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Prioritizing Minor Near Misses Eliminates Major Workplace Fall Risks

Minimizing close calls leaves companies vulnerable to OSHA violations, but shifting to digital safety check-ins captures hazards before injuries happen.

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California Moves To Ban High-Silica Artificial Stone

State safety board fast-tracks an emergency rule to protect countertop fabrication workers from incurable lung disease.

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Managing Live Traffic as a Fatal Risk in Construction Work Zones

Active work zones remain highly dangerous as safety teams deploy drone imagery, digital navigation alerts and wearable PPE strobes to protect crews.

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NSC Awards $300,000 for Workplace Injury Prevention Technology

A safety organization funds projects using artificial intelligence, wearable sensors and robotics to reduce common worker injuries.

Machine guarding

How Designing and Integrating Machine Guarding Has Evolved

Aluminum framing adapts to the automation era as factory operators use layout software to protect human workers and flexible robotic cells.

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National COSH Warns of Weakened Mine Safety Oversight

Advocates voice deep concerns over sudden firings and layoffs at the federal agency reviewing mine safety disputes.

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How Unused Vacation Days Increase Workplace Safety Hazards

New research shows deferred recovery and worker burnout act as operational exposure risks that trigger preventable errors and near-misses.

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Gibson Facility Earns Top Tennessee Safety Award

The Nashville facility achieved over 412,000 consecutive hours without a lost-time or restricted-duty workplace injury or illness.



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New Florida Heat Lab Targets Construction Worker Safety

A Jacksonville-based facility will study how extreme heat affects outdoor workforces as federal regulators increase safety inspections.

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NSC Predicts Hundreds of Memorial Day Traffic Fatalities

A national safety organization warns that holiday travelers face an elevated risk of fatal motor vehicle crashes during the upcoming holiday weekend.

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