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The 10^th annual OSHA National Safety Stand-Down event is scheduled from May 1-5, 2023, and encourages workplaces to discuss safety, potential fall hazards and the importance of fall prevention. 

Amazon, Tesla, FedEx, Class I Railroads are among those cited. Data also shows that injuries and fatalities are on the rise as minority workers suffer highest rates of on-the-job deaths.

Thousands attend the occupational safety and health event each year to grow their knowledge and skills while meeting experts who can help them advance their careers and elevate safety at their companies.

Columbia Southern University, which celebrates its 30th year of providing quality distance learning this year, springs into the season with the recent launch of 27 new online programs.

MSHA will award these grants as part of its fiscal year 2023 State Grants program.

The agreement will help ASSP and its 35,000 members worldwide make progress in keeping workers safe in all industries.

The oil and gas industry safety expert from the Middle East has been an ASSP member for 15 years and has helped advance occupational safety and health for more than 30 years in India, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.

For the 2023 academic year, 14 returning schools and 41 new schools from 22 states have been selected to be part of the program.

The increasing reliance on technologies — from AI, IoT, augmented reality and robotics — in manufacturing means more companies need to update their training programs. 

No one protected this 15-year-old migrant worker who fell 50 feet to his death from a roof in Alabama where he was laying down shingles. What are these kids doing working dangerous jobs? Sending money back home — to Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela and other parts of impoverished Latin America.