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Safety Persists

Cuts and shutdowns can’t halt the progress of worker protection.

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Ensuring Eye Safety in Dynamic Work Environments

By ensuring ANSI compliance, proper placement, maintenance, and worker training, portable eyewashes play a critical safety role.

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Ladders and Scaffolds: Reaching New Heights in Safety

Through proper selection, inspection, setup, and adherence to safety basics, crews can significantly reduce fall hazards and ensure safer performance at height.

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Material Limitations: What Glove Ratings Don’t Tell You

Understanding how thermoplastics, fibers, and reinforcements behave under real-world conditions helps safety professionals choose gloves that truly match the hazard.

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Proposed Budget Cut to Chemical Safety Board Could Limit OSHA’s Reach

Safety experts warn that eliminating the Chemical Safety Board would remove a critical investigative partner to OSHA, leaving gaps in root cause analysis and hazard prevention.

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Fleet Professionals Gain New Pathway to High-Level Compliance Training

J. J. Keller’s new CTRE™ program offers fleet professionals advanced, hands-on training in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, including driver qualification, hours-of-service, vehicle compliance and audit preparation.

Smarter, Safer Workplaces: The Power of AI-Driven Wearables

AI-powered wearables are reshaping workplace safety by monitoring real-time health, ergonomic movements and environmental hazards. As connected workplaces expand in 2026, these tools help organizations shift from reactive responses to predictive, data-driven risk prevention.



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The Urgent Need to Fix OSHA’s Ethylene Oxide Standard

Despite decades of scientific evidence linking ethylene oxide to cancer and other serious health effects, OSHA’s 40-year-old exposure limits continue to leave medical sterilization and manufacturing workers at risk. Updated regulations, real-time monitoring, and stronger protections are urgently needed.

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UConn’s Korey Stringer Institute Opens New Lab to Advance Occupational Heat-Safety Research

The Korey Stringer Institute has launched a cutting-edge laboratory designed to simulate extreme environmental conditions and study how heat impacts workers across high-risk industries, supporting evidence-based prevention and safety protocols.

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