Safety+Health

Research shows that workers who have been on the job for less than one month are more than 3 times as likely to have a lost-time work injury. Experts say orientation and training are crucial to keeping new workers safe.

Labor and industry groups that have expressed support for OSHA’s final rule on silica are among those challenging the rule in court.

In an exclusive interview with Safety+Health, OSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Jordan Barab discusses what he says are myths regarding the agency’s enforcement efforts and compliance assistance resources.

To mark Workers’ Memorial Week, advocacy groups issued reports and called for increased worker protections and additional research to prevent on-the-job injuries.

Susan L. Koen from RoundTheClock Resources, a partner of DEKRA Insight, discusses why the way standard operating procedures are designed, written, accessed and practiced “literally can make the difference between life and death.”

Are you perceived as a leader who integrates safety into your day-to-day activities and the decisions you make? Or do you sometimes inadvertently convey that safety adds time and costs to a task or process? Pete Batrowny from AES Corp. asks leaders to reflect honestly on the types of messages they send to employees.

Veteran safety pro turned professional speaker Richard Hawk offers some tips for not letting age interfere with achieving your goals.

The White House fiscal year 2017 budget request seeks to eliminate funding for 18 NIOSH Education and Research Centers as well as the NIOSH Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Program, claiming the programs have outlived their usefulness. But supporters of the program are speaking out.

The era of criminal prosecutions for violations of workplace safety laws being rare may be over, as the Departments of Justice and Labor have agreed to work closer together. Is this a new world of safety, or simply a patch for a broken system?

Across industries, workers are changing jobs more frequently than their parents and grandparents did. Safety+Health’s 2016 Job Outlook survey asked: How does job turnover among safety pros affect worker safety?