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One of the great challenges involving near-miss reporting centers on defining what a near-miss really is in the context of the workplace.

My mentor, Stephen K. Hall, who passed away long ago, warned me that overcoming bias, the tendency for how people think and act, would be my greatest career challenge.

Safety culture” and “positive safety culture” are manifestly not the same.

Training is an essential component of many of the standards set by OSHA that are most frequently violated year after year.

Deaths due to on-the-job electrical incidents have consistently decreased in the past decade.

Motor vehicle crashes are consistently the leading cause of death among workers in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Over the course of a 162-game Major League Baseball season, players will do anything to beat the heat.

Violations related to electrical hazards led to 2,192 citations (from 1,681 OSHA inspections) and a total of $2,817,950 in penalties in 2014, making 1910.303 the eighth most frequently cited standard, according to the agency.

If you were to hold a depression recognition screening day in your workplace, how many employees do you think would show up?

When a butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil, does it influence the weather in Brooklyn, NY?