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We Cannot Let Complacency or Progress Outpace Safety

We Cannot Let Complacency or Progress Outpace Safety

Ensuring that professionals and practitioners are skilled on safety basics and emerging threats can be an uphill battle.

Considerations for Choosing Eye Protection When Facing the New Normal

Considerations for Choosing Eye Protection When Facing the New Normal

Finding the right eye protection can be challenging. Here are a few tips that can help.

Overcoming Instincts: How to Improve Safety in Confined Spaces

Overcoming Instincts: How to Improve Safety in Confined Spaces

Coming to the aid of a coworker in need could place you in danger yourself without the proper equipment.

Ten Tips for Improving Warehouse Safety

Ten Tips for Improving Warehouse Safety

Reducing risk is as easy as investing in appropriate equipment and technology.

Limiting the Risk of Exposure to Hazardous Materials in the Workplace with the Correct Use of PPE

Limiting the Risk of Exposure to Hazardous Materials in the Workplace with the Correct Use of PPE

Consideration of the different variations of PPE and the correct ways to use it are what make the equipment truly safe.

Safety Myths are Prevalent in Industry

There are a multitude of myths and wrongheaded beliefs in the safety arena.

The Hidden Connection Between Electrical Safety and Rushing

The Hidden Connection Between Electrical Safety and Rushing

Although it is in our nature to want to work quickly, doing so leaves us vulnerable to accidents.

ASSP Announces Safety 2021 as a Hybrid Event in Austin, Texas

ASSP Announces Safety 2021 as a Hybrid Event in Austin, Texas

The ASSP's Safety 2021 Professional Development Conference and Exposition will take place Sept. 13 - 15 online and in-person in Austin, Texas.



President Biden Says Vaccine Will Soon be Available to 90 Percent of Public

President Biden Says Vaccine Will Soon be Available to 90 Percent of Public

90 percent of people will live within five miles of a vaccination clinic.

EPA Announces Updates to Chemicals Program

EPA Announces Updates to Chemicals Program

Rules must meet the criteria of the Toxic Substances Control Act.

COVID-19 Restrictions May be Here to Stay

COVID-19 Restrictions May be Here to Stay... but Not for Long

Oregon OSHA is proposing to extend protective measures against the pandemic regardless of improvement.

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Worker's Injury at Seed Production Company Leads to Seven Violations

Red River Commodities Inc. signed a settlement agreement with OSHA due to an employee’s extensive injuries.

Safety Speak Kicking Off Stand Up 4 Grain Safety Week and a New Secretary of Labor

Episode 63

Safety Speak: Kicking Off Stand Up 4 Grain Safety Week and a New Secretary of Labor

In this episode, listen in as Editor Sydny Shepard talks about safety measures in grain bins, a new Secretary of Labor and could California employers get advance notification of Cal/OSHA inspections?

Struck-By Hazards

Struck-By Hazards

Event is hosted to spread awareness about deadly accidents.

Iowa Meatpacking Plant Explosion Leads to Investigation

Iowa Meatpacking Plant Explosion Leads to Investigation

Police report says two workers who were injured in February have recovered.

COVID-19 Outbreak Data Required to be Reported in California

COVID-19 Outbreak Data Required to be Reported in California

CDPH: Local health departments must know about all workplace outbreaks.

Could Worksites Soon Get Advance Notice of Cal/OSHA Inspections?

Could Worksites Soon Get Advance Notice of Cal/OSHA Inspections?

A new assembly bill introduced in California could give employers advance notice of Cal/OSHA inspections or investigations.

Making Fall Protection Personal: The True Story Behind OSHA’s Top Most Cited Standard

Episode 62

Making Fall Protection Personal: The True Story Behind OSHA’s Top Most Cited Standard

In this episode, Editor Sydny Shepard interviews Thomas Kramer, Managing Principal at LJB, Inc, on fall protection standards and what organizations, employers and safety directors can be doing to ensure the safety of their workers at heights.

U.S. Department of Transportation Launches "Mask Up" Campaign

U.S. Department of Transportation Launches "Mask Up" Campaign

Campaign helps educate transportation operators educate the public about the federal requirement to wear masks while traveling.

A Look into the Construction Industry Post Pandemic

A Look into the Construction Industry Post-Pandemic

Employer stresses the importance sanitation and social distancing.

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  • The MGC Simple Plus

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