Impairment has always been a workplace safety issue. Workers are unable to safely do their jobs if their ability to work is diminished by substances such as alcohol or opioids. According to a new ...

In the summer of 2022, two maintenance workers found themselves waist-deep in liquid chocolate after falling into a tank at a candy factory in Pennsylvania. Stuck for over an hour, the two workers ...

After a workplace accident, it's often very easy to see where things went wrong. After all, hindsight is 20/20. But what if we could have that same clarity before an accident occurred? What if we ...

Psychological safety at work is essential, but concept creep has led some to mistake it for never having to face hard ...

Workplace leaders often encourage employees to 'take risks' - but how safe is that? Let's start with a definition. Psychological safety, conceptualized by Harvard Business School Professor Amy ...

Despite decades of advances in workplace safety, the number of serious injury fatalities (SIFs) at U.S. companies remains alarmingly steady, at around 5,000 each year. In the supply chain, this is ...

Source: Campaign Creators/Unsplash Psychological safety is often misunderstood—and those misunderstandings can kill workplace trust before it ever has a chance to grow. Technically, psychological ...

The roots of industrial hygiene can be traced back thousands of years. In ancient Rome, scholar Pliny the Elder advised miners to wear face masks, or PPE, made from animal bladders, to protect them ...