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What are your safety goals in 2026?
By NASP Blogger Safety Culture
As we look ahead to 2026, safety leaders across the country are setting priorities that will shape the year to come. From strengthening safety culture to improving leading indicators and reducing injury rates, every organization’s focus is a little different. NASP is gathering insights from workplace safety professionals to better understand the trends, challenges, and…
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Protecting Workers from the Effects of Heat
06.04.2019 ComplianceAs much of the Southeast is battling record high temperatures this late Spring, NASP thought we would share with you…
Improving Safety Knowledge Retention Rates
05.29.2019 CompliancePeople seem attentive during training but afterwards they quickly forget what they’ve learned. What steps can I take to improve…
The Habit of Safety
05.22.2019 ComplianceForming, Changing and Reinforcing Key Safety Behaviors By definition, safety professionals are responsible for controlling exposure to risk. As a…
Safety from the Shadows
05.15.2019 ComplianceThe Problem of Informal Social Power in Industrial Safety Safety is about good intentions. What nobler goal could there be…
Locking Out Decision Fatigue
05.07.2019 ComplianceIf you wanted to summarize the safety profession for a layperson, you would do well to start with lockout/tagout (LOTO)…
DOT HAZMAT Shipping Key Definitions
04.30.2019 ComplianceWhat are the DOT HAZMAT Shipping Key Definitions? Dangerous goods: Interchangeable with the term “hazardous materials” and mainly used in…
Controlling Hazardous Energy with Lockout/Tagout—Common Challenges and Best Practices
04.23.2019 ComplianceWe have found that only about 10 percent of companies run effective lockout programs. In fact, we have observed that…
Temporary structure, permanent safety
04.17.2019 ComplianceHelp keep employees safe during all stages of scaffolding work On a November day in 1994, a 60-year-old painter foreman…
Trenching and excavation safety
04.12.2019 ComplianceProper protective systems, competent person key to incident prevention George Kennedy can recall multiple incidents involving unprotected workers and trench…
Training Improves Hazard Recognition by Workers
04.11.2019 ComplianceWorkers who are trained on the concept of “visual literacy” are able to spot workplace hazards that might go unnoticed,…
HAZWOPER Train-the-Trainer
04.11.2019 ComplianceThis past week, students from across the country traveled to Wilmington, NC to complete a challenging and exciting HAZWOPER 40-Hour…
Update training on OSHA’s new fall protection rules
04.09.2019 ComplianceFocus on walking surfaces and fixed ladders Experienced employers — from industrial safety managers to construction supervisors — keep a…