Category: Personnel Safety

Worker Safety: Preventing Falls Can Save Lives

Fall hazards are common in almost every facility or on every job site. Unfortunately, struggling to meet minimum OSHA fall protection requirements is also common. Fall protection violations have been the leading cause of citation from OSHA since 2010, with violations regarding ladders, scaffolds, and fall protection training requirements also ranking in the top 10 […]

EHS On Tap E249: Focusing on Distracted Driving Prevention

On episode 249 of EHS On Tap, Julia Kite-Laidlaw, Senior Program Manager, National Safety Council’s Road to Zero Coalition, talks about the importance of preventing distracted driving.

Back to Basics: Emergency Preparedness on the Farm

Back to Basics is a weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information that any EHS professional should know. This week, we examine emergency preparedness for farm workers. For farm workers, there are many emergencies and hazards that may occur. To prepare for these events, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recommends that […]

Researchers Examine Causes of Construction Accidents

Researchers used a risk assessment framework to examine patterns of construction accidents in a report published April 18. “Unraveling the evolutionary patterns of construction accidents: a risk assessment framework based on average mutual information theory” appeared in Scientific Reports, a Nature Portfolio journal. The researchers found that fatal psychological and physiological factors in construction accidents […]

Infographic: Workplace Tobacco Use

Here are workplace recommendations for employers and workers about how to address the risks of smoking and tobacco use.

EHS Safety Culture NOW Preview

EHS Daily Advisor’s exclusive online summit focusing on safety culture is taking place on April 29-30, 2025. Join us for two days of conversation and insight from industry-leading experts, covering the latest topics in safety culture and providing our audience of safety professionals with the tools for building a more protected workplace in 2025. Day 1: […]

Oregon OSHA Posts Avian Influenza Fact Sheet

The Or​egon Occupation​al Safety and Health Administration (Oregon OSHA), the state’s workplace safety and health agency, recently posted a hazard alert for employers and workers on its website about avian (H5N1) influenza. The fact sheet describes the H5N1 virus, who may be exposed (poultry and livestock workers, veterinarians and their staff, and slaughterhouse workers performing […]

Judge Vacates OSHA Citation in ‘Pigging’ Fatalities

On March 4, an administrative law judge (ALJ) with the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission vacated an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) citation issued following an explosion and worker fatalities during pipeline “pigging” operations. The ALJ’s decision became a review commission final order on April 4. The ALJ vacated the agency’s General Duty […]

OSHA, Safety Partners Offering Construction Safety ‘Stand-Down’

On April 16, the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) encouraged employers and safety professionals to participate in the 12th annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction from May 5 to 9. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) partners in the stand-down include the ASSP, the National Safety Council, the Center for […]