The American Society of Safety Professionals is advancing a new approach focused on neutralizing high-risk hazards at the ...

Accidents account for a range of injuries in the workplace. In 2009, hazards in the workplace resulted in 3,277,700 nonfatal injuries and illnesses, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics; ...

Biological workplace hazards are not limited to professions where you might expect this kind of issue, such as companies with laboratories or factory settings. Biological hazards can be found in a law ...

In April 1990, Troy Brent Ward, 16, was bolting down a roof beam on a warehouse he was helping to build in Spotsylvania County. The wind whipped up. The pre-fab structure collapsed, and Troy died. The ...

Workplace injuries can happen in any environment, and the risks vary depending on the industry. While some accidents are minor, others can result in serious, long-term consequences. Understanding ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers must evaluate their safety protections for pregnant women and engage in the interactive process with employees to find reasonable accommodations. Reproductive Health ...

Each year, several hundred workers are killed as a result of inadvertent contact with energized conductors. Surprisingly, over half of those killed are not in traditionally electrical fields (i.e., ...

Many workplace environments have dangers that can cause personal injuries. Still, some industries and careers have a greater risk of being hurt or killed by electrical hazards than others.

A total of 5,559 fatal work injuries were recorded in the United States in 2003, the most recent year for which numbers are available, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Don’t let yourself ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: The growth of the gig economy has transformed the modern workforce and upended traditional models for developing a workplace safety culture and worker safety training. New and ...

When I was a kid, I used to think that the U.S. Surgeon General was a doctor who treated all the senior officers in the U.S. Armed Forces. As I got a little older, and I figured out there was no ...

We hear a lot about patient safety, and rightly so. We've all read the statistics that as many as 100,000 Americans die each year from preventable medical errors. What doesn't get as much attention is ...