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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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OSHA Implements New Enforcement Weighting System
10.10.2019 ComplianceOSHA has altered its enforcement weighting system, the agency announced in a late September press release. As of Oct. 1,…
Safety moments in oil & extraction: hazards, controls & resources
10.08.2019 ComplianceAccording to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, in 2016 there are currently between 150,000 and 160,000 people employed in oil &…
10 Feet Tall and Falling
09.24.2019 ComplianceWhen it comes to safety, a lot of attention is dedicated to the biggest or loudest hazards. But if you…
OSHA’s Newest Enforcement Policies
09.19.2019 ComplianceRecent enforcement policy changes have amounted to “very significant developments with OSHA,” according to an employment attorney. Thomas Metzger laid…
Quit Feeding the Monsters
09.03.2019 ComplianceOnce upon a time, in the land of business, a young man set out to free the vast Kingdom from…
Microlearning, A Better Way to Train Our Employees?
08.14.2019 ComplianceIt turns out, that the days of piling into a large auditorium watching a PowerPoint, may be coming to an…
Workplace Robotics Cause Safety Concerns
08.14.2019 ComplianceIt is of no surprise that robots are beginning to take root in all areas of industry in the United…
Fighting Complacency
08.07.2019 ComplianceWe all become complacent with the hazards we have to deal with on a day to day basis. We all…
Complacency: The Silent Killer
07.31.2019 ComplianceWith violent crime, quite often you hear yelling and screaming before the gun shots. In the movies, the music changes,…
Complacency Deserves a Place on OSHA’s Top 10
07.26.2019 ComplianceOne of the most experienced CSPs I know has a story that he likes to tell about a facility where…
Anticipating Critical Errors
07.23.2019 ComplianceWhen you think about anticipating error, especially your own, it’s an interesting concept because—obviously—if we all knew that we were…
Two Notable RCRA Regulations on the Way
07.15.2019 ComplianceA final rule making aerosol cans a universal waste (UW) is due any day now. The EPA is working out the kinks…
