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Itasca, IL — Thinking about the next step in your career? Stop by the National Safety Council Career Center, where representatives from the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, Columbia Southern University, Consentium Search LLC and NSC are ready to chat.

Itasca, IL — Your National Safety Council membership unlocks the opportunity to network, learn and engage with others in your industry through our professional safety networks known as “Divisions.” Not an NSC member? As part of your registration for the virtual NSC Safety Congress & Expo, you can attend Division meetings at no additional charge!

Washington — NIOSH, in partnership with the National Science Foundation, will provide funding for studies on the integration of robotic technologies in the workplace.

Itasca, IL — Although Zoom meetings and virtual “chat lounges” have replaced traditional handshakes and face-to-face conversations, the virtual National Safety Council Safety Congress & Expo is still offering plenty of networking opportunities.

Itasca, IL — Matthew Hallowell appreciates clear explanations in safety. The construction engineering professor at the University of Colorado Boulder has a good reason.

Itasca, IL — Thinking about the next step in your career? Stop by the National Safety Council Career Center, where representatives from the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, Columbia Southern University, Consentium Search LLC and NSC are ready to chat.

Itasca, IL — A next step for OSHA – after possibly issuing an emergency temporary standard related to COVID-19, which could come in a matter of weeks or days – may be initiating rulemaking on an infectious diseases standard.

Washington — OSHA received 15% more complaints during the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic than it did during the same period in 2019 – but conducted 50% fewer inspections, according to a Department of Labor Office of Inspector General audit report released March 2.

Itasca, IL — The future of work may include safety professionals contending with COVID-19 on some level for a long time, even with the recent rollout and widespread availability of vaccines. That was the warning from NIOSH Director John Howard during the Opening Session of the virtual National Safety Council Safety Congress & Expo on March 3.

Itasca, IL — Prior to their keynote sessions at the virtual National Safety Council Safety Congress & Expo, NIOSH Director John Howard, SAFEmap CEO Corrie Pitzer and noted motivational speaker Ricky Rollins each sat down with a host of On the Safe Side, a podcast from Safety+Health, to share a preview of their presentations.