News from the Safety Industry

Combustible dust is a recurring yet often overlooked hazard in many industrial facilities. For many, it can be hard to understand how something called dust can pose dangers. Other oversights include underestimating the hazards present and having an apathetic attitude toward them.

A CDC study published in this month's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report found significant differences in short sleep duration (less than 7 hours a night) among occupational groups. “Short sleep duration has been linked to various negative health outcomes including cardiovascular disease, obesity [...]

The U.S. Senate voted to eliminate the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces order that would have required contractors to disclose and correct serious safety violations in order to compete for federal contracts. A similar measure already passed in the House, and it is expected that President Trump will fina [...]

ISO 31000:2009 on risk management principles and guidelines (adopted in the U.S. as ANSI/ASSE Z690.2) is being revised to make the standard easier to apply and clearer in its guidance. The revision is now at the draft international standard (DIS) stage and is available for public comment. The next s [...]

Everyone knows that you need to do a risk assessment before starting anything. The next bit is the tricky part, though. What do you actually have on a risk assessment? In this post, guest blogger David Cant shares a list of five essential points OSH professionals must cover on any risk assessment.

A new mobile app aims to educate young workers about workplace safety by awarding users with basic safety knowledge certificates. The young workers can then present the certificates to current or potential employers as a way to demonstrate their ability to be a safe worker.

A Freedom of Information Act request has revealed a steep rise of U.K. safety and health fines imposed in 2016. According to IOSH’s report, there were 19 fines of £1 million (about $1.25 million at press time) or more in 2016, whereas in 2015, there were only three fines for £1 million or more. In 2 [...]

Most companies today are involved in sustainability in some way, be it basic recycling programs, waste reduction efforts or comprehensive global supply chain initiatives. These efforts all contribute to corporate performance, but one factor often overlooked in sustainability initiatives is workers t [...]

NIOSH is seeking public comments on PPE-Info, a draft web-based database that contains a collection of national PPE information. The database enables users to conduct general- or advanced-criteria searches of relevant standards, associated product types, target occupational groups, basic conformity [...]

U.S. Department of Labor is proposing a second delay in the effective date of its Occupational Exposure to Beryllium rule, from March 21, 2017, to May 20, 2017. The announcement follows a White House memorandum issued Jan. 20, 2017, that directed the department to undertake a review of any new or pe [...]