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“Just as sports coaches train and spur athletes to perform better, coaching someone to work safely is fulfilling.”

How much do you know about heat-related illnesses? Take this quiz to find out.

Kids: See how well you know the different kinds of helmets. Take the interactive quiz.

We discuss content from the August issue of Safety+Health, including the latest details about the 2024 NSC Safety Congress & Expo. Also, Dale Lesinski, vice president of DiVal Safety, joins us to discuss how safety pros can get the most out of going to Congress & Expo.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, women made up 56.8% of the U.S. workforce in 2022. That same year, however, women accounted for only 24.8% of safety executives and managers, National Safety Council research shows. This gap represents an important challenge – and opportunity – for the safety industry.

OSHA’s 2023 final rule updating its electronic injury and illness reporting requirements went into effect in January, and the first reports under the revised requirements were already due to the agency on March 2.

In “Making the Business Case for Safety Innovation,” NSC highlights the benefits of eight key technologies and provides safety and health professionals a “quantifiable foundation” for developing a business case for safety innovation.

“The best moments I’ve had while working, even at nuclear power plants with strict rules, were when my colleagues and I enjoyed what we were doing and had fun.”

Bilbao, Spain — A new video from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work highlights strategies to reduce the risks of heat stress on the job.

We discuss content from the July issue of Safety+Health, including the latest news about musculoskeletal injuries. Also, National Safety Council Principal Consultant Rich Fairfax joins the podcast to discuss what safety pros should know about recent changes to OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard.