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Itasca, IL — The National Safety Council is accepting nominations for five of its prestigious safety awards and designations.

The 2020 National Safety Council Northeast Conference & Expo – set to take place March 11-13 in Pittsburgh – is your opportunity to connect with environmental, health and safety professionals from your area.

Do you have workplace safety knowledge or a success story you want to share with more than 15,000 of your colleagues? The National Safety Council invites you to submit a proposal for the National Safety Council 2020 Congress & Expo, set to take place Oct. 2-8 in Indianapolis.

The opioid crisis cost the United States almost $700 billion in 2018. Many of those costs, including health care and costs related to absenteeism and turnover, are borne by employers.

Itasca, IL — The National Safety Council has joined with three organizations to adopt standardized naming for advanced driver assistance technology in an effort to reduce confusion.

Plant safety encompasses a wide variety of hazards, from slips, trips and falls and excessive noise to heavy machinery traffic and loading dock concerns.

Tape measures and hammers can be dangerous objects if dropped. That’s where tool tethers come in. And for workers who use knives to open boxes or perform other tasks, safety knives are available to help prevent potentially devastating cuts. Here, safety experts discuss what’s new in tool tethers, tools and safety knives.

Make plans today to join the National Safety Council Divisions at the 2020 NSC Spring Divisions Meeting, set for March 11 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. The meeting will take place in conjunction with the 2020 NSC Northeast Conference & Expo.

Slips, trips and falls are a leading cause of on-the-job injuries. Join the National Safety Council at 10 a.m. Central on Dec. 3 for a webinar on “Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls: Strategies for Identifying and Reducing Risks.”

Itasca, IL — The National Safety Council estimates 417 people may be killed and another 47,500 may be seriously injured in car crashes during the upcoming Thanksgiving Day holiday period. Compared with last year, the fatality estimate is down nearly 4%, which is in line with an estimated drop in overall motor vehicle deaths in the United States.