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Digital Twins for Worker Protection

Using advanced BIM resources to navigate 2026's stricter fall protection standards

February 25, 2026

New technology is making safety management more feasible, shifting the focus from hazard response to proactive hazard elimination

Best Practices

Is the manufacturing sector prepared for rising heat?

WBGT meters and understanding how to determine risk

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

September 20, 2023

With record setting high temperatures globally, and heat hazards continually flamed by the media, all work locations must be prepared for heat concerns among their workforce.

What is data-driven construction safety?

Emily Newton

April 13, 2023

A stunning 91% of construction professionals report seeing others in the industry who previously didn’t use new technology on their projects starting to use it.

How to develop safety training programs for maintenance workers

Bryan Christiansen

July 22, 2021

Organizations are mandated by law to establish workplace safety programs to guarantee a safe and healthy work environment. Prioritizing safety in an organization reduces the number of work-related incidents and protects assets from damage.

Safeguard your employees

Using personal fall arrest systems require serious planning, training

Mark H. Stromme

July 14, 2020

Falling to a lower level may be a hazard employees are exposed to during their shift. However, taking the right precautions can keep employees from suffering injury or even death.

From NSC Congress & Expo

OSHA updates decades-old safety & health program guidelines

October 19, 2016

OSHA yesterday released a set of Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs intended to update its 1989-era program guidelines. The agency says the new guidelines address the needs of small- and medium-sized businesses and multi-employer workplaces and reflect changes in the economy, workplaces, and evolving safety and health issues.

OSHA’s Michaels still touting I2P2

Dave Johnson

October 31, 2013

In a press tele-conference last week, OSHA chief Dr. David Michaels once again took the opportunity to promote the much-ballyhooed and controversial Injury and Illness Prevention Plan (I2P2). “Certainly, we encourage employers to adopt and embrace I2P2,” he said. “In the VPP (Voluntary Protection Program) thousand of companies have adopted the principles of I2P2. So we know it works."