In every workplace, whether it's an office setting or a construction site, the concept of risk tolerance plays a crucial role in determining the overall health and safety standards. Risk tolerance ...

More than fifty years after the OSH Act, OSHA’s mission to protect workers remains critical as industries face new hazards, ...

What is a workplace safety training program? It’s a structured plan that educates employees to identify, prevent, and handle workplace hazards. Safety practices in the workplace can help reduce ...

Biological hazards, or biohazards, contain living organisms that can pose dangers to human health. In the workplace, these can include blood, human waste, pathogens, and more. Biological hazards are ...

Work-related accidents and diseases annually take the lives of 3 million people worldwide, according to the International ...

EHS Today's editors reflect on the defining developments in occupational health and safety over the past 25 years. Those of you with long memories, if you’re old enough to remember back 25 years, ...

Happy Healthy Labor Day! There is little doubt that the workplace has been redefined since the pandemic as many employees continue to work from home. Sitting for many hours at a workstation ...

Almost all employers want to ensure their workplaces are safe zones that are free from accidents. But despite this, work-related incidents and health concerns persist. The UK Health and Safety ...

Elaine Harbour, director of health and safety at the inspectorate, said the code applies "to every workplace and work activity in Jersey. "Its aim is to assist everyone with duties under Jersey's ...

The mental health of employees is a core component of any business's success. While employers now recognize that they need to support employees' mental health and cultivate a culture of psychological ...

Mental health concerns are increasingly prevalent and impactful in today's dynamic work environments. Research suggests that one in five adults in the United States experiences a mental health ...