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Next week, EHS Daily Advisor will present EHS Tech-AI NOW, an online summit focusing on safety technology. To mark the occasion, the Song of the Week is a futuristic song about technology from 46 years ago: Gary Numan’s “Metal.” Best known for another future-forward song from the same album (“Cars” off 1979’s The Pleasure Principle), […]
Last week, the EHS On Tap podcast featured a conversation with Dr. I. David Daniels about the impact of psychosocial hazards on workers. These include stressors on the job that can have a negative effect on a person’s behavior. For the Song of the Week, we’ve got a deep cut about job stress from legendary […]
As we get ready to sign off for a much-needed Memorial Day weekend in the U.S., the Song of the Week selection was obvious: Loverboy’s 1981 hit “Working for the Weekend.” The song was the first single off the Canadian band’s second album, Get Lucky, and 44 years later, it remains the act’s most enduring […]
The Environmental Protection Agency recently detailed its plans to deal with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS, aka “forever chemicals”) that are contaminating drinking water systems. While some experts question whether enough is being done, the issue has inspired the Song of the Week: “Water and a Seat,” a 2003 song from indie rock veteran Stephen […]
News broke this week that the Trump administration plans to use technology to ensure that federal workers are back in the office. All of which led to much consideration at Song of the Week headquarters of songs about Big Brother and surveillance. Ultimately, we went with Cheap Trick’s 1979 tale of power pop paranoia, “Dream […]
This week’s Back to Basics was about emergency preparedness on the farm, so it made sense that the Song of the Week is a mid-’80s roots rocker from John Mellencamp, “Rain on the Scarecrow.” Mellencamp (going by John Cougar Mellencamp) released the album Scarecrow in July 1985. It was his eighth album, coming off a […]
As another work week winds down, the Song of the Week is focusing on the reason for all worker safety initiatives: the workers themselves. This week’s entry reaches back 51 years to “Working Man,” the breakthrough song for Canadian power trio Rush. The song is included on the band’s 1974 self-titled debut. Formed in Toronto, […]
There’s a lot going on for safety professionals right now: Economic uncertainty, massive job cuts at agencies like the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health and the Environmental Protection Agency, and the impact of those things on their own jobs and businesses. For the Song of the Week, we’re going with the Kinks’ 1983 […]
As Women in Construction Week winds down and with International Women’s Day on March 8, it feels appropriate that the Song of the Week is “Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves,” a funky 1985 banger from Eurhythmics and Aretha Franklin. Released as a single in October 1985, the song is a feminist anthem written by […]
With a new administration in Washington has come a federal funding freeze, which has impacted many federal programs and agreements. U.S. District Judge John “Jack” McConnell Jr. on February 10 issued an Enforcement Order that clarified his previous Temporary Restraining Order, which ordered the Trump administration to release federal funds. While that’s being sorted out, […]