Industrial workplaces are typically dangerous, with heavy machinery, hazardous substances and complex processes. Despite safety protocols, accidents still happen. According to the International Labour ...

Biological hazards, or biohazards, contain living organisms that can pose dangers to human health. In the workplace, these can include blood, human waste, pathogens, and more. Biological hazards are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. As millions of American workers return to their work desks ...

Power companies understand the importance of safety and incorporate many safeguards into plant designs. Yet, the materials used in these defenses also matter, and fiberglass-reinforced polymer (FRP) ...

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 ...

In May 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a final rule to amend the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), aligning it more closely with the seventh revision of the ...

In a new whitepaper, Improving Workplace Safety with Robotics, the National Safety Council, through its Work to Zero initiative, evaluated the benefits of robotics and autonomous mobile robots, or ...

Workplace safety hazards lead to employee injuries and complaints, opening the company to inspections and violations. Employers should take reasonable steps to identify, assess and control hazards. As ...

As compliance pressure grows, enterprises are shifting away from fragmented safety processes toward centralized digital ...

Nurses at UPMC Altoona have reached a tentative 3-year contract agreement that addresses some of their major grievances.

With the need for Australian workplaces to now identify and do “everything reasonably practical” to deal with psychosocial risks, the question many organizations are asking is: “Where do we begin?” ...

Experts in workplace safety warn that increased fear among immigrants at risk of deportation could inhibit them from speaking up about health and safety threats on the job. All workers have the right ...