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Where Safety Is Headed in 2026: Insights from the Safety Community
By NASP Blogger Safety Culture
Earlier this year, we asked our students, members, and social media audience where they believe safety should be headed in 2026. The feedback was consistent. The future of safety is focused on people, participation, and prevention. Improving safety culture and employee engagement emerged as the top priority, selected by approximately 80% of respondents. Increasing leadership…
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Injured While Working at Home: Will Comp Cover?
12.09.2020 ComplianceCan an employee injured while working at home collect workers’ comp benefits? The answer is yes, but only if they…
5 States Legalize Marijuana: Workplace Impact
12.09.2020 Current EventsVoters in five states approved laws to legalize medical or recreational marijuana. The states’ initiatives have one thing in common:…
Oregon Issues COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard
12.09.2020 Current EventsOregon issued it’s temporary COVID-19 standard on November 6th, joining Virginia, New Jersey, and Michigan on the list of states…
Maintain Social Distance: COVID ‘Close Contact’ Adds up to Exposure
11.16.2020 Current EventsAn investigation into how an employee contracted COVID-19 in the workplace caused the CDC to change its definition of “close…
Inspector Involved in Extortion Attempt
11.16.2020 Current EventsAn OSHA inspector and his brother were charged with conspiracy to extort $6,000 in cash from a New Jersey-based general…
Confined Space Fatalities
11.10.2020 ComplianceOSHA continues to report asphyxiation as the leading cause of death in confined spaces, generally resulting from oxygen deficiency or…
Workers’ Comp “MEGA-claims” on the Rise
10.07.2020 Current EventsWorkers’ compensation mega claims, those that cost $3 million or more at 2018 cost levels, are on the rise, according…
Airborne COVID-19 Transmission: It All Comes Back to the Mask
10.07.2020 Current EventsIs six feet really the limit for person-to-person COVID-19 transmission? Unfortunately for businesses, the answer to that question seems to…
Positive Drug Test Rates Hit 16-year High
10.07.2020 Current EventsWorkforce drug positivity rates hit a 16-year high in 2019, with positive marijuana test rates climbing by double digits across…
NSC: U.S. COVID deaths surpass 2018 accidental death numbers
09.16.2020 Current EventsMortality numbers in the U.S. for COVID-19, by August, have already surpassed the total number of preventable, accidental deaths in…
Confused by OSHA’s COVID-19 Reporting Rules?
09.16.2020 Current EventsAre you confused by federal OSHA’s reporting requirements for coronavirus cases? You’re not alone. The law firm Baker Hostetler says…
29th Anniversary of Worst Industrial Disaster in NC History
09.03.2020 Current EventsON THIS DAY, this terrible day, in North Carolina history… 1991: It is about 8:15 in the morning ON THIS…
