News from the Safety Industry

Each day, 13 U.S. workers die as a result of a traumatic injury. Companies typically investigate these incidents to identify causal factors and hopefully take action to prevent recurrence. Unfortunately, the findings of and lessons learned through those investigations may never be shared outside tho [...]

To help organizations understand how their ergonomics programs measure up to others and how these programs are structured, Aon conducted a survey of OSH and ergonomics professionals about the function and effectiveness of ergonomics programs.

A recent NIOSH study quantifies the disability-adjusted life years attributable to hearing impairment for U.S. workers exposed to occupational noise, and estimates the prevalence of six severity levels of hearing impairment by industry sector.

This is the 25th year that AFL-CIO has produced its report on worker safety and health protections in the U.S. "Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect" provides a national and state-by-state profile of worker safety and health. It highlights the higher risk experienced by Latino workers, older worker [...]

ASSE members and Occupational Safety and Health Professionals continue to ask for a status on the pending revision of the ANSI/ASSE Z117.1 Standard (Safety Requirements for Confined Spaces) and the proposed new standard ANSI/ASSE A10.43. Both of these standards address confined space entry, but A10 [...]

In a survey of U.S. adults who work outdoors at least half the time, Deb Group found that only 18% always wear sunscreen while on the job, despite their increased exposure to UV radiation and the accompanying increased risk of developing skin cancer and other problems.

NIOSH recently launched its 10-year National Occupational Research Agenda to advance Total Worker Health (TWH) research, practice and policy.The 2016-2026 agenda addresses stakeholder comments and expands the definition of TWH, fine tuning what it means for a workplace to place priority on a hazard- [...]

Historically, the leading cause of death of construction workers is falls. Throughout OSHA’s National Safety Stand-Down this week, construction workers across the country have been taking a break from their work day to discuss fall protection. In the Twin Cities, three Minnesota-based companies came [...]

U.S. Senators Michael Enzi (R-WY) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) have introduced bipartisan legislation (S. 2881) that would make the OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) a permanent part of the workplace safety picture. An identical measure (H.R. 2500) was introduced last year in the U.S. House of [...]

Melissa Agnes, international keynote speaker on crisis management, discusses information silos and how they can affect an organization’s culture. Information silos may be ingrained within the workplace culture, so to break down these silos, employees must make small changes that chip away at the bar [...]