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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.

Remote monitoring cleans up the “defunct AED mess” by monitoring AEDs at scale by removing many of the process and people challenges that come from manual inspections.

Did you know that small changes in the environment can influence safer decisions and promote positive behavior? This theory is a concept in behavioral science that proposes subtle, indirect suggestions can effectively influence the behavior and decision-making processes of individuals and groups.

This informative guide from Red Wing for Business compares the many advantages of a managed safety footwear program with those of a typical reimbursement program – for both you and your employees.

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