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Tailoring gloves to the worker and job tasks are key to providing proper hand protection. It’s how employers can “significantly” improve safety, says Tina Perales, national product sales manager – hand, eye and face protection USA and Canada at Honeywell.

A look at the possibilities (and limitations) of “one of the technology mega-trends that are shaping the future of work.”

In May, well-known safety experts Tim Page-Bottorff and Corrie Pitzer met on stage for The Battle Between Safety I and Safety II: Who is Right and Who is Wrong? at the 2024 NSC Spring Safety Conference and Expo.

What’s most important for workers to know when it comes to instruments, monitors and other lone worker monitoring devices?

Awareness, enforcement and technology are part of the effort. “This is a topic of national concern,” one state highway official says.

In Angela Lambert’s opinion, “We’d see an improvement in safety if all those with responsibility over product and workplace safety at their organizations understood how interconnected many of the key elements are.”

A domino effect on occupational injuries. That’s what a lack of adequate lighting in the workplace can have, a safety expert from Grainger says.

An example?

“Women seem to have to work harder to prove their knowledge of the subject matter even when they might have more knowledge and experience than a male,” one expert says.

What can safety pros do to make these conversations easier for everyone involved? We’ve got advice.

The National Safety Council names ATS the recipient of the 2023 Robert W. Campbell Award.