The past few years have seen organizations across all industries experience the rapid evolution of workplace safety practices. This evolution has caused organizations to focus more on workplace safety ...

National Safety Council highlights overdose prevention, impairment risks, and employer-led safety efforts after Senate confirms Sara Bailey as drug czar.

Every worker deserves a safe and healthy workplace. That principle is at the heart of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which created OSHA and established the duty for employers to ...

Falls and other injuries used to lead the list of workplace safety concerns, but that’s changing. When you think of workplace safety you may picture yellow warning signs, high-viz vests, and maybe, in ...

Virginia has instituted mandatory workplace safety rules to curb the spread of COVID-19, making it the first state in the country to do so. On July 15, the state’s safety and health codes board voted ...

Photo contributed by the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries The walk-behind trencher a 16-year-old boy was using to dig a channel for fence posts. He was injured so severely both of his ...

The Labor Department has proposed rewriting or repealing more than 60 regulations it says are outdated or burdensome. Proposed rollbacks include wage protections, safety rules in mines, construction ...

Two new Kentucky laws will soon reshape workplace safety rules and how courts review agency decisions — with big implications for employer compliance and litigation strategy. Lawmakers passed House ...