You probably know that walking 10,000 steps a day is the new “magic metric” for the health-conscious. Ten years ago if you asked someone how many steps a day they should walk, you’d get a shoulder shrug. Nobody counted steps.

In recent years we have seen numerous companies suffer reputation and brand damage as a result of actions or inactions by company executives and employees.

2017 will be a particularly challenging year for occupational safety and health program improvement.

In recent years we have seen numerous companies suffer reputation and brand damage as a result of actions or inactions by company executives and employees.

2017 will be a particularly challenging year for occupational safety and health program improvement.

If history is any lesson, here’s what we’ve seen: When a Republican is in the White House, the president doesn’t spend much time thinking about labor, the Department of Labor, or little ole OSHA.

Back in the Stone Age, when I first began writing about workplace safety and health for ISHN, I almost immediately came across the admonishment that safety and health professionals must “talk management’s language” if they want to get anywhere.

On a recent vacation, I visited a U.S. Life Saving Service (USLSS) station at Indian River, DE and learned about these dedicated and brave, albeit crazy, “surfmen” who man these coastal stations along the east coast and Great Lakes.