We report recent happenings and development in the world of safety.
In 45 states, the Navajo Nation, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, MSHA has awarded more than $10.5 million in grants to state departments, agencies, and state-supported universities and colleges for miner safety and health education. According to a recent release, this funding will support essential training and re-training initiatives targeting miners in diverse … Read more
The Advanced Safety Certificate® Scholarship for Veterans is a new scholarship program that has been announced by the National Safety Council, the nation’s top nonprofit safety advocate. People who served in the military can earn the highly rated NSC Advanced Safety Certificate program for free through this scholarship program. It connects individuals to other seasoned … Read more
Enhancing the health, safety, livelihoods, and general well-being of those who work and reside in these mining communities is the goal of the project, which is led by the International Occupational Medicine Society Collaborative (IOMSC) and funded by the Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM). According to World Bank estimates, 100 million people (1) labor in … Read more
A new World Health Organization (WHO) study published today in eBioMedicine names 17 pathogens that regularly cause diseases in communities as top priorities for new vaccine development. The WHO study is the first global effort to systematically prioritize endemic pathogens based on criteria that included regional disease burden, antimicrobial resistance risk and socioeconomic impact. The study reconfirms … Read more
According to a charity, almost one in five (18%) workers worldwide have suffered damage at work, thus there needs to be more frequent, specialized health and safety training as well as improved reporting systems. The figures come from the latest edition of the Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk Poll and are explored further in its latest … Read more
Sexual Harassment Amendment Regulation 2024 There have been changes in how Queensland businesses need to manage the risk of sexual harassment and sex or gender-based harassment at work. The Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 now requires persons conducting a business or undertaking, or ‘PCBUs’, to adopt a more comprehensive approach—preventing harassment before it happens. … Read more
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has selected three winners for the third and final phase of the Respirator Fit Evaluation Challenge. The Challenge was a $350,000, three-phase contest to enhance respirator fit assessment. It looked for workable options to provide real-time information on filtering facepiece respirator fit. After submitting concept papers detailing … Read more
When determining the underlying causes of musculoskeletal disorders, or MSDs, non-physical risk factors like work organization and job stress are frequently disregarded, even though work-related physical risk factors like force, posture, and repetition are frequently taken into account in the prevention of these injuries. The National Safety Council published a new white paper, Accounting for … Read more
With over 2,500 fatalities in 2022, car crashes remain the most preventable cause of mortality for teenagers in the United States. This year’s National Teen Driver Safety Week is being observed from Sunday, October 20, to Saturday, October 26. To help stop this trend and keep young drivers safe on American roads, the National Safety … Read more
In Canada’s labor-intensive industries, where long hours and high physical demands are commonplace, substance use—particularly opioids—is becoming a bigger danger. With Level Up, a cutting-edge digital platform created to assist health and safety experts in increasing awareness and providing vital resources to workers in trades, construction, forestry, and mining, Toronto-based organization Digital Public Square (DPS) … Read more