Items Tagged with 'National Safety Council'

Itasca, IL – OSHA, the National Safety Council, the American Industrial Hygiene Association, the American Society of Safety Engineers and NIOSH have designated the week of June 12-18 as Safe+Sound Week.

OSHA has updated the agency’s Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines for the first in nearly 30 years, a move OSHA administrator David Michaels calls “a great step forward.”

Safety+Health provides a recap of the biggest news out of the 2016 NSC Congress & Expo, which took place Oct. 15-21 in Anaheim, CA.

Anaheim, CA – To this day, Corrie Pitzer remembers the distinct sounds he heard as he prepared to tell families that their husbands and fathers died in mining incidents.

Anaheim, CA – Various out-of-the-ordinary OSHA investigations, including one case involving a meat blender that resulted in a double amputation for a worker at a processing plant, were detailed by a panel of agency personnel Tuesday during a “most interesting cases” Technical Session at the 2016 NSC Congress & Expo.

Anaheim, CA – The National Safety Council elected seven new members to its Board of Directors, the organization announced at its annual meeting during the 2016 NSC Congress & Expo.

Anaheim, CA – Seven individuals who have driven a combined 200 years without a preventable incident were honored Tuesday night during the National Awards Celebration at the 2016 NSC Congress & Expo.

Workers are not always consistent with their actions on the job. Sometimes, workers behave in a way that is irrational or inexplicable. Why?

Anaheim, CA – Tuesday’s Motivational Keynote at the 2016 NSC Congress & Expo concluded by announcing “The Chairs’ Challenge,” a text-to-donate fundraising campaign to help the National Safety Council achieve its vision of eliminating preventable deaths in our lifetime.

Anaheim, CA – Catch up on all of the news that was featured in the 2016 NSC Congress & Expo "Show Daily."