A Hazard is anything that has the potential to cause harm, injuries, accidents or other undesirable effects. A Risk is the possibility that a personal injury, property loss or environmental harm will ...

Safety doesn’t happen by accident. Learn the key components of an effective job hazard analysis and why they sometimes fail ...

Hazards may not be the first thing on an employee’s mind during the work day, but various hazards and their causes need to be considered. On its website, OSHA emphasizes the need to identify ...

The idea of having someone closely watch your employees as they work while making notes on a clipboard sounds scary for the participants being viewed, but that’s what happens during a job safety ...

Here’s a hypothetical scenario: You are a safety and health professional going where no professional has gone before. You’ve been hired by a metal fabricating plant in the Midwest. It is family-owned ...

Good emergency planning practices and regulatory compliance mandate that long-term care facilities identify the potential threats, perils, and hazards that can adversely impact operations both from an ...

Construction Safety Week has long been a powerful show of force, a catalyst for bringing the industry together and putting a spotlight on the critical importance of safety. It represents a shared ...

Alexis Jones '20 always says yes to an opportunity, even if she isn’t entirely sure what she is getting herself into. Saying yes led her to Flint, Michigan, in the midst of the water crisis, to hiring ...

CHICO — Identifying and documenting potential safety hazards on and adjacent to the Chico State campus was the idea behind the annual Moonlit Safety Walk, giving university students and employees, as ...

Learn about lone worker safety regulations in the UK, employer responsibilities and the technologies organisations use to protect employees working alone.

For years, small planes have buzzed across the skies of Washington carrying specialized instrument packages that peer down through the belly of the aircraft. As they soar above mountains, rivers and ...