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OSHA’s National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction will take place May 2-6.

“It’s the people we lost who we want to remember on April 28, Workers’ Memorial Day,” writes John Surma, chairman of the National Safety Council Board of Directors, in a post for NSC’s “Safety First” blog.

We all deserve to take a break from our electronic devices, and the perfect time to do so is when we’re behind the wheel.

Columbus, OH – Parents of young children have even more reason to be concerned about laundry detergent pods: New research from Nationwide Children’s Hospital shows that the pods, already a safety and health risk to young children, can be more harmful than other types of detergent.

Many workers rely on instruments and monitors, including noise dosimeters and gas monitors, to help keep them safe.

The era of criminal prosecutions for violations of workplace safety laws being rare may be over, as the Departments of Justice and Labor have agreed to work closer together. Is this a new world of safety, or simply a patch for a broken system?

OSHA announced on March 24 the release of a final rule intended to protect workers from respirable crystalline silica. The agency claims the rule will save more than 600 lives and prevent more than 900 cases of the lung disease silicosis per year, but critics argue the rule is unnecessary and compliance will be costly.

Washington – The U.S. workplace fatality rate increased in 2014 – the first time it has done so since 2010, according to finalized data released April 21 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Join the National Safety Council at the Green Cross for Safety awards dinner, scheduled for May 12 at Swissotel Chicago.

Falls are a leading cause of death and serious injury in the workplace. Join OSHA and NSC and conduct a safety stand-down at your organization.