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Episode 184

Prioritizing Mental Health in Workplace Safety

Career safety expert and educator Ralph Blessing discusses the pillars of prioritizing mental health on a construction job site.

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Breathe Easy: A Guide to Improving Indoor Air Quality for a Safer, Healthier Working Space

The air quality in a building can have negative effects on workers' health.

National Ladder Safety Month 2023: Safety Tips for Before and During Your Climb

Ladders are an incredibly useful tool, but it’s essential that workers know how to use them properly.



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Programs on Miner Health, Safety Issues to be Focus of New Research Facility in West Virginia

The CDC recently acquired more than 400 acres of land in West Virginia.

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Choosing the Right Protective Workwear for Your Manufacturing Facility

What factors do you need to consider when selecting workwear?

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More Than 80 Percent of Employees Think Their Physical Safety is Important, New Report Shows

The report, The State of Employee Safety in 2023, also looks at different aspects of worker health and safety, including mental health and emergencies.

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‘Major Milestone’ Reached as OSHA Certifies Maine’s Completion of Aspects for State OSHA Plan

The state plan covers nearly 80,000 state and local government workers in Maine.

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Contractor Owner, Equipment Operator Arrested Following Fatal Trench Collapse Investigation

In July 2022, an eight-foot-deep trench collapsed, killing a worker.

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Dallas Church Must Reinstate, Pay Back Wages to ‘Wrongfully Fired’ Employee, OSHA Says

The employee was terminated after raising concerns about conditions at a childcare facility.

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AIHA Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Institute of Hazardous Materials Management

Under the MoU, the organizations will work on education programs together.

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How Virtual Reality Tools Are Helping with Soft Skills Training Part 2: How to Use VR

What soft skills can be practiced using virtual reality?

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A Leader in Worker Safety: A Case Study on a New Jersey Environmental Cleanup Project

The team, which achieved one million man-hours without a lost time accident, shares their best safety practices.

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How Virtual Reality Tools Are Helping with Soft Skills Training Part 1: Benefits of VR

VR may be the future of training for on-the-job skills, but it may also benefit soft skills. Learn more about how virtual reality is changing the job-training game.

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More Than 46,000 People May Have Died from Vehicle Crashes in 2022, NSC Preliminary Estimate Shows

The estimate is only down slightly from the actual number of lives lost in 2021.

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