The link between fire safety and physical activity is causing health and safety experts to promote the daily use of the stairs in multi-story office buildings.
With OSHA fine increases of 80 percent taking effect in August 2016, violations for inappropriate or inadequate eyewash and shower equipment have resulted in penalties above $100,000.
Corporate-level crisis planning should become an integral part of your chemical training program—and the formula for creating an effective cross-company drill.
Many of today's on-demand training solutions are highly affordable and scalable, offering hundreds of individual lessons that can be deployed to workers based on their specific training needs and requirements.
OSHA has provided three different methods for employers to ensure employees are protected.
Why is there so much comfort in the status quo when the people who need the protection of these products require so much more?
The why is important for all employees and is a critical ingredient to all of your safety communications.
Indiana's capital city was a fine choice to host the National Safety Council's annual conference.
The lawsuits were filed in King County Superior Court and contend that Purdue's illegal conduct contributed to excessive prescriptions and addiction, causing many addicted patients to look for other ways to get more pills or to get heroin.
Workers in construction and extraction occupations were mostly exposed to loud work (49.6 percent of jobs) or very loud work (7.9 percent) in 2016, according to BLS.
The new dashboard allows users to search for and organize data by criteria such as drug/biological product, age of the patient, type of adverse event, year the adverse event occurred, or within a specific timeframe.
Looking ahead to the 2018 Congress, who might be a good choice for the big-name speaker in Houston?
The council's National Awards Celebration is an annual event at the NSC Congress & Expo, the largest U.S. annual gathering of safety and health professionals.
Houston's George R. Brown Convention Center is the setting for the National Safety Council's big annual conference next year.
The National Safety Council says fatigue in the workplace is one of its most significant new priorities.