Safety+Health

Veteran safety pro turned professional speaker Richard Hawk explains why the most influential safety professionals are those who are adept at giving praise.

For the first time in a quarter century, OSHA will increase its maximum penalty amounts. One stakeholder calls the change “long overdue,” while another claims it “seems like it fixes a problem that doesn’t exist.”

This month, Scott Stricoff from DEKRA Insight discusses what safety leaders responsible for process industry operations can do to maintain vigilance and ensure process safety that delivers true, sustained excellence.

Health happens where we live. It happens where we work, and in our communities. Age, gender and hereditary factors do impact health, but only a small amount. Individual lifestyle factors – the behaviors we engage in every day – have a much greater impact.

Workers who witness a co-worker’s injury or death may be traumatized – and distracted from working safely – after the incident. What can safety professionals and employers do to help workers regain their composure and refocus on safety?

Safety+Health provides a recap of the biggest news out of the 2015 NSC Congress & Expo, which took place Sept. 26-Oct. 2 in Atlanta.

Who’s keeping track of the number of inspections OSHA conducts each year? Not OSHA – not anymore.

Veteran safety pro turned professional speaker Richard Hawk shares tactics for eliminating needless regret and taking positive action.

Technology is playing a strong role in the advancement of plant safety, according to people in the safety industry.

The results of Safety+Health’s 2015 Salary Survey are in, featuring data from 1,400 safety professionals, broken out by job title, experience, region and more. How does your salary stack up?