May 2021Edition

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.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created new hurdles for workers in recovery or seeking help for opioid misuse.

"There's confusion out there on exactly what the term 'competent' means and who qualifies as a competent person," one expert says.

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."

“We’re challenging the paradigm that treats every incident as though it’s unique,” say Don Groover and Mike Snyder of DEKRA.

James Howe, MPA, CSP, CHST, shares how he got into the environmental, health and safety field.

Cora Alexander, ASP, shares how she got into the environmental, health and safety field.

Editor Melissa J. Ruminski writes about the impact of COVID-19 on people seeking and receiving treatment for opioid misuse.

A 52-year-old commercial truck driver was killed after being struck by the tractor-trailer he had been driving.

Workers, do you use the edge of the palm of your hand to grind, push or twist hard objects? If you do this often, you’re at risk of hypothenar hammer syndrome – a condition caused when blood flow to the fingers is reduced.

Violations of OSHA’s scaffolding standard (1926.451) are a mainstay on the agency’s annual Top 10 list of most cited standards, ranking fourth in fiscal year 2020 and third in FY 2019.

Every day, about 2,000 U.S. workers injure their eyes severely enough to need medical treatment, according to NIOSH. With May being Healthy Vision Month, let’s take a look at how workers can protect their eyes.

What role should frontline employees play in an organization’s safety and health management system efforts?

Why does two plus two often equal five when it comes to a layered personal protective equipment clothing system?