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The former CEO of Massey Energy Co. goes on trial today in U.S. District Court in Charleston, West Virginia in a case that could set a precedent for corporate higher-ups being held accountable for the safety of their workers.

Institute for Safety and Health Management (ISHM) announces the 2015 Safety Management Professional of the Year. Stephanie Walsh, ASHM, Safety Specialist for Trendway Corp., a manufacturer of commercial office furniture and architectural products in Holland, Mich., was recognized for her caring, common sense, fun approach to safety improvement.

Remember when you graduated from college and headed out to start your career in the safety and health profession with that altruistic belief that you were going to tear up the world and make a huge difference in the safety and health of fellow employees.

During my career I have had the privilege of working with a number of extraordinarily talented individuals.

The primary reason for a lack of understanding around safety leadership is too much conversation and not enough communication.

Matching safety and compliance training to industry, employees to training and figuring out the right training frequency, is a challenge for many organizations, and tracking all that is perhaps more difficult still.

It’s no secret that slips, trips and falls are a leading cause of workplace injury as well as increased insurance costs and regulatory citations

To learn whether exposure to potentially hazardous chemicals in the workplace increases the risk of birth defects, NIOSH researchers are partnering with the Centers for Birth Defects Research and Prevention (CBDRP) on one of the largest birth-defects prevention research efforts in the nation.

A new report finds heart failure continues to be a significant health, economic and personal burden in the U.S. In response, AHA has launched the Rise Above Heart Failure initiative, with goals to reduce heart failure hospitalizations by 10% and to increase awareness and understanding of HF by 10% by 2020.

A 55-year-old carman fell more than 12 feet to the ground after his aerial lift collapsed. The worker had been standing on an elevated platform to install a canopy on a railcar, but the platform could not support his weight.