Safety+Health

Veteran safety pro turned professional speaker Richard Hawk offers two tips on ways to use mental models to “improve your focus and life experiences.”

Editor Melissa J. Ruminski writes about why readers often see "at press time" in the magazine.

Amy May from Boeing Co. discusses the organization’s workplace safety initiative, “Go for Zero,” and its four guiding principles.

Construction work is one of the most dangerous jobs in the United States, resulting in the deaths of nearly 1,000 workers every year. Most of those fatalities involve one of the "Focus Four" hazards. As the industry experiences another boom and the workforce grows, safety pros are focusing on training and engagement.

At a recent Capitol Hill briefing, American Industrial Hygiene Association officials and former OSHA administrator David Michaels made their case to members of Congress about the benefits of OSHA's recent final rule on protecting workers from exposure to respirable crystalline silica.

A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that as many as 2.7 million U.S. workers may have asthma caused or aggravated by workplace conditions. And federal statistics show that about 11 million workers are exposed to at least one of several agents associated with occupational asthma.

Jim Spigener from DEKRA Insight discusses how, as oil prices make a comeback, "leaders who don't get in front of the upswing and include safety in the rebuild will likely find themselves in a losing game of catch-up."

Veteran safety pro turned professional speaker Richard Hawk discusses two strategies he uses to "get over the little things."

Editor Melissa J. Ruminski writes about construction work zone awareness.

Fatigue has been in the spotlight as a safety risk in the workplace. Experts say employers, as well as workers, play a role in combating the issue.