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Implementing an effective process safety system goes beyond documented policies and procedures. It requires behavioral reliability in its execution.

OSHA turns its focus to the grain industry and isocyanate hazards in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

How do you deal with worker cynicism about safety efforts?

Designing an effective incentive program is about more than simply offering cash for engaging in a certain behavior or meeting a goal.

Welcome to Research Spotlight, where I’m going to dig deeper into occupational safety and health research.

When a tragedy occurs, it’s natural to ask questions. Why did it occur? Could it have been stopped? Whose fault was it? Following the deaths of...

More than 2.7 million people worked in the wholesale trade – durable goods industry in 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That year, recordable injuries numbered 74,500 and the rate was 2.8 per 100 full-time workers.

OSHA chief David Michaels describes changes to the Voluntary Protection Programs, acting secretary of labor tells a Senate committee why the administration’s proposed OSHA budget is necessary, and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

Frank Lautenberg, the New Jersey senator credited with helping create the Chemical Safety Board, has died at age 89.