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Lighting Manufacturer Offers Workplace Guidance on Picking and Maintaining Exit Signs

Proper placement, visibility during power outages and regular testing can help ensure exit signs support safe workplace evacuations.

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Oregon Contest Asks High School Students to Create Ads on Heat Illness Prevention for Teen Workers

Entries are due Feb. 12, 2027, and the top three in each category win $300 to $500, with matching awards for first-place winners' schools.

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Free Spanish-Language Course Teaches Safe Digging Around Buried Utilities

The CGA is reaching out to Spanish-speaking construction, landscaping and fence-building workers.



Worker in an orange high-visibility vest signals beside a forklift lifting a large metal container next to a flatbed truck in an industrial yard.

U.K. Wholesaler Fined After Unsecured Forklift Load Crushes Worker

Investigators found no risk assessment, lift plan or worker instructions for a regular loading task, and safer ways to secure or lift the load went unused.

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PIP Global Safety Earns First EcoVadis Bronze Medal

The company also joined the UN Global Compact and published its first sustainability report, with a second planned for spring 2027.

A worker in a "Fire Watcher" vest monitors hot work behind a welding curtain at an industrial site.

Guide Outlines Fire Watch Duties for Hot Work and Other High-Risk Operations

The guide covers when facilities must establish fire watch coverage, along with pre-shift hazard checks, logging and emergency response.

A worker wearing protective clothing, a hairnet and blue gloves operates stainless steel processing equipment in an industrial facility.

CSB Says Company Has Not Acted on Recommendations After Fatal 2021 Ohio Plant Explosion

Board letters have gone unanswered, including one sent after Yenkin-Majestic pleaded guilty to a federal criminal charge tied to the incident.

Three workers wearing headlamps enter a mine.

MSHA Awards Millions for Mine Safety Training

More than $10.5 million will fund required instruction for new and experienced miners, with programs tailored to local hazards.

Traffic driving past a line of illuminated traffic cones and road signs along a highway construction zone at dusk.

FHWA Outlines Strategies to Protect Highway Crews Working at Night

About half of all fatal work zone crashes in 2023 happened at night, according to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), as more road work moves to nighttime hours.

Two construction supervisors wearing hard hats and high-visibility safety vests reviewing documents on a clipboard at an active construction site, with other workers in the background.

Cal/OSHA Proposes Rules to Multiply Penalties for Egregious and Enterprise-Wide Violations

Egregious penalties would be assessed for each exposed employee and enterprise-wide penalties for each location, with written comments due Nov. 30 ahead of a Dec. 3 hearing.

An technician in a blue lab coat using a probe to test circuit boards and electrical components in a testing laboratory.

OSHA Recognizes Norway Site for Product Safety Testing and Certification

OSHA staff found some nonconformances during a 2025 on-site review, which the agency said the company has since addressed, and no public comments were filed.

A miner wearing a yellow hard hat with a headlamp, earmuffs, and a respirator mask carrying out maintenance work on heavy equipment underground.

MSHA Sets Public Hearing on Powered Respirator Use in Gassy Underground Mines

The agency also reopened comments on its 2025 proposal through Dec. 8 after receiving a request for a hearing during the original comment window.

A stainless steel pressure vessel with gauges and piping in an industrial mechanical room.

Cal/OSHA Proposes Emergency Changes to Boiler and Pressure Vessel Fees

The proposed regulations would adjust inspection and permit fees for boilers, air tanks and other pressure vessels to cover the costs of the state's inspection program.

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International PPE and Fire Protection Trade Show Returns to Bangkok in 2027

Exhibitors will show PPE developments ranging from smart fabrics to ergonomic designs, and conferences and workshops will run alongside the exhibits.

A team of industrial workers wearing hard hats celebrating with high-fives in a factory setting.

AIHA Series Will Spotlight More Members Who Find Hidden Workplace Hazards

Members were spotlighted at AIHA Connect 2026, and the association said their work to protect workers goes on amid changing exposures, rising heat stress and more wildfires.

Two workers wearing safety helmets and harnesses attached to fall protection lifelines installing solar panels on a tiled roof.

Oregon OSHA Cites Contractor for Sixth Fall Protection Violation in Less than Two Years

Inspectors found a ladder too short to safely reach the roof and no records showing workers had been trained on fall hazards.

 Blackline Safety G8 gas monitor displayed alongside the Firehouse Innovation Awards logo.

G8 Wearable That Sends Firefighters' Gas Readings to Commanders Wins Innovation Award

The device combines gas monitoring with lone worker features and two-way communication, and it gives the company a second straight Firehouse award after its EXO 8 area monitor won in 2025.

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