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 ...

How safety and health professionals can scope out the big picture of workplace hazards and assess their risks through Visual Literacy practices. Here’s a hypothetical scenario: You are a safety and ...

This article appears in Security On The Internet, an in-depth report on cyberthreats and how executives can stop them. Chief information officers should explore, if not embrace, a broad-spectrum ...

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 ...

Job hazard analyses (JHAs) are used to identify a variety of safety hazards. They're a proactive means of preventing many different types of workplace injuries and illnesses. One area that often ...

Everyone in the industry who deals with fall protection on a regular basis most likely knows what a guardrail is, what lanyards do and just how much protection a harness provides. Yet, can anyone ...

Hazard identification is an ongoing process that is a critical component of any health and safety program. A common approach of this process is to use the principles of industrial hygiene to recognize ...

Driver training specialist IAM Drive & Survive is offering weekly motoring tips to drivers from its head of training, Simon Elstow. This week he is advising on identifying hazards. Anticipate hazards ...

Dear Abby: After reading the letter in your column about older persons who live alone ”falling,” I had to write. Since approximately one-third of the elderly fall annually, it is a common problem. The ...

State geologists released maps this week that for the first time identify six seismic hazard zones in Ventura County and are part of a statewide project to hold all builders accountable to the same ...