Construction and demolition sites are among the most hazardous work environments, especially when multiple contractors and employers introduce operational complexities to a job site. A newly revised standard from the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) helps employers keep construction workers safe by describing best practices they can implement to take safety programs to the next level.

The NIOSH-funded construction center CPWR—The Center for Construction Research and Training supported a study by researchers at Northeastern University in Boston. The scientists developed and tested a new 63-item survey of construction safety policies, programs, and practices.

Two Milliken & Company textile businesses — Westex^®, a leader in dual-hazard protective textiles, and Polartec^®, the premium provider of innovative and sustainable textile solutions — announce a new collection of flame-resistant (FR), arc-rated (AR) knit fabric.

Through cross-industry partnership, Blackline Collective empowers leaders with a forum to share experiences, best practices and strategies that improve worker safety, efficiency and quality

Protective Industrial Products, Inc. (“PIP^®”), a leading supplier of hand protection and PPE to the industrial, construction, and retail markets, proudly announces the acquisition of Primax Manufacturing & Trading, Inc. (“Primax”) and its innovative Caiman^® brand, headquartered in La Mirada, CA. PIP^® is a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity (“Audax”).

Auto parts manufacturer ALJoon LLC received a fine of $500,000 and agreed to pay $1 million in a criminal case over the death of a temporary worker at a facility in Cusseta, Alabama, OSHA announced last week.

The Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) and the National Safety Council (NSC) have released the results of an expansive salary survey, analyzing responses from over 9,200 respondents to identify the typical salary and benefits of safety, health, and environmental (SH&E) professionals in an extensive report and online calculator.

A Yarmouth, Maine man was killed at his job site on November 13 in Wiscasset, Maine when an automatic garage door struck the scissor lift he was working from.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa and other groups filed a federal complaint against the state's Occupational Safety and Health Administration on November 13, 2020, saying regulators failed to protect workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two workers were killed in an explosion on November 13, 2020 while repairing a steam pipe in a maintenance building at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut, officials said.