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June is National Safety Month! Check out four special mini episodes of “On the Safe Side,” Safety+Health magazine’s podcast, each focused on one of the month’s four themes.

In September, OSHA announced the start of a multipronged approach to protecting workers from extreme heat exposure – indoors and outdoors.

If you’re one of the randomly chosen Safety+Health readers who received our 2022 Training Survey, can you take a few minutes to fill it out?

Itasca, IL — The National Safety Council estimates 450 people will lose their lives in preventable crashes over the Memorial Day weekend.

Itasca, IL — To further advance its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, the National Safety Council has created a DEI safety champion recognition for organizations and a diversity in safety scholarship program for individuals.

Itasca, IL — Experiencing feelings of depression and anxiety strongly correlates to how safe workers feel on the job, results of a recent National Safety Council survey show.

Musculoskeletal disorders are a persistent and unresolved issue in the workplace. The National Safety Council is coordinating a virtual special issue of the Journal of Safety Research focused on MSDs.

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Now’s the time to start planning for National Safety Month! The National Safety Council will be sharing free resources throughout June.

To some, “falls might sound like a problem with a simple solution,” cautions 
Glorianna Corman, senior risk management consultant at Lafayette, CO-based KPA. “But they continue to be the most frequently cited OSHA violation and leading cause of fatalities in the workplace.”