Global companies face global safety risks. That's one of the lessons learned after the 1984 disaster in Bhopal, India, affected Union Carbide's worldwide operations. In part because of this global ...

In early 2019, after years of challenging ourselves and deliberating the best way to inspire and measure a culture of safety, the UAA Safety Committee published a detailed, self-assessment tool that ...

Branden Wilson has been named the new managing director of the risk management and safety department at Brigham Young University. Risk Management and Safety oversees many functions and provides ...

It is not enough to say that safety has been elevated to a core value. For many organizations, existing safety practices and measures were designed around the view of safety as a stand-alone ...

Learn how EHS managers can proactively ensure safety and compliance during facility construction, from contractor selection to legal risk mitigation and OSHA alignment. Years ago, I found myself in a ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration via the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 provides work-place safety standards, all of which apply to big and small businesses throughout the ...

About this issue Abstract Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether management system practices directed at both occupational health and safety (OHS) and operations (joint management ...

Functional safety standards are designed to help influence the reduction of potential risks of physical injury to people and property damage due to product failures within the end product application ...

The authors recommend evaluating environmental factors (such as negative caregiver interactions) that might be contributing to the patient’s behavior. The clinician should also ascertain which ...

Heart attacks and motor vehicle crashes are the two leading causes of death in firefighters. Sleep deficiency—whether instigated by short sleep duration, circadian misalignment associated with working ...

Years ago, I found myself in a situation I never anticipated. I had just accepted an EHS Manager role for a company preparing to launch a new manufacturing plant. The hiring process was grueling, with ...