Safety+Health

This month, Robert Bulger, chief project officer and vice president – HSEQ for WHPacific, writes about taking “into an integrated operations role, ensuring requirements lead into design, which leads into operations, which successfully permeates the culture of the organization.”

Veteran safety pro turned professional speaker Richard Hawk explains how getting to know your true self can help you better get to know those around you.

The National Safety Council presents the NSC Rising Stars of Safety, Class of 2015. These young safety professionals are being recognized for their efforts to “promote continuous safety improvement in their organizations” and “working to build strong safety cultures.”

OSHA’s proposed rule on beryllium has been released. It aims to dramatically reduce the current permissible exposure limit – a move supported by both labor and industry – and save hundreds of lives a year.

Hispanic and Latino workers were the only demographic to see its fatality figures increase from 2012 to 2013. Experts explore why Latinos are at a higher risk of workplace injuries and death, and provide potential solutions to reverse the growing trend.

The federal government, including OSHA, has updated its progress on improving chemical facility safety. For its part, OSHA has taken several steps to update its Process Safety Management Standard.

A House bill would make OSHA’s Voluntary Protections Program a permanent fixture within the agency. Should it be? Stakeholders debate the merits of codifying the program in the face of recent criticisms.

A recent downturn in the oil and gas industry has created challenges for safety professionals. How can they keep workers safe amid more stress and fewer resources?

OSHA is relying on decades-old information to promulgate its silica rule – or so the argument goes.

This month, Donald Groover from DEKRA Insight explains that employee experiences must first change before safety culture can change.