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Indianapolis – Everyone has had near misses and minor and major injuries – on and off the job. These incidents are highly common, but, as safety professionals Larry Wilson and Tim Page-Bottorff pointed out, they also are highly preventable.

Indianapolis – The preliminary list of OSHA’s Top 10 violations for Fiscal Year 2017 remained largely unchanged from FY 2016, except for one new addition: Fall Protection – Training Requirements (1926.503) entered the list at No. 9 with 1,523 violations, just ahead of Electrical – Wiring Methods (1,405 violations).

Indianapolis – Throughout the 2017 National Safety Council Congress & Expo, NSC will be offering 45-minute educational sessions in the NSC Learning Lab area on the Expo Floor.

Indianapolis – After votes were cast for more than 125 products, the results for the 2017 “Best in Show” New Product Showcase Awards are in.

Indianapolis – Certain Technical Sessions taking place during the 2017 National Safety Council Congress & Expo have been selected to help you on your “Journey to Safety Excellence.”

Indianapolis – For her role in helping to reduce driver fatalities and improving safety among teen drivers throughout Florida, Danielle Branciforte was presented with the ninth annual Teen Driving Safety Leadership Award by the National Safety Council on Saturday during the 2017 NSC Congress & Expo.

Indianapolis – OSHA will not begin any significant new initiatives until a permanent assistant secretary is in place, Bill Perry, director of the agency’s Directorate of Standards and Guidance, said Monday during a Technical Session at the 2017 National Safety Council Congress & Expo.

Indianapolis – International Safety Equipment Association President Charles Johnson hailed the “instrumental” efforts of several leading safety equipment managers in developing ANSI/ISEA 121, a forthcoming standard on the prevention of objects dropped from heights.

Indianapolis – Bonnie St. John was a multi-medalist at the 1984 Winter Paralympics, the height of athletic achievement for people with disabilities. She went on to become a Rhodes Scholar, an economist, an advisor to former President Bill Clinton, an author, a leadership consultant, a mother and an inspirational speaker.

Indianapolis – The National Safety Council honored five individuals with the organization’s most prestigious award for safety professionals on Monday during the Opening Session of the 2017 NSC Congress & Expo.