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While many compliance-focused training programs don’t cover mental health and wellness topics, safety professionals have been increasingly trying to emphasize resources in the workplace.

Recent BLS data reveals fatal and nonfatal injuries have declined. Separately, OSHA inspections have dropped in 2025.

OSHA, the Chemical Safety Board, NIOSH, and other federal agencies that deal with worker safety were under fire in 2025.

Randy DeVaul, safety professional and industry veteran, says that for decades, the standard approach to workplace safety has been built on fear, punishment, and punitive compliance

The federal government shutdown went into effect October 1, 2025.

A+A is the world's largest trade fair for safety, security, and health at work, and brings together approximately 2,000 global exhibitors and over 60,000 attendees.

OSHA's proposed heat stress rule is undergoing an administrative hearing process.

Since 1996, the NSC has promoted National Safety Month to encourage safety “from the workplace to anyplace.”

Workers Memorial Day serves as a powerful reminder to reaffirm the ongoing commitment to the fight for safe and healthy working conditions.

Federal health and safety initiatives are in trouble as NIOSH is decimated and OSHA’s fate is up in the air.