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In the oil and gas sector, methane emissions from refineries are a particular concern, as they can not only damage the environment, but also threaten the safety of workers and the local community.

Regardless of the specific industry or job, lone workers face unique occupational risks due to their isolation from others.

Working construction can lead to debilitating hand injuries. Crews can use these safety tips to protect their hands when using potentially hazardous equipment.

Currently designated as NFPA 660: Standard for Combustible Dusts, the all-encompassing standard will be completed in 2024 and likely released in late 2024/early 2025.

Safety professionals are responsible for mitigating the many ways employees are endangered on the job, including the potential for violent crime.

People can make relatively logical assessment of situations and information, but we have to be careful of possible biases in our interaction with others.

There were 5,190 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2021, an 8.9 percent increase from 4,764 in 2020.

Within the coming decades, lifetime cancer risk i.e., cancer incidence in the U.S. will increase 50%-70% mainly because of population growth and an aging population.

In this podcast episode, safety professional Heather Chapman, MS, CSP, CHMM, CEAS, shares her thoughts on the current state of the safety industry and where she thinks it is heading this year.

Warehouses worldwide have reorganized, streamlined, increased staff and taken other measures to optimize operations. However, one aspect managers often forget about is the air quality.