September 2026
Find these topics and more in the September issue:
- Facility Safety
- IH Monitoring Instruments
- PPE
- Training: Injury & Illness Reporting
- Combustible Dust
- Slips, Trips & Falls
- Chemical Safety
- Lockout/Tagout
- Ergonomics/MSDS
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Features
By Francene Scott Diehl
Properly fitting personal protective equipment is essential for protecting women in construction while improving comfort, confidence, and worker retention. Expanding research and involving tradeswomen in PPE design can help close longstanding gaps in workplace safety.
By Gen Handley
Successfully implementing safety monitoring tools requires more than selecting the right technology. Clear communication, thoughtful onboarding, privacy safeguards, and ongoing employee engagement help organizations strengthen safety culture while improving emergency response.
By Rhonda Piggee Johnson, CSP
Environmental hazards, housekeeping, and human behavior all contribute to slip, trip, and fall incidents. Organizations that address these interconnected risks together are better positioned to achieve lasting improvements in workplace safety.
By Stasia DeMarco
From emerging technologies to peer-to-peer learning, attendees are discovering practical ideas they can take home to strengthen workplace safety.
By Nolan Seward
Complacency, production pressure, and routine work can undermine even well-designed lockout/tagout programs. Reinforcing communication, leadership, and safe work habits helps ensure hazardous energy control procedures are followed consistently.
By Pravesh Ramlogun
Modern gas monitoring systems are evolving from standalone detection devices into connected safety platforms that provide real-time visibility, improve emergency response, and strengthen situational awareness across industrial operations.
By Cam Mackey
Choosing protective footwear based on workplace hazards, fit, and performance features—not just toe protection—can improve comfort, reduce injury risks, and help workers stay safe throughout every shift.
By Karl Zelik
Backed by long-term field data and growing industry adoption, wearable exoskeletons are emerging as a practical tool for reducing musculoskeletal injuries, improving worker retention, and complementing traditional ergonomics programs in warehouses and distribution centers.
By Shawn M. Galloway
Recordable injury rates tell only part of the safety story. Organizations that identify precursor conditions, verify critical controls, and focus on high-energy hazards are better positioned to prevent serious injuries and fatalities.
By Jeremy R. Abbott
Buildings are designed with multiple layers of protection to safeguard occupants during emergencies, but those safeguards are only effective when facility managers and employees preserve them through proper maintenance, training, and day-to-day operations.
By David Kopf
Simply installing an automated external defibrillator isn't enough. A truly effective AED program depends on planning, maintenance, training and readiness.
By Dennis Terpin
More than 30 years after OSHA's confined space standard was introduced, workers continue to die in enclosed spaces. Understanding atmospheric monitoring, rescue planning, and common misconceptions can help close persistent safety gaps.
By Matthew Hatzenbuhler
Effective combustible dust prevention begins with understanding facility-specific hazards. Dust testing, hazard analyses, engineering controls, housekeeping, and employee training work together to reduce fire and explosion risks while supporting safer operations.
By Aaron Freund
Effective combustible dust safety depends on more than controlling ignition sources. Selecting appropriate portable lighting for classified environments can improve visibility, strengthen inspections, and support safer maintenance and emergency response activities.
By Taylor Mabile
Effective HazCom training goes beyond OSHA compliance. Learn how stronger instruction on labels, Safety Data Sheets and emergency response can help employees recognize chemical hazards and work more safely.
By David Kopf
Connected head protection can give safety managers new information about impacts, falls, heat and other workplace conditions, potentially changing both incident response and the way safety decisions are made.
By David Kopf
High-visibility apparel is moving beyond the traditional safety vest as manufacturers respond to heat, workforce diversity, multiple hazards and emerging technology.
By Phil Molé
Accurate injury and illness records do more than satisfy regulatory requirements. They provide the data organizations need to identify hazards, strengthen safety programs, and improve decision-making before incidents occur.
By Armando Pazos
Deploying robust gas detection protects workers from invisible atmospheric hazards while maintaining operational uptime in high-stakes facilities.
By Melvin Keyani
Procurement decisions prioritizing office compliance over jobsite usability create a digital burden and undermine safety tech adoption.
By Dr. Latha M. Brubaker
Timely, transparent communication between clinicians, employers and claims teams is as critical as medical treatment in accelerating recovery and reducing workers' compensation costs.
By Francesco José Addabbo
Revisiting Frank and Lillian Gilbreth’s motion study principles reveals that "therblig" micro-movements aren't just tools for industrial speed; they are the key to eliminating soft-tissue strains and cumulative biomechanical debt.
By Justin Malone
Treating safety as an operational operating system rather than a compliance checklist prevents dangerous field complacency during periods of fluctuating federal oversight.
By Daniyal Shahid
From lighting gaps to circadian fatigue, learn how warehouse leaders can mitigate the unique safety and security risks of 24/7 logistics.
Departments
By David Kopf
Construction Suicide Prevention Week turns awareness into action to save lives.
By Robert Pater
Familiar safety strategies can lose their effectiveness over time. By recognizing outdated thinking and embracing new approaches, leaders can overcome organizational inertia and build stronger, more sustainable safety performance.