February 2019

2019 CEOs Who "Get It"

January 27, 2019

Safety+Health presents the National Safety Council’s annual recognition of CEOs who demonstrate a personal commitment to worker safety and health.

‘Seeing’ safety in a new way

Visual literacy can help identify hidden work hazards, experts say

January 27, 2019

Barry Bottino

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How can a photo of a leopard help workers spot on-the-job hazards? A concept known as visual literacy aims to help people overcome inattention blindness. “It’s usually the most obvious things that you miss. The things you walk past a thousand times and never realized they’re an issue,” one expert says.

Editor's Note: I need to get moving

January 27, 2019

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Editor Melissa J. Ruminski discusses the studies on the adverse health effects of both sitting too long and standing too long at work.

Safety Leadership: I can’t be wrong – can I?

January 27, 2019

Michael D. Mangan

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“Confirmation, overconfidence, sunk cost and optimism biases all are the results of the pleasure we feel when we’re right and the pain we feel when we’re wrong,” says Michael Mangan of DEKRA Organizational Safety and Reliability. So what can leaders do to overcome them?

All About You: Don’t let indecision paralyze you

January 27, 2019

Richard Hawk

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“When you don’t know what to do, you tend to do nothing,” notes veteran safety pro turned professional speaker Richard Hawk, who shares his own experience and offers practical advice for being more decisive.

Safety+Health readers share how they got into the EHS field