Behavioral Safety


Lockout tag on circuit breaker

Lockout/Tagout

Why Lockout/Tagout Violations Persist Despite Clear OSHA Standards

LOTO failures are often blamed on individual mistakes, but modern industrial systems introduce complexity and production pressure that safety rules alone can’t solve. A stronger culture and shared responsibility may be the real key to preventing predictable harm.

Worker welding in protective gear

Summer Hazards

How Technology Is Transforming Heat Stress Prevention in the Workplace

Traditional heat safety programs often rely on generalized thresholds and reactive symptom reporting. New tools like PPG wearables, WBGT monitoring systems, and cooling innovations are helping safety teams take a more proactive approach.

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Ladder Safety

How to Choose the Right Ladder for the Job

Thousands of ladder-related injuries happen every year, often because the wrong ladder is used. Understanding ladder types, height requirements, duty ratings, and materials can reduce fall risk and improve safety at elevation.

Row of Helmets

How to Choose the Right Type I or Type II Head Protection

OSHA’s updated guidance highlights the importance of hazard assessments when selecting head protection. Here are five key steps to help employers choose the right helmet type, electrical class, and accessories for their worksite risks.

Construction Safety

Three Persistent Myths That Undermine Construction Safety

Outdated assumptions about training, technology, and costs continue to expose construction crews to unnecessary risk. Rethinking these common safety myths can strengthen protection, improve efficiency, and support long-term business performance.

PPE: Gloves

Why Hand Safety Remains One of the Toughest Challenges at Work

From small errors to human factors like complacency and distraction, hand injuries persist across industries. Addressing habits, awareness, and leadership may be the key to protecting workers both on and off the job.

Workers on Scaffolding in Snow

When Weather Becomes the Jobsite Hazard

From heat stress and dehydration to cold exposure and storm-related hazards, shifting weather patterns are increasing construction safety risks. Here’s how supervisors can plan and protect crews every season.

Roofer Working on a Skylight

Why the Most Overlooked Rooftop Fall Hazard is Actually Openings Not Edges

Why skylights and roof openings continue to cause serious injuries during routine work.



Electrical Safety

Five Ways to Make Electrical Safety Training More Effective

Electrical safety training shouldn’t be a checkbox exercise. These five strategies can help safety leaders improve engagement, reinforce safe behaviors, and strengthen compliance across different job roles.

Firefighters Putting Out a Fire

From Compliance to Performance: The Next Generation of High-Heat PPE

New advances in flame-resistant apparel are balancing protection, mobility, and heat stress prevention.

Developing Safety Warriorship

Safety “warriorship” isn’t about toughness—it’s about skill, humility, and the disciplined execution that turns intention into lasting results.

Ai Monitoring Confined Spaces

How AI Is Changing Confined Space Atmospheric Monitoring

Confined spaces are dynamic environments where gas levels, airflow, and temperature can shift in seconds. AI-based atmospheric intelligence is helping safety teams move beyond threshold alarms to predictive, real-time risk interpretation.

Wall-Mounted AED

CPR Compliance Isn’t Readiness

Many workplaces track CPR/AED training completion, but real survival depends on response speed, confidence, and culture. Here’s how safety leaders can close the readiness gap before a cardiac arrest happens.

Forklift Safety Meeting

Collision Avoidance and Connected Analytics: Transforming Safety in Construction

As construction projects grow more complex, safety is using AI-backed collision avoidance and connected data to reduce blind-spot incidents and push safety culture beyond compliance.

Eye Wash Station

Chemical Exposure in 2026: A Checklist for Emergency Eyewash and Shower Readiness

As chemical use expands across industries, safety leaders can reduce injury severity by improving emergency fixture placement, water delivery performance, and equipment compliance and readiness.

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Training Employees Is Easy. Changing Behavior Is Not.

How modern safety platforms reinforce learning through engagement and recognition.

A Shifting Safety Landscape

Five trends that are steering workplace safety over the next six to 18 months.

Worker climbing up ladder

Ladder Safety

Fixed Ladders, Changing Rules: Navigating OSHA's Ladder Fall Protection Requirements

OSHA’s revised fixed ladder rule requires fall protection systems for ladders over 24 feet. Here’s what safety leaders need to know.

Worker operating sheet metal machine

San Jose Sheet Metal Company Faces $212K+ Fine After Amputation

The Cal/OSHA issued $212,850 in penalties to All FAB Precision Sheetmetal Inc. following a repeat injury.

Meeting with a Whiteboard

The "Safety Program Trap" and Why It Keeps Winning

Safety performance does not improve through isolated programs. It improves when organizations align strategy, leadership, and culture to build sustainable capacity.

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