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Department of Labor (DOL) leaders recognized Workers Memorial Day in a ceremony held April 24. Speakers at the ceremony, held at the department’s Washington headquarters, included Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Acting Assistant Secretary Amanda Wood Laihow, Mine Safety and Health Administration Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy James Paul […]
President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) on April 28 directing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to strengthen its enforcement of truck driver English proficiency regulations. “Proficiency in English, which I designated as our official national language … should be a non-negotiable safety requirement for professional drivers,” the president said in his […]
Having an emergency action plan developed and in place is crucial for farm worker safety. Here’s what you need to know about farm emergency preparedness.
In this installment of EHSDA Shorts, Stu Cook, Product Marketing Manager, Cority, explains what organizations should consider when planning to buy EHS software.
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 […]
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 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 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 […]
Here are workplace recommendations for employers and workers about how to address the risks of smoking and tobacco use.
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: […]