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Back to Basics is a weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information that any EHS professional should know. This week, as part of Employee Wellness Week, we examine suicide prevention. September is Suicide Prevention Month, which aims to raise awareness about mental health and encourage people affected by suicidal thoughts to get the […]
Join us next week (Sept. 23-26) for free online events and digital resources around employee health and wellness designed to help you plan and execute your employee wellness initiatives. Register for the following event sessions today. Monday, September 23 Panel Discussion | Hazard Recognition for Employee Wellness Time: 2 p.m. EDT In this panel discussion, Claire V. Beich, president […]
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) on September 9 encouraged employers and workers to raise awareness of Construction Suicide Prevention Week, September 9-13. Hundreds of thousands of construction workers throughout the country are participating this week, according to Cal/OSHA, calling attention to support and resources for work-related mental health and suicide prevention. Construction […]
NIOSH has done extensive research on work stress and how on-the-job stressors can lead to accidents and injuries. Here’s what you need to know about preventing workplace stress.
Back to Basics is a weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information that any EHS professional should know. This week, we examine how to identify and manage workplace stress. There are many safety hazards to avoid in any given workplace, but stress may be the most insidious because it can lead to many […]
As we near the end of the year, we’re taking a look back at some of our highlights from 2023. For our latest EHSDA Shorts feature, we are sharing some insights from some of our favorite guests this year. Making Safety a Basic Human Right On this episode of EHSDA Shorts, we hear from Dr. […]
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently launched a campaign to help reduce healthcare worker burnout and improve their mental health. In that spirit, the EHSDA Song of the Week is Metric’s “Help I’m Alive,” a 2008 indie rocker about overcoming stress. “Help I’m Alive” was the lead single on the Toronto-based […]
A new campaign launched by the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) provides resources for hospitals to improve policies and practices that will reduce healthcare worker burnout and improve their mental health. The campaign, Impact Wellbeing, is designed to help hospital leaders make improvements and determine new ways to support staff dealing with stress. […]
Worker mental health is often overlooked, but businesses are paying more attention to it these days. OSHA in August focused its Safe + Sound Week program on mental health and well-being and resources to help alleviate workplace stress and support mental health. This week, the EHSDA Song of the Week is Soundgarden’s “Fell On Black […]
The National Safety Council (NSC) has launched a new workplace safety program, Respond Ready Workplace, to help employers combat the rise in workplace drug overdoses, the organization announced September 18. Deaths on the job from drug overdoses have increased 536% since 2011, according to the NSC’s Injury Facts page about overdose deaths. Unintentional workplace overdose […]