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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 – 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 – During the 2017 National Safety Council Congress & Expo, attendees can stay connected with the National Safety Council via social media.

Indianapolis – Attending the 2017 National Safety Council Congress & Expo? When you receive your name badge and attendee tote bag, look for the “Passport to Prizes” game board.

Indianapolis – A U.S. employer with 1,000 workers could lose about $1.4 million annually because of the effects of sleep deficiency, and the yearly costs for an average Fortune 500 company might hover near $80 million, according to recent research from the National Safety Council and the Brigham Health Sleep Matters Initiative.