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A comprehensive and systematic approach begins with an approved written PPE policy and procedure.

Workers concerned about heat stress are demanding lighter and more comfortable garments.

Despite the continued preeminence of the traditional steel cap, changes have happened and are happening in the safety-toe industry.

A well-designed safety helmet system will provide protection for a worker’s head, face and ears.

Hard hats can only offer protection when they are properly selected, worn and maintained.

The first officially-designated September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance will be marked by service projects in all 50 states, with tens of thousands of volunteers expected to turn out to paint and refurbish homes, run food drives, spruce up schools, reclaim neighborhoods, and support and honor veterans and first responders, according to a press release from the Corporation of National and Community Service.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) yesterday released three reports on child labor and/or forced labor in countries around the globe, according to a Labor Department press release.

Preparedness planning for the H1N1 flu is the focus of a special meeting of OSHA’s Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (FACOSH). The meeting will be held Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, in Washington, D.C., according to an OSHA press release.

Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, FACEP (E), executive director of the American Public Health Association, issued the following statement regarding health care reform:

Not that scare tactics have even been employed in the selling of safety… no sir… but some of you might want to communicate to management that there is a new OSHA out there conducting inspections and levying fines.