A strong safety culture doesn’t happen by chance – it’s built one decision at a time, at every level of an organization. From leadership setting expectations to workers speaking up about hazards, every action helps create safer workplaces. That’s what Safe & Sound Week is all about. Held each August, Read more…
Have you ever heard supervisors, managers, and even experienced workers make a statement that sounds reasonable on the surface: “If people would just use common sense, accidents wouldn’t happen” or “safety is just common sense”? While common sense certainly has value in the workplace, it is not a safety program, Read more…
Throughout the year, OSHA hosts and partners with other organizations to provide many public education campaigns with employers, workers, trade associations, and non-profit organizations, special days, weeks, or months to raise public awareness about several occupational safety and health hazards. For example, April is Distracted Driving Month, has National Work Read more…
Tick-borne illnesses are a significant and growing occupational hazard that is preventable with exposures that can lead to serious health consequences for outdoor workers, including Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and Powassan virus. Dense vegetation and abundant wildlife populations create ideal conditions for ticks—particularly the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis), commonly known Read more…
OSHA released April 10, 2026, the updated National Emphasis Program – Outdoor and Indoor Heat-Related Hazards that protects workers from outdoor and indoor heat-related hazards. The revised NEP uses more current statistics from OSHA and the Bureau of Labor Statistics data from calendar years 2022-2025 to direct inspection priorities to Read more…
With Spring upon us and Summer is coming, it is NOW time to plan for heat injury prevention. While many people do not like OSHA’s Proposed Rule on Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings, we must recognize that heat injuries and illnesses are a real Read more…
The National Safety Council released a statement regarding President Trump’s signing of an executive order directing his attorney general to expedite the completion of the rescheduling process for cannabis. The move would reclassify cannabis as a less dangerous drug and expand opportunities for research however “….it must come with substantive Read more…
As a Safety Professional, do you ever wonder if what you do or say really makes any difference in workplace safety? Does it seem that on a day-to-day basis you aren’t making the progress you want or that you expect to? Do you ever think that safety in the workplace Read more…
In addition to cold weather stress, there are other winter weather-related hazards that workers may be exposed to when performing tasks such as driving in the snow, removing snow from rooftops, and working near downed or damaged power lines. OSHA listed on their website on the Winter Weather Safety and Read more…
This is the third part in the 3-part series. This third part was due to be published this past September however got delayed in creating and publication. In the first part in the series published August 06, 2025, on the RJR Safety Inc website, a basic understanding of datasets and Read more…