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One construction worker places a supportive arm around a colleague at a jobsite.

Sustaining the Decline in Construction Suicide and Overdose Deaths

Practical steps construction leaders can take to strengthen mental health and substance use support for every worker on site.

Participants review crisis scenarios during the West Virginia Chemical Sector Tabletop Exercise in Nitro, West Virginia. Alliance for Chemical Distribution.

West Virginia Exercise Tests Chemical Incident Response and Recovery

The tabletop scenario covered hazardous materials response, evacuation, communications, physical security and business continuity.

A construction worker wearing a yellow hard hat and orange safety vest using a digital tablet at a road construction site.

Construction Report Reviews Technology Used to Manage Jobsite Safety Risks

Construction firms’ safety leaders wrote case studies on drones, incident data, heat and digital hazard planning.

Industrial worker reviews digital operating information on a tablet beside manufacturing equipment.

The Hidden Safety Risk: When Critical Knowledge Is Hard to Find

Organizations can reduce safety risk by ensuring workers can access trusted operational knowledge when and where they need it.

Two engineers wearing white hard hats and bright orange safety jackets talking at an industrial facility, with one holding a tablet.

The Safety Signals Chemical Manufacturers Keep Missing

A serious incident is often the moment a company realizes its safety reporting process had been failing long before that day.

Volunteer in an orange reflective vest uses a tablet beside donated food, clothing and boxes.

NSC Labor Division Supports Indianapolis Hunger Relief

Union locals and individual donors contributed more than $3,000 to Second Helpings during the division’s fall meeting.

A construction worker wearing a hard hat, with AI bounding box overlays indicating PPE detection and helmet fit validation.

AI System Targets Real-Time Safety Helmet Compliance Monitoring

Researchers developed a system that combines helmet detection with head-location technology to determine whether workers are actually wearing protective headgear.

National Weather Service map showing forecast high temperatures across Southern California for Friday, Oct. 2, 2026, with inland areas reaching 100 to 107 degrees

Cal/OSHA Reminds Employers of Heat Rules as Temperatures Reach 107 Degrees

Indoor protections apply at 82 degrees, while outdoor shade must be in place when temperatures exceed 80 degrees.



Clinician wearing a white coat and stethoscope speaks with a worker wearing a hard hat and high-visibility vest.

From Injury Response to Workforce Strategy: Rethinking the Role of Occupational Health

Coordinated care and injury data can help employers support distributed workforces and identify opportunities for prevention.

Passenger train on intersecting railway tracks.

OSHA Finds Railroad Retaliated Over Lightning Concerns

Union Pacific is challenging an order to pay at least $304,869 after OSHA found it fired a worker who raised storm safety concerns.

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