Water Well Journal

If the sense employees have each day is they do the same thing— only with different numbers and different customers, it won't feel meaningful and it will be hard to retain these employees. Ron Slee in "Confronting the Hiring Gap", page 46 An overall best practice is the benefits of a standard background check—a criminal records check and verifying employment/ references—outweighs the burdens. Checking these two areas is not expensive, and the risk to the employer for not doing such a minimal and reasonable check is simply too high. Todd Wulffson in "Checking Up", page 28 June PUNCH LIST The July issue of Water Well Journal focuses on well rehabilitation and will feature multi- ple feature articles on the subject, including one on different well cleaning chemicals. Having smart safety for professionals begins in two places: a commitment to working safely and then applying it before you ever go to the field. Dustin Kinder in "WWJ Closeup", page 10 With the current testing program in use it's difficult to say that a person is impaired necessarily even when they test positive in blood or urine for marijuana constituents or metabolites of marijuana use. Gary Ganson, CIH, CSP in "Marijuana in the Workplace", page 33 waterwelljournal.com 100 June 2017 WWJ Extra care and safety procedures are necessary when working in extreme heat. Cramping of your hands, arms, and leg muscles are a sure indication you are becoming dehydrated and are in need of water. Gary L. Hix, RG, CWD/PI in "Drilling in Extreme Heat", page 20 The National Weather Service asserts excessive heat is the number one weather-related killer— causing more fatalities per year than floods, lightning, tornadoes, hurricanes, winter storms, and extreme cold. Jerome E. Spear, CSP, CIH in "The Seriousness of Heat Illness", page 38

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