few suggestions that will help an organization develop and maintain safety performance.

Professional Issues

Academic Program Assessment: A Value-Added Activity for Safety & Industrial Hygiene Programs

By Carol Boraiko, John N. Zey and Alice Greife

Graduating from an accredited institution or program gives graduates, faculty and adminstration personnel a greater sense of recognition within the industry. The accreditation process takes work and commitment, but what are some value-added attributes of the process? This article discusses various benefits and value-added activities that encourage support for the accreditation process.