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After years of debate and anticipation, OSHA finally released its proposed ergonomics rules this past November. Here are answers to some of your key questions, based on information provided by the agency.

The purpose of a Safety Management System is to provide protection for employees, writes Joseph Snopek.

EPA research questions environmental impact of industrial shop towels.

You can learn from OSHA's VPP sites.

Your circumstances and goals will shape your choice.

Like an athlete, you can visualize your performance.

Shahla Siddiqi writes about the interim status report on OSHA's research on safety incentive.

Compliance programs can be adapted from Internet sources.

Injuries sustained from a fall into a confined space can be as serious as a fall from a work platform above ground level.

Sometimes I think we forget that behavior-based safety emanated from applied behavior analysis. This month I'd like to offer basic guidelines for evaluating the human behavior aspects of a safety problem. Diagnosing (and supporting) behavior should be given equal weight to changing it.