News from the Safety Industry

On Aug. 1, 2017, OSHA went live with the data submission platform that certain employers will need to use when submitting their injury and illness (I/I) data to the agency by the revised Dec. 1, 2017, deadline. The requirements arise under OSHA’s electronic recordkeeping rule, which was promulgated [...]

Guest poster Rick Franklin has worked for 42 years as a forensic engineer. During that time, he has seen 14 significant, but mostly unknown, improvements to consumer products and automobiles that prevented fires, incidents, injuries and deaths. In the final post of this three-part series, he talks a [...]

OSHA created a new webpage intended to provide information for workers and employers subject to HAZWOPER regulations for construction and general industry.​

Free webinar on August 24th on operational excellence in safety; volunteering for Girl Scouts; new Girl Scouts STEM badges.

The Center for Safety and Health Sustainability has released an important new update on the importance of standardizing OHS reporting to meet sustainability goals.

Management Practice Specialty member Patricia Reed is in the Spotlight.

MSHA data show that less-experienced miners, both at a mine and at a specific occupation, suffer injuries at a higher rate than more experienced miners. To address this trend, the agency launched a training assistance Initiative to focus resources on the greatest fatality and injury risks.

Recreational marijuana is expected to become legal in Canada by July 2018. To help workplaces prepare for the potential safety challenges and impacts of the proposed legislation, the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety published a white paper, "Workplace Strategies: Risk of Impairment [...]

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and National Safety Council recently hosted a roundtable on advanced driver assistance systems for commercial trucks. Despite the growing availability of these technologies, many trucking organizations and independent operators have not fully embraced them [...]

NIOSH’s Office of Construction Safety and Health collaborated with the U.S. Green Building Council to develop a Prevention through Design (PTD) Pilot Credit. The intent of the credit is to support high-performance cost-effective employee safety and health outcomes across the building life-cycle thro [...]