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Itasca, IL — The National Safety Council is urging everyone to practice defensive driving during the upcoming Memorial Day weekend, estimating that 415 people may die on the roads.

“Severe heat illness can be devastating to a worker’s health, and there’s no reason it has to happen to anyone on the job,” says Adrianna Carrera, product management specialist for Magid. “The most important point is that heat illness is 100% preventable.”

A hot concept in management, can it help create safer workforces?

EHS pros: Don’t miss your chance to enhance your career, brush up your skills and earn CEUs – all in the comfort of your home or office. NSC Impact Tracks offer a day of topic-focused virtual education. All tracks feature five 60-minute technical sessions taught by leading safety and subject experts.

Join the National Safety Council on May 20, Mental Health Action Day, as we help drive culture from mental health awareness to action, and provide the tools we need for ourselves, our loved ones and our colleagues.

This week, in honor of Workers’ Memorial Day, Dave Trumble, National Safety Council Labor Division member and past Distinguished Service to Safety Award winner, shares a story on the NSC “Safety First” blog about how at-work fatalities can permanently impact workplace culture, and the role training and labor advocates play in keeping workers safe on the job.

The National Safety Council, Health Action Alliance, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NIOSH, and members of the SAFER task force will come together at noon Eastern on May 11 to help you safely navigate the future world of work.

“Connectivity is reshaping our world, personally and professionally,” Shane McEwen, global product marketing manager at Blackline Safety, told Safety+Health. “Where safety has traditionally lagged behind other industries in embracing connectivity, the landscape has shifted in recent years to widely integrate connectivity into safety operations.”

How do safety pros feel about the current job market? Has the COVID-19 pandemic raised the profile of the profession? Safety+Health presents the results of its annual Job Outlook survey.

When a worker dies on their watch, safety professionals must contend with grief while looking at safety processes "to make sure that it doesn't happen again."