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Costs of Safety

When Safety Becomes Optional, Risk Becomes Inevitable

Reducing safety investment may deliver short-term savings, but U.S. data shows it often leads to higher financial, legal, and operational costs over time.

Worker Entering a Confined Space

California Updates Confined Space Rules for Construction

New rules aim to strengthen worker protections in hazardous construction environments.

Drug Czar Sara Bailey

NSC Highlights Workplace Safety After Drug Policy Director Confirmation

National Safety Council highlights overdose prevention, impairment risks, and employer-led safety efforts after Senate confirms Sara Bailey as drug czar.

Facility Workers with Clipboards

Washington L&I Finalizes Rule on Safety and Health Retaliation

Rule updates replace “discrimination” with “retaliation” terminology and revise worker protection language in Title 296 WAC.

Sparks from Welding

Fire Safety on Jobsites: How to Prevent and Prepare for an Emergency

Construction jobsites are filled with hidden fire hazards, especially during hot work—here’s how to reduce risks, equip crews, and stay ready when seconds count.

Artificial Intelligence and Occupational Health & Safety

AI, PSIFs, and the Future of Proactive EHS Risk Management

Why traditional safety metrics fail to prevent serious injuries and fatalities—and how AI helps EHS teams identify PSIF risks before life-altering events occur.

Youth Training Program

DOL Offers $98 Million to Expand Youth Pre-Apprenticeship Programs

Funding through the YouthBuild program aims to prepare young people ages 16–24 for careers in construction, manufacturing, IT and health care through training and apprenticeship pathways.

Construction Workers Gathered in a Meeting

Ten Years On: How Foresight Reshaped the Meaning of Safety Excellence

A decade of change in safety practice highlights the growing importance of foresight in managing risk and organizational performance.



Young Worker Wearing Face Mask

Younger Trades Workers Report Gaps in Asbestos Training and Safety Trust

New data highlight differences in preparedness, training, and employer trust as Gen Z and millennial workers encounter legacy hazards on older job sites.

Safety Workers Giving a High Five

The Business Case for Safety When Budgets Are Tight

As organizations face tightening budgets and economic pressure, occupational health and safety is often viewed as a discretionary expense. Global data and risk-based frameworks tell a different story—one in which underinvestment in safety leads to predictable human, legal, and financial consequences.

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