Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) must fit properly to provide employees appropriate protection from workplace hazards. In fact, improperly fitting PPE reduces the effectiveness of protection. Even worse, it may fail to provide any protection at all to an employee. Further, it presents additional hazards to employee safety. Sadly, it can even discourage employees from using […]

2025 Employment Law Updates

OSHA’s Top 10 Remains Much the Same. Fall Protection – General Requirements is OSHA’s most frequently cited standard for the 14th consecutive year. The announcement was made during the 2024 NSC Safety Congress & Expo in Orlando. OSHA’s Directorate of Enforcement Programs, Scott Ketcham, presented the initial list – which represents OSHA Information System data from Oct. 1, 2023, […]

Beginning in 1922 and continuing for over 100 years, the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) has sponsored the annual public observance of Fire Prevention Week. Additionally, President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed Fire Prevention Week a national observance in 1925. In fact, it is the longest-running public health observance in our country. During Fire Prevention Week, participants learn […]

True to its mission, OSHA is always working to assure America’s workers have safe and healthful working conditions, OSHA has recently updated The Hazard Communication Standard (HCS). The update seeks to better align the HCS with Revision 7 of the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification, as well as improve alignment with other federal […]

State legislatures have been busy in 2024. There were 28 states that had at least one major update to their labor law posters in January and several states updated more than one poster. Since January, many of those states have had additional updates and around 13 other states have updated at least one posting. Considering […]

Participate in Safe + Sound Week 2024: August 12-18 All organizations looking for an opportunity to recognize their commitment to safety are welcome to participate. Last year, more than 3,900 businesses helped to raise awareness about workers’ health and safety! Safe + Sound Week is a nationwide event held each August that recognizes the successes […]

OSHA aims to better inform employees about chemical hazards in the workplace.

California leads the nation in efforts to prevent workplace violence. In a historic move, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 553 creating the first general industry workplace violence prevention safety requirements in the United States. This groundbreaking legislation mandates a comprehensive Workplace Violence Prevention Plan (WVPP) for nearly all employers in California. The […]

OSHA is again sponsoring a photo contest to help raise awareness of the dangers of heat exposure. Excessive heat exposure, both indoors and outdoors, can be deadly. The goal is to highlight many effective strategies that protect workers from heat. OSHA hopes that seeing heat safety in action will encourage others to follow suit and […]