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A “proficient facility safety manager is defined by their capability to convey and effectively enforce safety expectations,” TradeSafe Vice President Herbert Post says.

When it comes to personal protective equipment and clothing for women, “it’s not just about making a product that is a woman’s specific fit,” Dovetail Workwear co-founder Sara DeLuca says. “It’s about accommodating the beautiful array of shapes and sizes of the female workforce.”

The National Safety Council recently worked with a bipartisan group of lawmakers to introduce the Workplace Overdose Reversal Kits (WORK) to Save Lives Act (H.R. 5420/S. 2948). Now, NSC is calling on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and the House Education and Workforce Committee to conduct a hearing on this important legislation.

When purchasing workplace safety tools, are you asking workers for input?

To quote Tito Warren, president of global industrial sales and operations at Red Wing Shoe Co.: “A work boot that doesn’t fit correctly isn’t living up to its safety potential.”

Tumwater, WA — In an effort to better identify, develop and evaluate effective efforts to prevent amputations, Washington state has created a surveillance system intended to augment employer-reported data.

The National Safety Council recently launched its TechHub Marketplace, a searchable directory of NSC-approved technology providers. Join us at 11 a.m. Central on Oct. 11 for a free webinar on the new directory.

Got a question for a safety expert? New to the NSC Safety Congress & Expo this year is “Ask the Expert,” an opportunity to get your safety questions answered by a National Safety Council expert.

Protecting workers’ heads from hazards is a serious responsibility. Example: NIOSH data shows that, from 2003 to 2010, a quarter of all work-related deaths in the construction industry were caused by a traumatic brain injury. Workers in many other industries are at risk for head injuries, too.

The National Safety Council is encouraging its members to participate in a survey being conducted by design safety engineering about about the voluntary standard Control of Hazardous Energy: Lockout/Tagout and Alternative Methods.