News from the Safety Industry

A new page on the NIOSH website provides information on the Zika virus, including information regarding travel, prevention and risks.

A coalition of trucking interests has come out bluntly critical of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s efforts to put in place its proposed safety fitness determination rule.

May is National Electrical Safety Month, and Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) is raising awareness to educate the public about electrical safety hazards to reduce the number of electrical-related fires, fatalities, injuries and property loss.

In his TED talk, “The Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers,” organizational psychologist Adam Grant shares three things that he has learned about originals—what he calls people who “dream up new ideas and take action to put them into the world.”

NIOSH is offering free, confidential health screenings to coal miners to provide early detection of the occupational lung disease known as black lung.​

NIOSH has released a new series of videos in conjunction with the agency's Small Business Assistance Program and its Office of Construction Safety and Health. The videos, Know Your Nailer: Nail Gun Safety, provide brief and practical advice that contractors can use to prevent nail gun injuries on th [...]

In "Globalizing the Health and Safety Profession," the cover story in the March 2016 issue of OHS Professional from the Safety Institute of Australia, editor Craig Donaldson takes an in-depth look at INSHPO's OHS Professional Capability Framework and its implications for the profession.

National Fire Protection Association recently issued "Bangladesh Ready-Made Garment (RMG) Industry High-Level Assessment Report." The document presents an independent review of efforts by the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety to improve worker safety.

A new report by the U.S. Global Change Research Program shows the potential health effects of climate change on workers. The report, U.S. Global Change Research Program Climate and Health Assessment provides an overview of the potential health effects of climate change in the U.S., and breaks down s [...]

Eight construction industry organizations have filed a petition for review of OSHA's final crystalline silica rule with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Among the issues of concern is the industry's stance that the permissible exposure limit included in the rule is technologically an [...]