Articles by Dave Johnson

On-the-job psychosocial risk factors may contribute to more than 800,000 worker deaths globally each year due to cardiovascular disease and mental health disorders, according to recent research.

Promoting “good headspace” means workers are in a healthy, productive mindset to manage thoughts and emotions. 

“Our profession's ethics canons — duty to workers, scientific integrity, transparency, independent professional judgment — get harder, not easier, when AI is in the loop."

Mike works in a large consumer goods warehouse, driving a forklift. For the past week or two he hasn’t been himself. Coworkers have noticed the change. 

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know there is widespread apprehension about AI taking away thousands and thousands, if not millions, of jobs —  whole categories of jobs. 

Cal/OSHA for decades has been held up as a model for states (21 and Puerto Rico) that run their own OSHA programs. But recent budget slashing and under-staffing are limiting enforcement actions.

Chavez-DeRemer’s exit is not a surprise. A series of news reports for months have detailed how she became entangled in political and personal controversies.

There is no official data but about 15% of workers are impaired on the job at any given time, says safety advocate.

The new OSHA Cares initiative is largely irrelevant, and likely won’t have many takers. 

OSHA’s enforcement staff is at the lowest level in OSHA’s 55-year history, according to Confined Space.