How safety and health professionals can scope out the big picture of workplace hazards and assess their risks through Visual Literacy practices. Here’s a hypothetical scenario: You are a safety and ...

A Hazard is anything that has the potential to cause harm, injuries, accidents or other undesirable effects. A Risk is the possibility that a personal injury, property loss or environmental harm will ...

Employers looking for help on how to structure their workplace safety and health programs just received a roadmap from OSHA’s new Safety ...

Safety is paramount in the sheet metal workplace, and yet, hazards lurk in even the most benign environments. From slips and falls to chemical exposures, the potential for accidents is always present.

The substantial use of Benzene in the creation of different polymers, resins, and man-made fibers makes the chemical an unavoidable material across different industries. Being able to identify the ...

Construction Safety Week is a celebration of our industry’s commitment to health and safety—a commitment that has driven ...

OSHA earlier this week unveiled a new interactive training tool designed to help small businesses identify safety hazards in the workplace. The hazard-identification program “is an interactive, online ...

The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) reported that there were 2,210 non-fatal electrical injuries in 2017. This was an increase of 35% as compared to 2016. These injuries could have ...

The adoption of AI in the workplace is not without its challenges. A commentary in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine outlines several risk management strategies: Reskilling and Upskilling: ...