News from the Safety Industry

By ensuring ANSI compliance, proper placement, maintenance, and worker training, portable eyewashes play a critical safety role.

Understanding how thermoplastics, fibers, and reinforcements behave under real-world conditions helps safety professionals choose gloves that truly match the hazard.

Through proper selection, inspection, setup, and adherence to safety basics, crews can significantly reduce fall hazards and ensure safer performance at height.

Safety experts warn that eliminating the Chemical Safety Board would remove a critical investigative partner to OSHA, leaving gaps in root cause analysis and hazard prevention.

J. J. Keller’s new CTRE™ program offers fleet professionals advanced, hands-on training in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, including driver qualification, hours-of-service, vehicle compliance and audit preparation.

AI-powered wearables are reshaping workplace safety by monitoring real-time health, ergonomic movements and environmental hazards. As connected workplaces expand in 2026, these tools help organizations shift from reactive responses to predictive, data-driven risk prevention.

Despite decades of scientific evidence linking ethylene oxide to cancer and other serious health effects, OSHA’s 40-year-old exposure limits continue to leave medical sterilization and manufacturing workers at risk. Updated regulations, real-time monitoring, and stronger protections are urgently needed.

The Korey Stringer Institute has launched a cutting-edge laboratory designed to simulate extreme environmental conditions and study how heat impacts workers across high-risk industries, supporting evidence-based prevention and safety protocols.

Safety performance is an outcome of culture—the conditions leaders create through organization, leadership, measurement, and learning. Regular culture assessments, strategic alignment, and data-driven action transform safety from a compliance exercise into a managed, measurable outcome that drives lasting performance.

A new VelocityEHS survey finds most EHS professionals view AI as a tool to boost accuracy and efficiency—not replace human expertise. While optimism is strong, many remain cautious about data quality and overreliance on technology.