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What you don’t know can hurt you. Now is a great time to take inventory on the health of your safety program. An easy way to do this is by using the NSC Safety System Assessment – free when you sign up for the Journey to Safety Excellence.

Itasca, IL – Shorter application reviews for OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs and more opportunities for current VPP members to assist potential members are among the suggestions the National Safety Council submitted to OSHA Oct. 20 in regard to improving and reshaping the program.

Washington – Noting that “regulators of high-hazard industries must have an informed and reasoned basis for making their regulatory choices,” a recent report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine states that clarifying design concepts of safety regulations in industries such as transportation, chemical manufacturing, and offshore oil and gas development – and exploring how various circumstances may impact them – can help.

Have you used National Safety Council member-exclusive resources to help your workers “Keep Each Other Safe”? Tell us about it!

Washington – A total of 37,461 people died in motor vehicle-related crashes in 2016 – a 5.6 percent increase and the second straight year fatalities have risen, according to "Traffic Safety Facts," a publication of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

What are government and insurers doing to protect people and their communities from the next disaster? Join the National Safety Council at 11 a.m. Central on Nov. 7 for a free webinar.

Washington – Infants exposed to high doses of indoor pet or pest allergens may have a lower risk of developing asthma by the time they are in grade school, new research suggests.

The NSC Business & Industry Division will host a free webinar at 10 a.m. Central on Oct. 25. The event will provide attendees with a detailed explanation of the role, process, utility and value of employee safety perception to organizations striving for safety excellence.

Do you know someone who has taken safety to a new level? Has your company created innovative measures to protect its people? If so, consider nominating them for an NSC Green Cross for Safety Award to celebrate the progress made in preventing injuries and saving lives.

Following highway crashes, falls from height are the second-leading cause of unintentional workplace fatalities, resulting in about two deaths per day. Workers in the construction industry are most at risk.