According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), effective management of worker safety and health protection is a decisive factor in reducing the extent and severity of ...

In prior articles we have discussed the importance of safety programs, how to implement them correctly, and how to “measure” them using leading and lagging indicators. Inspection of the workplace is ...

The experience of participants in OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) over the past 20 years has demonstrated that management of worker safety and health protection is a decisive factor in ...

Cutting and welding tasks are performed either on a routine or infrequent basis in all industrial and commercial environments by maintenance personnel or contractors during the fabrication process, ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was established by the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) of 1970, which took effect in 1971. OSHA’s mission is to ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHS) has issued Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs in Construction to help industry employers develop proactive programs to keep ...

The Doctor of Occupational Safety and Health program aims to help safety managers leverage safety statistics and research to better protect workers. Columbia Southern University has unveiled a new ...

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will announce Thursday that it's going to crack down on hospitals, for the first time ever, to prevent an epidemic of back and arm ...

The Master of Science in occupational safety and health is Columbia Southern University's latest Qualified Academic Program. Here's what you need to know about the program and its many benefits. The ...

The firefighter health program was researching firefighters’ chemical exposures in electric vehicle fires — a first step to developing protective equipment. Tim Ferretti was looking forward to burning ...

Twenty years after publication of the report To Err Is Human, studies demonstrate persisting high levels of patient harm. Most patient safety measurement remains highly retrospective, relying on ...

The University’s Occupational Safety and Health program promotes a safe and healthy campus environment for Drexel University employees by regulating and overseeing OSHA compliance, hazard ...