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Technologies Helping to Drive the Future of Jobsite Safety

Technologies Helping to Drive the Future of Jobsite Safety

New products and systems designed to supplement observations and free up managers to be more efficient.

Kennedy Space Center: Innovative Non-Conductive Fall Protection

Kennedy Space Center: Innovative Non-Conductive Fall Protection

Electronically non-conductive ladder fall protection system makes working on lightning towers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center safer and more efficient.

Put Your Feet First

Put Your Feet First

Don’t neglect your feet when choosing safety footwear.



Curious and Curiouser

Curious and Curiouser

Remarkable indoor air quality case studies and best practices

Hearing Protection Devices and Solutions

Hearing Protection Devices and Solutions

Steps can be taken to help protect workers’ hearing in a wide variety of industries.

Listen Up—Kicking Workplace Noise Monitoring Up a Notch

Listen Up—Kicking Workplace Noise Monitoring Up a Notch

According to OSHA, each year 22 million employees are exposed to hazardous noises at work, making hearing loss the most common work-related injury. It’s time to understand, and consider, the role technology can play in workplace noise monitoring.

Occupational Hearing Loss Is Both Common and Preventable

A new study notes that workers in the mining and oil and gas industries are more likely to have hearing loss as a result of improper protection.

First Death Related to Vaping: Health Officials Are Seeing More and More Patients with Illnesses Relating to Vaping and E-Cigarettes

First Death Related to Vaping: Health Officials Are Seeing More and More Patients with Illnesses Relating to Vaping and E-Cigarettes

After a recent Illinois death relating to vaping, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is investigating other cases relating to the potential hazards behind e-cigarettes and “vaping” devices.

VPPPA Bestows Chairman's Award of Excellence to Cintas Corporation

This award is given to an individual and/or organization who has demonstrated exemplary, industry-leading commitment to worker protection through excellence in the administration of an integrated health and safety management system.

Personal Protective Equipment is the Most Important Seafaring Safety Precaution

Personal Protective Equipment is the Most Important Seafaring Safety Precaution

New research indicates that injury reduction campaigns – especially those for seafaring workers – should focus on personal protective equipment (PPE).

VPPPA Announces 2019 Award Scholarship Winners

The Voluntary Protection Programs Participants' Association has announced the winners of its 2018 Awards and Scholarships. The association's Safety+ annual national conference is taking place Aug. 28-31 at the Gaylord Opryland Convention Center in Nashville, and scholarship recipients will be recognized during that event.

VPPPA Shakes it Up for Safety+

The Voluntary Protection Programs Participants’ Association wanted this year’s Safety+ to be different, immersive, collaborative and above all else fun.

Don’t Be One of 400 Labor Day Roadway Deaths: the NSC Gives Tips on How to Have a Safe Holiday

NSC estimates 398 people will be killed in roadway accidents during the upcoming, three-day holiday.

Oklahoma Case Demands Johnson & Johnson Pay $572 Million for Contributions to Opioid Crisis

Oklahoma Case Demands Johnson & Johnson Pay $572 Million for Contributions to Opioid Crisis

The state of Oklahoma was the first to accuse a drug manufacturer of causing a national public health disaster related to the opioid crisis. The ruling could set in motion more than 2,000 similar lawsuits.

What Employees Want in a Workspace is Not What You Might Expect

What Employees Want in a Workspace is Not What You Might Expect

A recent Harvard study collected data on what employees say they want from their workspaces and what employers are actually investing in. Worker preferences are often going unnoticed.

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