... are often overlooked as a workplace hazard. Heat strain is the body’s buildup of internal heat from both environmental conditions and muscle action and depends on the body’s ability to disperse this internal heat ...

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... Most of us have heard the term ergonomics. In short, it means fitting the job to the worker. More specifically, ergonomics is the study of how people ...

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... The main anesthetics in use currently are nitrous oxide and the class of compounds known as halogenated volatile agents. The focus of this ...

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... electrical safety, and fire safety. Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, known as the “general duty clause” (29USC651), covers all other recognized ...

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... systems have continued to grow. Better understanding of the variables involved and the development of new products have given us more tools with which to explore ...

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... If you pick up a newspaper or turn on the nightly news, there are two issues that you will find are on everyone’s mind, the economy and the environment. Every day another company shuts down, people ...

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... must consider many issues when making decisions on the disposal of biological waste. The ‘waste’ being discussed in this article includes animal tissue, ...

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... are broken down into their constituent building blocks by the insertion of ions of water (H2O), H+, and OH- between the atoms of the bonds that held those building bocks together. ...

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... Martin Seidenfeld, Ph.D. The best future leaders of your organization can be found among your present employees. You need to identify them and develop them into the kinds of managers who can take your organization to the next level. ...

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... Managers must recognize that they are in the people business. What does it mean to be a ... we think about professionals we either think about “the pros”—who play for the NBA or NFL—or people such as ...

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