S+H Staff

Cambridge, MA — Certain programs and policies may help curb the excessive prescribing of opioids and potential misuse, results of a recent study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute suggest.

OSHA identifies an ongoing process to increase hazard recognition as a critical step in establishing your health and safety procedures. This white paper describes Ansell's method for assessing hazards in your workplace.

Richmond, British Columbia — New safety guidelines from WorkSafeBC and Canada’s Automotive Retailers Association are intended to protect workers from shock-, fire- and fume-related hazards associated with electric vehicles and the high-voltage lithium-ion batteries that power them.

Tampa, FL — Just one night of inadequate sleep can negatively affect your mental and physical well-being, a researcher from the University of South Florida says.

Washington — NIOSH and the American Staffing Association have announced a multiyear partnership agreement to advance protections for temporary workers.

Chemical splashes, steam burns, foreign objects in the eye, cornea scratches – these are all common eye injuries that occur in the workplace.

Safety+Health takes you inside the upcoming 2021 NSC Safety Congress & Expo, detailing all you need to know to make the most of your experience.

“Although both internal and external influences can bring on thoughts that are difficult to avoid, you still have a choice of what your mind considers,” says safety pro turned motivational speaker Richard Hawk, who shares tips.

“By using a different approach, we can achieve our two primary objectives: removing the subjectivity and delay in determining SIF potential,” says Don Groover of DEKRA. “The approach is to use an expert logic system.”

What’s one way workers can cut their risk of a back injury in half? “Store it off the floor,” the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries says.