Infographic: Workplace Stress Survey
One way to find out what workers need in terms of mental health support is to ask them. Here’s what OSHA suggests you include on an employee survey about workplace stress.
Category: Special Topics in Safety Management
Safety is a process, and as such, needs to be managed. This section offers resources to create a viable safety program, sell it to senior management, train supervisors and employees in using it, and then track and report your progress. Look also for ways to advance your own skills in these areas, both for your current job, and those that follow.
Free Special Report: 50 Tips for More Effective Safety Training
EPA Registers Glufosinate-P as New Herbicide Active Ingredient
The EPA recently announced the registration of the new active ingredient glufosinate-P, which controls weeds in conventional and glufosinate-resistant field corn, sweet corn, soybean, cotton, and canola. The Agency also released its final biological evaluation for the active ingredient under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). “Glufosinate-P is the first new active ingredient registration where EPA […]
EHS On Tap E231: Construction Safety Trends for 2025
On episode 231 of EHS On Tap, David Tibbetts, Chief Safety Officer at Highwire, talks about construction safety trends for 2025.
OSHA Extends Comment Deadline on Heat Proposal
On November 29, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) extended the deadline for public comment on its heat illness prevention proposal (89 Fed. Reg. 94631). Comments are now due January 14, 2025. The agency published its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for heat injury and illness prevention in outdoor and indoor work settings on […]
Mississippi Pipe Maker Settles OSHA Fatality, Amputation Case
A Mississippi steel pipe manufacturer has reached a settlement agreement with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to resolve citations and penalties involving one worker’s death and another’s amputation injuries, the agency announced November 22. On January 19, two employees of Jindal Tubular USA LLC in Bay Saint Louis were setting up a site […]
EHSDA Shorts: What is Bias?
In this installment of EHSDA Shorts, Christina R. Roll, Sr. Risk Consultant, AXA XL, explains the meaning of bias and the types of bias people have.
DOL Petitions Court to Force Postal Service Compliance with Subpoenas
The Department of Labor (DOL) has petitioned the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania to force the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to comply with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) subpoenas, OSHA announced November 21. The agency is conducting a whistleblower investigation at the USPS’s New Salem, Pennsylvania, facility. OSHA opened an […]
EHS On Tap E230: Focusing on Worker Mental Health
On episode 230 of EHS On Tap, Adam Nemer, founder of Simple Mental Health, talks about the importance of improving worker mental health.
CSB Releases Update on Texas Hydrogen Sulfide Incident
On November 20, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released an update on its investigation into an October 10 fatal release of hydrogen sulfide gas at the PEMEX Deer Park Refinery in Texas that killed two workers and injured 13 others. During maintenance activities at the refinery, approximately 27,000 pounds of toxic […]
Back to Basics: A Look at Construction’s ‘Fatal Four’ Safety Hazards
Back to Basics is a weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information that any EHS professional should know. This week, we examine the most dangerous construction safety hazards. Are you familiar with the construction industry’s deadliest safety hazards? The “fatal four” or “focus four” safety hazards are caught-in/-between hazards, electrocution, falls, and struck-by […]