Business & Industry

Washington — A new assessment tool from the National Safety Council is intended to help employers prevent serious incidents and fatalities by identifying gaps and improvement opportunities in their safety systems, practices and culture.

Washington — Employers can now register for OSHA’s new Safety Champions Program.

Washington — Employers can help reduce the safety risks of long COVID in the workplace through a multifaceted approach that focuses on the physical, cognitive and mental health challenges that affected employees face, according to a recent National Safety Council report.

Saint Paul, MN — Changes to Minnesota’s rest and meal break laws are set to go into effect Jan. 1.

Phoenix — The Arizona Department of Transportation will use a state grant to promote safer commercial vehicle travel by providing officers with advanced training to recognize drug and alcohol impairment.

Washington — The Department of Transportation recently released designs for a “first-of-its-kind” female crash test dummy, intended to represent women more accurately in vehicle safety testing.

Washington — In light of the recent shutdown of the federal government, OSHA is giving employers who were issued citations more time to respond.

Lowell, MA — A new toolkit from the Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace is intended to help employers put into action its version of a Total Worker Health program.

Check out the preliminary list of the agency’s most frequently cited standards for fiscal year 2025. Also: citations by industry, “serious” and “willful” violations, and more.

Springfield, IL — A 14-state coalition is calling on the Trump administration to withdraw a proposed rule that would limit OSHA’s ability to hold employers accountable for known hazards in “inherently risky professions.”