Melissa J. Ruminski

This month, our “My Story” section highlights the stories of two of your fellow safety peers. Do you want to share yours? Email your story, plus a photo of yourself, to [email protected]. You may see yourself in an upcoming issue.

We’re pleased to introduce a new quarterly column: “NSC Thought Leadership.” To kick things off, John Dony, the council’s vice president of workplace strategy, explains how a partnership with United Kingdom-based nonprofit Lloyd’s Register Foundation has resulted in the proposal of “a model for the ‘new value of safety.’”

In this issue, we present expanded coverage of OSHA’s “Top 10” most cited standards for fiscal year 2023. In addition to the overall Top 10, you’ll find lists for willful and serious violations, OSHA regions and – new for us – a list of which industries have the most citations.

We’re very pleased to have teamed up with BCSP again for our 2023 Salary Survey.

To be successful, every safety pro needs technical know-how. But because safety is all about people, soft skills are another important part of professional development.

I’m looking forward to meeting – or reconnecting – with many of you at the 2023 NSC Safety Congress & Expo. Set to take place in New Orleans, it’s full of opportunities to learn, network and just be around thousands of people who share your commitment to preventing injuries.

Are you familiar with NSC Divisions? They’re industry- and interest-specific groups of NSC member employees “organized to provide those with similar safety interests the ability to connect with others” and “add their voice to advance safety for all workers.”

This month in Safety+Health, we’re publishing the results of our 2023 Training Survey. Created in response to National Safety Council members asking NSC Library Manager Alaina Kolosh for data on training expenditures, the survey is now in its eighth year.

“Workplace Solutions,” our monthly Q&A with experts from safety product manufacturing companies and service providers, has been around a long time.