Safety Culture

Salem, OR — Oregon OSHA will initiate rulemaking on two new state laws aimed at strengthening worker safety in some behavioral health or substance use disorder treatment settings.

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.

A confined space, powdered metal, carbon monoxide and even tax fraud are involved.

Winter weather affects many aspects of day-to-day outdoor work – particularly how workers need to be protected.

Silver Spring, MD — Construction workers “face a diverse array of hazards: toxic chemicals, dangerous working conditions and risky body positions, among others,” according to a new report from CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training.

Olympia, WA — Housekeepers, janitors and other “isolated employees” in Washington state will receive additional safety protections under a new law set to go into effect Jan. 1.

Washington — The Department of Transportation is committing to train 1 million first responders to “improve road safety for emergency personnel, American families and truck drivers.”

Five ways to help bring employees around to changes in the workplace.

Denver — A proposed rule aimed at preventing minors in Colorado from performing any “hazardous occupation” currently prohibited by the U.S. Department of Labor is awaiting approval from the state’s attorney general.