The association’s goal is to leverage the vast technical expertise of members to positively influence public policy that better safeguards worker health and safety.

Many organizations commented on the recent Bureau of Labor Statistics’ report detailing increasing workplace fatalities. Here’s what some of them had to say.

There were 5,190 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2021, an 8.9 percent increase from 4,764 in 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Dec. 16, 2022. The stats reveal it was the highest annual rate since 2016. One worker died every 101 minutes from a work-related injury in 2021.

OSHA has cited Amazon during inspections at six warehouse facilities in five states for failing to properly record work-related injuries and illnesses. The findings are part of an ongoing investigation. 

On June 14, 2022, OSHA inspectors found the Thomasville store had merchandise blocking an electrical panel and the store’s only emergency exit door in the area.

The Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) has chosen 2023 leadership roles to serve BCSP certificants in the upcoming year.

The project will focus on empowering women workers, communities and institutions and increasing their capacity to prevent and address discrimination, violence and harassment against women in the workplace. 

With holiday shopping nearing its peak, federal workplace safety inspectors have again found Dollar Tree Stores Inc. – one of the nation’s largest discount retailers – exposing workers in Matteson, Illinois to the risks of unsafely stored and stacked boxes of merchandise and blocked electrical panels. 

According to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), “If you focus on achieving goals, monitoring performance, and evaluating outcomes, your workplace can progress along the path to higher levels of safety and health achievement.”

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