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In 2014, 2,630 workers suffered from heat illness while 18 died from heat stroke and related causes on the job - all of which was preventable.

A walk through the Safety 2016 expo floor on Sunday afternoon revealed a stronger emphasis than ever on safety data collection and analysis. The age of "going mobile" has come to professional safety. The idea is to make safety inspections, audits, job safety analyses and job observations faster, smarter, and easier to do.

A number of vendors at this year's Safety 2016 expo, which opened Sunday afternoon, are promoting risk management and risk assessment tools.

Here at the Safety 2016 annual meeting of the American Society of Safety Engineers in hot Atlanta, safety pros are expressing concern over OSHA's new electronic recordkeeping rule.

Arc-flash certified personal cooling systems, combustible dust vacuums and gloves lined with spandex were among the top products featured this week on ISHN.com.

The future of the occupational safety profession, drone regulations and Alaska’s high work-related death rate were among the top stories featured this week on ISHN.com.

Ten years after the Surgeon General’s report on the dangers of exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke, no states in the Southeast have a statewide comprehensive smoke-free law, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

Each year, Americans celebrate Independence Day by viewing grand municipal fireworks displays – or setting off somewhat smaller versions in their own backyards.

The reasons behind New York City’s high – and rising – rate of construction industry injuries and fatalities can be seen in a recent OSHA enforcement action against a Brooklyn-based employer.